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 China is consolidating position as scientific powerhouse, reveals Nature Index 2018 Rising Stars supplement
The Nature Index 2018 Rising Stars supplement reveals that Chinese institutions are leading the world in rapidly increasing high-quality research outputs. 51 of the top 100 most improved institutions across the globe are from this scientific powerhouse, with 28 of those showing growth above 50 percent since 2015. The US is second, with 20 institutions in the top 100 despite many starting from a high base. Four institutions feature from Germany, and only two are from the UK.
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 Clarivate Analytics names 17 researchers as Citation Laureates
Clarivate Analytics, a leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to enable researchers to accelerate discovery, has named 17 world-class researchers as Citation Laureates – researchers whose work is deemed to be, ‘of Nobel stature’, as attested by markedly high citation tallies recorded in the Web of Science citation index. Each year since 2002, analysts at Clarivate Analytics have drawn on Web of Science publication and citation data to identify influential researchers in the research areas recognised by Nobel Prizes: Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, and Economics.
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 Society for Scholarly Publishing releases Call for Exhibits and Sponsorships
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has released its Call for Exhibits and Sponsorships for the 41st SSP Annual Meeting, May 29-31, 2019, in San Diego, California, USA. The SSP Annual Meeting is an opportunity for organisations to showcase their companies’ products and services to the approximately 1,000 meeting participants.
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 Kudos and BMJ partner to support research dissemination needs of authors
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ and Kudos have announced a new partnership to support the research dissemination needs of authors publishing in BMJ’s portfolio of more than 60 journals. The Kudos Publisher Partner Programme gives publishers the opportunity to support their author communities in copyright-compliant sharing.
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 HighWire introduces BenchPress Unlimited
HighWire, the technology partner of choice for leading commercial and scholarly publishers, has introduced BenchPress Unlimited, a new, simplified and intuitive version for publishers with low volume and straight-forward manuscript submission processes. One of the key commercial challenges for smaller publishers is the ability to forecast expenditures, BenchPress Unlimited offers an alternative pricing model that removes submission-based pricing.
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 JPhys Materials publishes its inaugural issue
JPhys Materials, a journal focusing on interdisciplinary research marrying chemical, physical and engineering aspects of materials study, has published its first issue. The new IOP Publishing journal showcases the most significant and exciting developments in materials science research, all of which are published open access to encourage maximum collaboration, reproducibility and dissemination of research.
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 CCC appoints three new Directors to its Board
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global leader in content management, copyright licensing, discovery and delivery solutions, has announced the appointment of Brian Crawford, Cathy Wolfe and Deirdre Silver to its Board of Directors. They share a commitment to CCC’s mission of advancing a pro-copyright agenda by facilitating access to content based on market demand, while protecting the rights and interests of content creators and rightsholders.
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