Yearly Archives: 2005

Societies

Developing Countries’ Access to Information for Life

Scientists, researchers, academics, policy makers and medical practitioners in developing country institutions have historically suffered from a lack of access to advanced and up-to-date peer-reviewed research literature. Access to this information is an essential element in strengthening local teaching and research, improving local medical and agricultural practices, and empowering local experts to find solutions to…

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Emily Gillingham By
Director of Library Relations

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Societies

Seminar Provides Insight to Successful Society Publishing in a Changing Environment

The Blackwell Executive Seminar: Successful Society Publishing in a Changing Environment, was held on June 3rd 2005 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. This was the fourth session offered, with seminars held twice each year for editors and society officers. The seminars address the latest trends in scholarly publishing, provide valuable opportunities to…

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New Blackwell Singapore Office Supports 24-hour Service

Dancing lions opened the newest Blackwell office in Singapore on July 13th. The official opening party was attended by a guest list including Queck Swee Quan, Director of Information Communications and Media at the Singapore Government’s Economic Board of Development, and a further 60 people via a video link to Oxford. The purpose of new…

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Mike Fenton By
Vice President & Director, Global Operations

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Libraries

Listening to Librarians

We held our 4th Library Advisory Board meeting in June to coincide with the American Libraries Association conference in Chicago. This was attended by 14 leading librarians from the US, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Israel and Switzerland and by 5 Blackwell staff. Topics covered included open access, pricing models, new and transfer journals, aggregators, and usage…

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Emily Gillingham By
Director of Library Relations

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Societies

The Changing World of Circulation Analysis

Transparent reporting and detailed sales and circulation analysis are essential in a journals market which is continually evolving. In fact, the whole nature of what defines “circulation” has been brought under the spotlight in the online world – with measures of usage and readership needing to be understood as part of the equation for success.…

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Bibliometrics – What can it do for you?

Did you know that the Impact Factor of most journals is derived from a small community of perhaps 10 to 20 authors? Did you know, too, that proactive lobbying of these authors to switch their allegiance from rival publications can give a significant boost to your journal’s Impact Factor? Bibliometrics is a powerful tool for…

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Iain Craig By
Associate Director, Market Research & Analysis

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Societies

Abstracting and Indexing Services

Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) services provide one location for researchers in libraries to search for articles in a subject. They present abstracts of articles and link through to the publishers’ websites for the full text of the article. Journals should be included in the major A&I indexes for their subjects to provide wider reach to…

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Lorna Berrett By
Director, Society Project Management

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Societies

Are Authors Depositing?

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) allows authors to post their accepted manuscript immediately upon acceptance. In 2004, 39% of the articles in the ADA’s journal Diabetes were NIH (National Institutes of Health) funded. Assuming this percentage has been maintained, the ADA would have expected 53 Diabetes manuscripts to have been NIH funded since the PubMedCentral…

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Bob Campbell By
Senior Publisher

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Societies

Mandatory Deposit of Published Papers in Repositories

One of the central issues in the debate over open archiving has been whether free access to articles self-archived by authors or deposited in repositories will undermine the circulation of journals. Many of those proposing this route to open access have maintained that there is no evidence of such “cannibalisation” and a report by Alma…

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Bob Campbell By
Senior Publisher

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Societies

Using Summaries to Make Research More Accessible

Most scholars write articles in learned journals to tell others in the same field about their recent findings. It is not surprising that recent surveys confirm this understanding. Nevertheless scholars also, and indeed probably to a greater degree in recent years, want the general public to be able to access the outcomes of their research.…

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