The latest, July 2008 statistics from the World Universities' ranking on the Web: Home are available now. View the TOP Universities in various categories:
- Top 4000 Universities
- Top USA & Canada
- Top Africa
- Distribution by Country
- Top 1000 R & D Institutions
- Research Councils
- Best Practices, etc.
Read more "About the Ranking" for criteria for institutions to be ranked. Also you can view the Catalogue for "Universities per Countries" and "R & D Centers per Country".
* Top South African Universities
1. University of Cape Town (World Rank: 385)
2. Stellenbosch University (World Rank: 654)
3. Rhodes University (World Rank: 722)
4. University of Pretoria (World Rank: 734)
5. University of Witwatersrand (World Rank: 831)
6. University of the Western Cape (World Rank: 1,218)
7. University of Kwazulu Natal (World Rank: 1,313)
8. University of South Africa (World Rank: 1,499)
9. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (World Rank: 2,145)
10. University of Free State (World Rank: 2,946)
11. University of Johannesburg (World Rank: 3,704)
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Wiley-Blackwell Library Newsletter: August 2008
Keep abreast with the latest Wiley-Blackwell developments (August, 2008): Latest News in Select Subject Areas
* Earth and Environmental Science News:
- The Journal of Flood Risk Management is available FREE ONLINE in 2008.
* New Life Science Journals:
- The Conservation Letters, A new journal of the Society for Conservation Biology. Free access to institutions for 2008-2009
* Physical Sciences News
- The ISI Journal Citation Report 2007 confirms Wiley-Blackwell's position as the leading publisher in the area of Polymer Science. Publishing seven of the top 25 journals in this area by ranking. Wiley-Blackwell alone publishes more than 30% of the total citations generated by the 74 titles in Polymer Science. See Highlights for Polymer Science Impact Factors
On June 30, 2008, Wiley InterScience was expanded to include all full-text journal content from Blackwell Synergy. Synergy has been shut down and Wiley InterScience is now the primary home for all Wiley-Blackwell journals.
For more information about the transition or for customer support assistance, go to:
interscience.wiley.com/transition - for Librarians and Institutional Customers.
interscience.wiley.com/transition - for Librarians and Institutional Customers.
Wiley InterScience now hosts more than 3 million journal articles in over 1400 journals, and more than 6000 online books and reference works. To help you make the most of the site, take advantage of these free training resources:
* Online Tutorials
Self-paced online tutorials. The demos are listed by topic or product type for quick review of how to use our products and services.
* Online Tutorials
Self-paced online tutorials. The demos are listed by topic or product type for quick review of how to use our products and services.
* End User Guide
Covers the basics for finding content on Wiley InterScience and taking advantage of personalized functions.
Covers the basics for finding content on Wiley InterScience and taking advantage of personalized functions.
* Journals - Wiley-Blackwell's Portfolio Now Includes over 900 Journals with Impact Factors. According to the Thomson ISI® 2007 Journal Citation Reports (released June 2008), over 900 Wiley-Blackwell journals now have Impact Factors, many showing dramatic increases across numerous of subject areas.
- In the field of chemistry, Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis confirmed its number one position in the applied chemistry category for the fourth straight year; Fuel Cells received its first Impact Factor of 3.273; and for the last two years, Angewandte Chemie, a journal of the German Chemical Society, has received an Impact Factor above 10.
- In the area of life sciences, Biological Reviews increased its Impact Factor from 5.565 to 8.833; FEMS Microbiology Reviews increased its Impact Factor to 9.25; and for the fourth consecutive year Ecology Letters increased its Impact Factor—now 8.204
Wiley InterScience now features over 1300 online books in Chemistry, covering topics ranging from biochemistry to environmental chemistry to green chemistry. Browse all Wiley InterScience Online Books in Chemistry . Wiley publishes a broad range of chemistry books, available in print or online, covering the complete spectrum of the field. From introductory works for the non-specialist, to college and graduate-level texts, all the way to advanced professional resources, Wiley chemistry books offer expertise at every level.
www.wiley.com/chemistryonlinebooks
www.wiley.com/chemistryonlinebooks
Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics: Open Access Journal
The Open Access Journal of "Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics" provides a global stage for presenting, discussing and developing issues concerning ethics in science, environmental politics, and ecological and economic ethics. This journal can be accessed also through A-to-Z List.
The 2008, Vol. 8(1) is dedicated to The use and misuse of bibliometric indices in evaluating scholarly performance.
Quantifying the relative performance of individual scholars, groups of scholars, departments, institutions, provinces/states/regions and countries has become an integral part of decision-making over research policy, funding allocations, awarding of grants, faculty hirings, and claims for promotion and tenure. Bibliometric indices (based mainly upon citation counts), such as the h-index and the journal impact factor, are heavily relied upon in such assessments. There is a growing consensus, and a deep concern, that these indices — more-and-more often used as a replacement for the informed judgement of peers — are misunderstood and are, therefore, often misinterpreted and misused.
The articles in this Theme Section present a range of perspectives on these issues. Alternative approaches, tools and metrics that will hopefully lead to a more balanced role for these instruments are presented.
Vol. 8(1)
Vol. 8(1)
* Browman HI, Stergiou KIINTRODUCTION: Factors and indices are one thing, deciding who is scholarly, why they are scholarly, and the relative value of their scholarship is something else entirely
* Campbell P.: Escape from the impact factor
* Lawrence PA.: Lost in publication: how measurement harms science
* Todd PA, Ladle RJ.: Hidden dangers of a ‘citation culture’
* Taylor M, Perakakis P, Trachana V.: The siege of science
* Cheung WWL.: The economics of post-doc publishing
* Tsikliras AC.: Chasing after the high impact
* Zitt M, Bassecoulard E.: Challenges for scientometric indicators: data demining, knowledge flows measurements and diversity issues
* Harzing AWK, van der Wal R.: Google Scholar as a new source for citation analysis
* Pauly D, Stergiou KI.: Re-interpretation of ‘influence weight’ as a citation-based Index of New Knowledge (INK)
* Giske J.: Benefitting from bibliometry
* Butler L.: Using a balanced approach to bibliometrics: quantitative performance measures in the Australian Research Quality Framework
* Bornmann L, Mutz R, Neuhaus C, Daniel HD.: Citation counts for research evaluation: standards of good practice for analyzing bibliometric data and presenting and interpreting results
* Harnad S.: Validating research performance metrics against peer rankings
Have a look at the previous years publications:
Articles on: Climate Change; Urban sprawl; Ramsey Model for Climate Change Assessment
2006: Vol. 6
2006: Vol. 6
Articles on: Environmental Assessment in Chile; Environmental Ethics for Global Warming
2005: Vol. 5
2005: Vol. 5
Articles on: Ecological crisis; sustainability ethics; Results from two citation analysis - ISI and Scholar Google
The Latest in Science Online Magazine
These are the highlights of the latest (20 June-15 August 2008) isues of Science Magazine:
Access to Quarterly Author Index.
15 August 2008Vol 321, Issue 5891, Pages 888-986 Table of Contents
Issue Highlights
Geomagnetic Substorm Trigger
Small RNAs Provide Bacterial Defense
Ironing Out Ancient Ocean Chemistry
Neutrophil-Assisted Parasite Infection
News of the Week: CLIMATE PREDICTION; APPLIED PHYSICS; HIV/AIDS. News Focus: GLOBAL WARMING: Climate Change Hot Spots Mapped Across the United States. A listing of books received at Science during the week ended August 8, 2008. Perspectives: IMMUNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; PLANETARY SCIENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OCEAN SCIENCE. Reviews: Spreading Dead Zones and Consequences for Marine Ecosystems
8 August 2008Vol 321, Issue 5890, Pages 741-859 Table of Contents
Issue Highlights
Special Issue:Challenges in Theoretical Chemistry
Trust and Borderline Personality Disorder
The Birth of Planetary Systems
Symporter Structure Solved
News of the Week: AIR QUALITY; STEM CELLS; PLANETARY SCIENCE. News Focus: EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. A listing of books received at Science during the week ended August 8, 2008. Perspectives: IMMUNOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; ECOLOGY; STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY.
1 August 2008Vol 321, Issue 5889, Pages 597-728 Table of Contents
Issue Highlights
Modeling Star Formation
Splice Factor Identified
Rapid Greenland Climate Change
Insights into Cytokine Signaling
News of the Week: CHEMISTRY; SCIENCE AT THE OLYMPICS. News Focus: CHINA'S ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES;A listing of books received at Science during the week ended July 25, 2008. Perspectives: IMMUNOLOGY: A Splicing Switch for T Cells; CELL SIGNALING; ASTRONOMY; CLIMATE CHANGE: Ecosystem Disturbance, Carbon, and Climate. Review: Hopping Hotspots: Global Shifts in Marine Biodiversity.
25 July 2008Vol 321, Issue 5888, Pages 461-578 Table of Contents
Issue Highlights
Special Issue: HIV/AIDS—Follow the Money
Entangled Beams and Images
RNA Interference in the Nucleus
Ocean Cooling and Ordovician Biodiversity
News of the Week: AIDS VACCINE RESEARCH; SCIENCE IN JAPAN; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE: Lessons of Disasters Past Could Guide Sichuan's Revival; A listing of books received at Science during the week ended July 18, 2008. Perspectives: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: PHYSICS; BIOCHEMISTRY;
18 July 2008Vol 321, Issue 5887, Pages 313-423 Table of Contents
Issue Highlights
Special Issue: Drug Resistance (Trench Warfare in a Battle With TB, etc.)
Improved X-ray Imaging
Vertebrate Vocalization Origins
Extent of the Younger Dryas
News of the Week: RESEARCH ETHICS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY: Caribbean Megaeruptions Drove a Global Ocean Crisis;SOCIOLOGY: Survey Finds Citations Growing Narrower as Journals Move Online. News Focus: AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; GENETICS; ACOUSTICS '08. Letters: Conservations; A listing of books received at Science during the week ended July 11, 2008. Policy Forum: ECOLOGY: Assisted Colonization and Rapid Climate Change. Perspectives: CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE: A Hotter Greenhouse? DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; APPLIED PHYSICS;
11 July 2008Vol 321, Issue 5886, Pages 172-276 Table of Contents
Issue Highlights
Genetic Clues to Autism
Slab Avalanche Trigger
How Bacteria Recognize Self
Prelude to a Supernova
Genetic Clues to Autism
Slab Avalanche Trigger
How Bacteria Recognize Self
Prelude to a Supernova
News focus is: UNIVERSITY RESEARCH: Steering Harvard Toward Collaborative Science; EVOLUTION: Modernizing the Modern Synthesis. Letters: Biofuels. A listing of books received at Science during the week ended July 4, 2008. Review: Enzymes Without Borders
4 July 2008Vol 321, Issue 5885, Pages 12-144 : Table of Contents
Issue Highlights
Special Issue: MESSENGER
Spatial Representation in the Hippocampus
Transistor Nanofilms
Population Growth in Protected Areas
News focus: CLIMATE CHANGE; EVOLUTION; MARINE BIOLOGY; APPLIED PHYSICS; A listing of books received at Science during the week ended June 27, 2008. Research article: Phanerozoic Trends in the Global Diversity of Marine Invertebrates. Reports: Accelerated Human Population Growth at Protected Area Edges - 45 countries in Africa and Latin America
20 June 2008Vol 320, Issue 5883, Pages 1559-1659: Table of Contents
Issue Highlights
Elevation Changes in Antarctica
Imaging Astrocyte Activity
Iron Isotope Fractionation in Magma
Molecular Flagellum Clutch
Elevation Changes in Antarctica
Imaging Astrocyte Activity
Iron Isotope Fractionation in Magma
Molecular Flagellum Clutch
News Focus: GEOPHYSICS; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NANO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE NANOTECH 2008; A listing of books received at Science during the week ended June 13, 2008. Perspectives: ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MICROBIOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; APPLIED PHYSICS.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
The latest from the blogosphere
It has been a while since I blogged last. This is what I have found on the iLibrarinan blog, that could be of interest:
A New Look for Delicious
The Delicious social bookmarking website has undergone a transformation to a sleek new design which is much easier on the eyes. What has change:
- “Speed: We’ve moved to a new infrastructure that makes every page faster.
- Search: We’ve completely overhauled our search engine to make it faster and more powerful.
- Design: Finally, we’ve updated the user interface to improve usability and add a few often-requested features (such as selectable detail levels and alphabetical sorting of bookmarks). Check out the What’s New page for an overview of the changes.
Have a look at my sciencelibrarian on Delicious to see all these changes. I'm really impressed with the new "makeover" as it is much easier to spot the tagged information.
The Delicious social bookmarking website has undergone a transformation to a sleek new design which is much easier on the eyes. What has change:
- “Speed: We’ve moved to a new infrastructure that makes every page faster.
- Search: We’ve completely overhauled our search engine to make it faster and more powerful.
- Design: Finally, we’ve updated the user interface to improve usability and add a few often-requested features (such as selectable detail levels and alphabetical sorting of bookmarks). Check out the What’s New page for an overview of the changes.
Have a look at my sciencelibrarian on Delicious to see all these changes. I'm really impressed with the new "makeover" as it is much easier to spot the tagged information.
70+ Open Courseware Resources
Christina Laun at CollegeDegrees.com has compiled The Ultimate Guide to Using Open Courseware: 70+ Apps, Search Engines and Resources for Free Learning.
Christina Laun at CollegeDegrees.com has compiled The Ultimate Guide to Using Open Courseware: 70+ Apps, Search Engines and Resources for Free Learning.
Pirated and Open Source Books
These are quite a few projects with Open Source books which have been made free by their copyright holders. If you are a student or a professor about to choose your readings for the fall semester, you may want to consider some of these choices: Textbook Revolution ; Global Text Project etc.
50 Ways to use Social Media to Improve Marketing
Chris Brogan discusses 50 Ways Marketers Can use Social Media to Improve Their Marketing.
Chris Brogan discusses 50 Ways Marketers Can use Social Media to Improve Their Marketing.
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