‘Online journals reduce citation count’
New research shows that fewer papers are being cited than in the days before the internet, reports Rebecca Pool
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SPARC Europe and DRIVER promote repositories
SPARC Europe and DRIVER agree to work together to promote repositories.
GWLA joins SCOAP3
GWLA, the Great Western Library Alliance, has joined SCOAP3 on behalf of 18 of its members.
Collexis and JISC launch new online resource
Collexis Holdings and JISC Collections widen access to essential biomedical research in the UK with new online resource.
APA rethinks NIH policy after backlash from open-access community
The American Psychological Association is looking again at its plans to charge authors to fulfil the National Institutes of Health mandate.
INIST launches OpenSIGLE database
The French Institute for Scientific and Technical Information launches online database OpenSIGLE.
Call for OA publication funds to be more accessible
Biosciences Federation calls for OA publication funds to be more accessible.
PRISM Cookbook released
PRISM announces the availability of the new PRISM Cookbook for Profile 1 (XML) Implementers.
European Research Infrastructures portal launched
The EC and the ESF launch the first web portal on European Research Infrastructures.
Research project explores digital memories
The 'Digital Lives' project looks at how we use computers to capture personal moments and memories.
EThOS opening access to UK theses
UK theses will be freely available online from September 2008.
Harvard FAS voted SPARC Innovators
SPARC names the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University as the newest SPARC Innovators.