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Iran urged to stamp out plagiarism
Iranian professors around the world are petitioning colleagues in Iran to attack plagiarism after alleged instances in academic journals.
NEWS | 26 October 2009 | EN
Free journal access for patent offices
Patent offices in developing countries will be able to consult key science and technology journals under a new scheme.
NEWS | 11 August 2009 | EN
China gaining ground in top international journals
Papers by Chinese researchers are increasingly being published in international publications, an analysis of top journals has found.
Subsidised access may be behind developing country research boom
The leaders of schemes to subsidise access to journals claim some credit for the dramatic rise in developing world research output.
Scheme helps polish developing country science papers
Researchers in developing countries can access a free editing service that prepares their manuscripts for submission to journals.
Egypt to get digital science library
The Egyptian research community is set to get a boost with a new digital library and discounted access to top international journals.
NEWS | 16 June 2009 | EN
India 'limping' in science publication rates
India is falling behind in science publishing, a leading analyst warns, and it will take more than ambition to solve the problem.
China issues another crackdown on scientific misconduct
China's Ministry of Education has defined seven acts of academic misconduct in a further bid to tackle the problem.
Key Indian research organisation goes open access
India's key research agency plans to make its findings open access — and the next step is to boost awareness.
NEWS | 13 March 2009 | EN
Qatar puts its science articles online
Qatar has put its scientific back catalogue in an online, open access database in the hope of encouraging collaboration.
NEWS | 10 March 2009 | EN
Top South African journals to go open access
High-profile South African journals are to receive more recognition thanks to an open access scheme modelled on a Brazilian venture.
NEWS | 2 March 2009 | EN
Poor science publishing rates in Ecuador
In the last four decades, each of the 73 research institutes in Ecuador has published an average of only four papers every five years.
NEWS | 2 March 2009 | ES
Open access papers used more in developing world
Developing country scientists cite open access papers more than restricted ones, suggesting they enhance their participation in science.
Mexico boosts environmental research publications
Mexico has increased the number of environmental research papers it publishes by around 5 times in 12 years - only the second Latin American country to do so.
NEWS | 23 February 2009 | ES
China tops engineering publications list
China has topped the international Engineering Index and ranked third globally for research papers in the 2007 Science Citation Index.
Uruguay to fund online access to scientific journals
Uruguay has signed an agreement to boost an online website to grant national researchers free access to scientific journals.
NEWS | 2 December 2008 | ES
Islamic countries to get own science citation index
An Islamic Citation Centre is to be set up by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to promote research excellence in the region.
NEWS | 17 October 2008 | EN
Make China journals open access, says top scientist
Priority must be given to domestic science publications and many Chinese journals should be made open-access, says a leading Chinese scientist.
Journal access programmes 'need wider input'
Un rapport conclut que la facilitation de l'accès des pays en développement aux contenus des publications nécessite une meilleure implication - et particulièrement celle des sociétés savantes.
NEWS | 25 June 2008 | EN
Subsidised access 'helps boost scientific output'
The WHO's research access programme, HINARI, claims that it has helped increase the scientific output of its member countries.
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