UK government publishes long awaited science and innovation strategy, leaves many questions unanswered The UK government has published its long awaited science and innovation strategy, but many of the questions asked by the science community will not be answered until the next spending review. The strategy re-iterated capital spending plans set out in the autumn… Read More »

Nature Index indicates China’s leading cities for high quality research and status of research collaboration The diversity of Chinese institutions and their growing contribution to global scientific developments and collaborations with other countries have been highlighted in the Nature Index China 2014, published as a supplement in Nature. By 2013 weighted fractional count (WFC), China… Read More »

Elsevier publishes four new books on Nuclear Engineering STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of four new nuclear engineering books of particular interest to safety managers, designers, engineers, operators and regulators of nuclear power plants. Among these new books is The 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident: How and Why It Happened, written by… Read More »

Thomson Reuters’ 2014 State of Innovation India report identifies Hi-Tech Engineering and Pharma companies as front runners of innovation in India The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of its 2014 State of Innovation India report. This is the second consecutive year of the study, which is conducted by… Read More »

Publishing For Digital Minds pursues global audience with multilingual social media backchannel The London Book Fair, in association with The Publishers Association, has announced plans to put international social media at the heart of the next edition of Publishing for Digital Minds. It will recruit a team of social media experts to live-tweet and blog… Read More »

Thomson Reuters and University of Melbourne collaborate to advance biomedical research The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters and the University of Melbourne have announced an initiative to increase the impact of the institution’s research in the life sciences with the implementation of Cortellis Competitive Intelligence, the life sciences industry’s premier source of… Read More »

Thomson Reuters and Chinese Academy of Sciences identify the hottest, emerging fields in scientific research The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has released ‘Research Fronts 2014: 100 Top Ranked Specialties in the Sciences and Social Sciences,’ an annual report identifying prominent areas of scientific research over the past year. The study identifies… Read More »

Nature Publishing Group partners with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation to launch npj Breast Cancer journal Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group is joining forces with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) to publish npj Breast Cancer, an open access research journal which will help understand, prevent, treat and cure the world’s second most common cancer.… Read More »

Thomson Reuters’ analysis reveals China’s patent dominance despite stagnant foreign innovation investment The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has released research outlining the patent landscape in China, and best practices for developing a strategic outlook on the emerging areas in the country’s portfolio. The new paper, Chinese Corporate Trends and Globalization for… Read More »