The hottest research and researchers of 2004-2005 Friday, 19 May 2006 2:23 pm
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"Who are the people – and what are the papers – that are having the biggest impact on current research? Science Watch®, the Thomson Scientific bimonthly publication that tracks trends and impact in today's research community, has just released its annual roundup of the hottest research and researchers of 2004-2005." — KnowledgeLink Newsletter
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Chinese science journals given global reach, available online via Elsevier’s ScienceDirect Wednesday, 5 April 2006 11:00 pm
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Research published in 34 Chinese science journals is being made available to an international audience for the first time, under a scheme launched on last Monday (27 March).
Elsevier, a major player in academic publishing, will provide access to the English-language journals through its online database ScienceDirect for free in 2006. But the service will be subscription-only from 2007.
The first 34 journals being made available include Agricultural Sciences in China, Acta Genetica Sinica, and the Journal of the Chinese Medical Association.
In addition, Elsevier has agreed to publish English translations of important papers that are published in six Chinese-language science journal
The concern is that the researchers in some small Chinese institutions will not be able to afford to pay the subscription fees for ScienceDirect or other international online databases.
Read the whole story on SciDev.net (Science and Development Network: News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world).
Budget cuts imperil EPA library system Tuesday, 14 March 2006 2:41 pm
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If you write letters to your Congress representatives, this article (Published 10th March 2006 04:37 PM GMT) in The Scientist about the EPA Library budget cuts may give you more talking points.
– from STS listserv
Update #1 (posted by Sleeping Shovel, 4/4/06 10:33 EDT):
ALA Looking For Information on EPA Libraries Proposed to Be Closed
ALA is looking for examples of how the general public uses these libraries in an effort to show the importance of keeping these libraries open as providers of essential information on the environment. Please contact pmcdermott@alawash.org with any information you have on the value of these libraries.
Below is the link to a list of the states, plus the District, that have EPA libraries: http://www.epa.gov/natlibra/libraries.htm
– from ALACRO listserv
science blogs Wednesday, 22 February 2006 12:45 pm
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while preparing my Thursday @ 3 workshop “Blogging 101“, I came across “more about science blogs” by Richard Akerman, a technology architect and information security officer at NRC CISTI, on his Science Library Pad. Although it’s posted Aug. of last year, it’s still a interesting read.
Then, there were “more than nine million blogs, with another one created every 7.4 seconds”, it will be interesting to see how many blogs are there now. Then, he quoted the Scientist’s article on science blogging, “science blogs run by scientists and industry insiders are just getting started … This whole thing is still very immature … This may be due to scientists’ caution about retribution, unfamiliarity with the technology, or not grasping the potential impact yet … ” It will be interesting to take a close look at the blogging scenario in the sciences now.
PLoS journals (open access), very impressive success story Friday, 17 February 2006 6:17 pm
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This is a post from the STS list by Flora Grabowska (Science Librarian, Vassar College), originally published in the 1/27/2006 PLoS e-Newsletter, it’s posted below in full for you to peruse. It’s pretty impressive stuff considering the short history of these PLoS (Public Library of Science) journals since their launch dates (they vary).
Impact Factor
PLoS Biology received its first Impact Factor from the ISI of 13.9, placing it #1 among general Biology journals, above the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science and the EMBO Journal, both well established journals published by prestigious scientific organizations.
PLoS Stats
Unique Users
The number of unique users visiting our journal web sites, every month, as identified by their IP addresses, has more than doubled in 2005, from approximately 74,000 in January to over 160,000 in December (aggregated for all journals).
Downloads
PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine papers were downloaded over 180,000 times (full paper downloads, not just hits) in December 2005. The Community Journals’ usage stats are also growing nicely, with PLoS Computational Biology receiving nearly 22,000 hits in December, just six months after its launch.
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2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
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220,544 (3 months) | 1,039,434 | 1,917,744 |
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100,720 (3 months) | 881,572 | |
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125,661 (7 months) | ||
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112,079 (6 months) | ||
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38,951 (4 months) | ||
PLoS articles have garnered wide media coverage in the U.S. and internationally. The ability to quickly publish open access quality research articles allows for broader dissemination. PLoS articles are routinely discussed in popular press including: New York Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, NPR, Guardian, and BBC.
