 Nature Index: A new global indicator for high quality science shows growing strength of China |
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The growing contribution to science of Chinese institutions such as Chinese Academy of Sciences is one striking pattern revealed in the recently launched Nature Index. High quality science outputs of 20,000 institutions worldwide can now be easily analysed with the new Nature Index. A freely accessible website is available at natureindex.com and to celebrate this beta release, the Nature Index 2014 Global is published as a supplement to Nature. More Search for more news in this Category |
 CDISC and HIMSS collaborate on standards-based health IT solution, linking patient care with clinical research |
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The Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) and HIMSS have extended their existing and long-standing relationship and, in collaboration with Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) USA, will work together to foster the adoption of standards to enable the interoperability of health IT systems. CDISC currently partners with IHE on standards development through the Quality, Research and Public Health domain, and demonstrates interoperability capabilities at the HIMSS Interoperability ShowcasesTM. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Elsevier publishes four new books in environmental sciences portfolio |
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STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of four new environmental science books. These books offer the latest information on the study of soil and water, including the fourth edition of Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry, written by Eldor Paul, Senior Research Scientist at the Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, and Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Wolters Kluwer announces January 2015 release of OA journal – Transplantation Direct |
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Global information services company Wolters Kluwer has announced the January 2015 release of Transplantation Direct, an open access journal created as a companion to Transplantation®, the official journal of The Transplantation Society. This journal is accepting manuscripts now at editorialmanager.com/txd. More Search for more news in this Category |
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ProQuest’s Intota library services platform centralises and simplifies e-resource management |
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Day-to-day library collection management activities for academic librarians using ProQuest IntotaTM now benefit from a new workflow feature called My Intota. My Intota provides an ‘Activities’ and ‘Databases’ workspace that includes tasks, deadlines and associated action steps—with multiple filtering capabilities and access to more detail relevant to the specific task—all within an easy-to-navigate single interface. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Genetics Society of America and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press partner to assist authors in depositing preprints into bioRxiv |
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The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is partnering with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Press to assist authors in submitting unpublished manuscripts to bioRxiv, a fast-growing preprint server for the life sciences. GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics, the journals of the GSA, will this month enable authors to submit a manuscript for peer review to either journal and, simultaneously, to post the manuscript as a preprint on bioRxiv. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Kathleen Shearer joins ARL board as partnership consultant |
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The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has brought Kathleen Shearer on board as a partnership consultant, effective November 6, 2014. Shearer’s work for ARL will include developing an ARL policy on partnerships and collaborations, establishing and nurturing relationships internationally, and updating ARL on global trends in research data management and scholarly communication. More Search for more news in this Category |
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