(20 Jun 2023) Two-thirds of the more than 2300 scientific journals participating in a program designed to flip them to open access (OA) failed to meet prescribed targets for progress in 2022. As a result, the Coalition S group of research funders behind the initiative announced today that it will remove these journals from the program…
Jewish books stolen by Nazis during World War II returned to Prague — by way of Washington University Libraries (17 Jun 2023) For decades, WashU librarians didn’t realize that tucked among the Brisman Collection were 30 volumes that bore a stamp revealing a longer, and more disturbing, journey. Thirty years before the books’ arrival in…
(28 Jun 2023) Today marks the 2023 release of the annual Journal Citation Reports™ (JCR™). You will notice that this year, it looks a little different – so this blog will walk you through what’s new and what future changes you can expect to see as we seek to continuously improve these reports. We are…
(21 Jun 2023) India has cemented its position as the world’s third-largest producer of research output, surpassing the United Kingdom, according to data presented at a joint seminar organized by the Ministry of Education and Elsevier. The seminar, held in preparation for the 4th G20 Education Working Group meeting, emphasized the critical role of accessible science…
For the second year running, China sees the largest increase in research output among top-ten countries. The Nature Index Annual Tables reveal the institutions that have helped China surpass the United States as the leading country in the natural sciences. (15 Jun 2023) The 2023 Nature Index Annual Tables examine the institutions and countries…
(22 Jun 2023) Clarivate Plc, a global leader in connecting people and organizations to intelligence they can trust to transform their world, released a report from the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)™ which further promotes the shift from a reliance on simplistic research metrics towards the adoption of visually informative profiles. The report also encourages actionable…
(28 Jun 2023) The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) and DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) release today a new Open Access Journals Toolkit. The launch of the Toolkit marks a significant milestone in the efforts of OASPA and DOAJ to promote transparency, accessibility, and inclusivity in scholarly publishing. The Toolkit answers a need for an online resource to…
(28 Jun 2023) As of June 28, 2023, the National Diet Library has added roughly 86,000 items to the National Diet Library Digital Collections, as detailed below. Collection Number of additional items Availability Newspapers 75,700 Only at the NDL Materials on the Allied Occupation of Japan 9,100 Primarily online, partially at the NDL Collections from Other Institutions 1,600…
(26 Jun 2023) Join us at the next CHORUS Forum Real World Impact of Faculty Publications Tuesday, 26 September 2023 @ 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT Academic institutions are interested in measuring the real-world impact of faculty publications. What does “real-world impact” mean in this context, and how might it be measured? Once measured, what…
(20 Jun 2023) NDL sponsored a webinar entitled “The Role of Libraries in Implementing Inclusive Information Society—Centered on the National Library for the Disabled”. The lecturer was Mr. Jang BoSeong from the National Library for the Disabled (NLD) of the Republic of Korea. The webinar consisted of a lecture followed by a Q&A session.…