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Article level metrics: Painting a fuller picture

Article level metrics (ALMs) have become an important tool to establish a more complete picture of the impact of individual papers, distinct from the publication in which they appear.  While more traditional measurements – such as citations and usage – assess the scholarly visibility of a paper, alternative metrics are emerging to measure social visibility…

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Verity Warne By
Divisional Marketing Manager, Open Access

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UK Open Access policy and experience ignored

Science Europe has just published its Principles for the Transition to Open Access, which outlines policy in line with Recommendations from the European Commission but very different to the policy now being implemented for Britain by the RCUK (Research Councils UK). Science Europe is an association of European Research Funding Organizations and Research Performing Organizations,…

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Bob Campbell By
Senior Publisher

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Helping Chinese citizens make sense of science

With more and more Chinese authors publishing in scholarly journals, and with China looking set to take over from the USA as the top article-generating country within the next few years, it is more important than ever for Chinese scientists to share the importance of the peer review process with the public. Today sees the…

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Julia Wilson By
Development Manager at Sense About Science.

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Never the twain shall meet?

Last month we played host to a rare meeting which brought together our customers and clients – librarians and society officers; two groups on which Wiley’s business rests and which we rarely, if ever, bring together in our presence.  Our Customer Advisory Board and Society Focus Group – each with around a dozen members –…

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Emily Gillingham By
Director of Library Relations

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The stm report: an overview of scientific and scholarly journal publishing

The third edition of this authoritative report by Ware and Mabe appeared last November, covering all aspects of journal publishing, with an emphasis on Open Access (22 pages) and new developments (12 pages). The basic statistics are: · Annual revenues from STM (science, technology, medicine) journals was around $9 billion in 2011 (up from $8…

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Bob Campbell By
Senior Publisher

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Raising Burkina Faso research to international standards

Research4Life’s AGORA programme showed agronomist Sami Hyacinthe Kambire that his research was not as original as he had thought – but this realization was exactly what he needed to lift his work to international standards. Dr Kambire, based in Burkina Faso’s Institute for Environment and Agricultural Research (INERA by its French acronym), found that before AGORA, he…

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Charlotte Masiello-Riome By
Communications Coordinator, Research4Life

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Survey finds high affiliation to societies among faculty

The results of the fifth survey carried out by Ithaka S&R were released in April 2013.  http://www.sr.ithaka.org/research-publications/us-faculty-survey-2012 These surveys have been run every three years since 2000 enabling interesting comparisons over time.  Over three-quarters of respondents said they were members of the primary scholarly society in their field and over half were members of additional…

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Bob Campbell By
Senior Publisher

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Interview with Tracey Brown, Managing Director, Sense About Science

1. Tracey thanks for taking the time to talk to Wiley-Blackwell’s Publishing News. First of all, could you introduce Sense About Science to our readers? Sense About Science is a non-profit organization. We help people to make sense of science and evidence on issues in public discussion, which covers everything from policy announcements or product…

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David Nicholson By
Vice President & Journals Publishing Director

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Market Research at Wiley

“How prevalent is Open Access publishing by discipline?” “How are eBooks selling in Brazil this month?” “What are librarians saying about their budgets for next year?” “What tools have our competitors developed to support researchers’ workflow?” “Which corporations are investing the most in R&D this year?” Scholarly publishing is changing at a rapid clip. Researchers…

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