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22 June 2015

Thomson Reuters releases 40th annual Journal Citation Reports, breaks new ground in journal evaluation The Intellectual Property (IP) & Science business of Thomson Reuters is changing the face of scholarly journal evaluation with the release of the 2015 Journal Citation Reports® (JCR) that includes the integration of a new metric, the Journal Impact Factor Percentile; a Normalized Eigenfactor®; detailed analysis of underlying journal level data; an Open Access (OA) Filter; and a variety of user updates that allow for increased transparency and easier access to a greater amount of data. The JCR claims to be the world's most influential resource for evaluating peer-reviewed publications and the source of the annual Journal Impact Factors (JIF). More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme QS and Elsevier extend cooperation QS, the leading global career and education network, and STM publisher Elsevier have announced that they will extend their cooperation. Elsevier will continue to provide the data as well as offer analytical services for QS's rankings, including its flagship QS World University Rankings®, QS Top 50 under 50, QS University Rankings Asia, BRICs and Latin America. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Nature Publishing Group unveils new open access journal - Cell Death Discovery Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group together with the Cell Death and Differentiation Association (ADMC) and the editorial team of Cell Death & Differentiation, and Cell Death & Disease recently launched a new open access journal, Cell Death Discovery. The journal provides a complementary and unified forum for scientists as well as clinicians within which to publish their work, in conjunction with its sister journals, Cell Death & Differentiation and Cell Death & Disease. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme EDP Sciences issues findings from working group on peer review EDP Sciences, a not-for-profit publisher, recently released information on the findings and recommendations of a working group into the peer review process. The meeting involved a committee of experts linked to the European Physical Journal (EPJ) including Editors-in-Chief, Associate-Editors, members of the Steering Committee and researchers involved in Scientific and Technical Information. EPJ itself, represents 25 European Physical Societies through its Scientific Advisory Committee. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Royal Society of Chemistry titles post impressive Impact Factors The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced that its journals portfolio has performed well across the board with Chemical Science, Chemical Society Reviews and Energy and Environmental Science seeing substantial rises in their Impact Factors. The 2014 JCR indicates the quality of content, and citation impact, across the RSC's titles. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme PLOS appoints Veronique Kiermer as Executive Editor for PLOS journals PLOS has announced that Dr. Veronique Kiermer has been appointed as Executive Editor. Kiermer will be responsible for the editorial and content direction and vision for PLOS' journals. Her appointment is effective July 20, 2015. Kiermer will be based at PLOS' San Francisco office. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme MLA International Bibliography now connects to ORCID The Open Research and Contributor ID (ORCID) has announced that the Modern Language Association's prestigious MLA International Bibliography connects to ORCID as of June 17. The Bibliography joins other repositories in supporting discoverability through use of digital identifiers, and is the first primarily focused on the humanities to integrate ORCID. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Latest edition of Blogspeak now online The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: David Crotty (The Problem(s) With Credit for Peer Review); Suzanne Kavanagh (The institution as e-textbook publisher); Jacob Schmidt (Peer-review journals monopolize research, hurt students and faculty); Emma-Louise Aveling and Graham Martin (First among equals? Recommendations and guidelines for deciding who gets authorship credit); and Alice Meadows (The Generation Gap: How Society Membership Varies by Age Group). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here. You are receiving this email newsletter as part of your Knowledgespeak membership. You can unsubscribe instantly from any of our email newsletters by clicking here.

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