Is e-publishing affecting science?
Recent research indicates that e-publishing is influencing citation patterns and reader behavior, but disagrees on the effects. Are researchers taking full advantage of the wider choice in reading materials or are they searching so specifically that they are missing the reading they might previously have found along the way?
   
     
   
Women in science – perception and reality
There is anecdotal and research-based evidence to suggest that women scientists are held back by family commitments and implicit gender bias. While recent literature suggests that these obstacles are beginning to disappear, there is still a long way to go before we reach gender balance in science. Research Trends reviews the changing landscape.
     
   
THE rankings – a country view
The 2008 Times Higher Education (THE) rankings have just been released, revealing much movement in the rankings of the world’s top 200 universities. We analyze these results at the national level.
     
   
Using data to drive performance
As research institutes chase dwindling funding sources and manage international collaborations, they are realizing that they need robust business intelligence data. We speak to research strategy expert Daniel Calto.
     
   
...a Nobel Laureate?
Researchers cite particular papers for many reasons; many citations are simply a way of indicating studies that are relevant to current research, but they can also be a means of showing respect. We ask three researchers who have cited a Nobel Laureate about their motivation for the citation.
     
 
 

…how often the 2008 Nobel Laureates for Chemistry and Medicine have been cited?

The 2008 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Roger Tsien, received 3,620 citations in 2007. From 1996 to date, his work has been cited a remarkable 38,989 times. His h-index is 67, indicating that 67 of his papers have been cited 67 times or more. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery and development of green fluorescent protein with two other chemists: Martin Chalfie (571 citations in 2007; h-index of 18) and Osamu Shimomura (50 citations in 2007; h-index of 4).

The Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Harald zur Hausen, was awarded the Nobel Prize for discovering the human papilloma virus that causes cervical cancer. He received 888 citations in 2007, has been cited 9,352 times since 1996 and his h-index is 22. He shares the Award with Fançoise Barre-Sinoussi (436 citations in 2007; h-index of 35) and Luc Montagnier (240 citations in 2007; h-index of 18).

Source: Scopus
     
     

Editorial Board
Iris Kisjes | Gert Jan Geraeds | Andrew Plume | David Tempest | Judith Kamalski | Myrto Arvaniti | Michelle Pirotta, The Write Company

European Commission research: Women and science – Gender difference, gender equality

European Commission: Women and Science. Statistics and Indicators. She Figures 2006

UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology

Athena SWAN

The Times Higher Education: Top 200 World Universities

National Institutes of Health

National Science Foundation

The Nobel Foundation

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