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 Clarivate Analytics unveils 2017 Journal Citation Reports
Clarivate Analytics, formerly the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, has released the 2017 Journal Citation Reports (JCR), an annual update of the most influential and comprehensive resource for information on highly cited, peer-reviewed publications and the source of Journal Impact Factor (JIF) scores. Since 1973, the JCR has provided an assessment of a journal’s standing in scholarly literature through the objective evaluation of statistical information, which only a publisher-independent company such as Clarivate Analytics, can provide.
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 EBSCO Information Services appoints John McDonald as Director, Product Management
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has expanded its Analytics and Assessment team, hiring John McDonald as Director of Product Management. In the new role, McDonald will work with libraries to provide advanced decision-making support and intelligence.
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 Springer Nature sponsors first Singapore Three Minute Thesis competition
Springer Nature is providing sponsorship for the 2017 Singapore Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition, where twenty PhD candidates from Singapore will gather on August 4, 2017 at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The competition challenges participants to explain their research thesis in a clear and engaging three-minute talk aimed at non-specialists.
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 BMJ announces Josef Smolen as Editor of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has announced Josef Smolen as the new editor of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (ARD). ARD is the top ranked journal in the field of rheumatology with an impact factor of 12.811.
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 Emerald Publishing delivers its Impact Factor results
Academic publisher Emerald Publishing has received its Impact Factor results in the data release of the 2016 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) from Clarivate Analytics, with overall citations up by 41 percent. Emerald has seen more journals accepted into the SSCI (Social Science Citation Index) this year, with seven journals having been accepted since January 2017 including the Journal of Health Organization and Management, which has received its first Impact Factor of 1.07.
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 Cochrane announces 2016 Impact Factor for Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Cochrane, a global independent network of researchers, professionals, patients, carers and people interested in health, has announced that the Impact Factor of Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) is now 6.124. According to 2016 Journal Citation Report (JCR), released by Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson ISI), this is a slight increase on the 2015 impact factor, which was 6.103.
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