MAY/JUNE 2007
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Which countries publish the most cited scientific papers? The May/June issue of Science Watch ranks 13 countries based on published scientific papers that reached the top one percent of most-cited papers worldwide from 1996 to 2006. The United States has produced more than 2.9 million scientific papers over this period, and took the lead in both the total papers among the top one percent, and the percentage of total papers among the top one percent. FULL STORY> |
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Awards for information professionals Each year Thomson Scientific presents awards to recognize information professionals at different stages of their careers. The Roger K. Summit Scholarship supports high-achieving students who are expected to make an impact on the information profession. The InfoStar Awards are given to information professionals whose creativity and innovation inspires others in the industry. Both awards are presented in North America and in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa. The recipients of the 2007 North America awards have just been announced, and were recognized at ceremonies at the Special Library Association (SLA) meeting in Denver, CO in June. FULL STORY> |
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End-to-end management of intellectual assets Thomson Scientific launched its new IP portfolio management software this month. Thomson IP ManagerSM is an integrated workflow solution providing end-to-end management of intellectual assets and enabling collaboration between groups in the innovation and product management life cycle. FULL STORY> |
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World IP Today: analyzing global innovation Thomson Scientific marked World Intellectual Property Day 2007 by publishing two reports on the global intellectual property (IP) landscape. Using Derwent World Patents Index data, the reports analyze which countries are forging change in the areas of patents and technology innovation, and highlight major increases in patenting activity over the past decade. FULL STORY> |
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The Financial Times: tracking innovation evolution using patent insight The Financial Times, one of the world's leading global business newspapers, publishes a regular digital business supplement. Patent insight from Thomson Scientific features in a regular slot illustrating the evolution of digital media, and two examples are shown here: media players and the internet and its applications. FULL STORY> |
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Diversification delivers Blockbuster drugs tend to grab headlines but, arguably, it is the technologies used to identify these high-revenue pharmaceuticals that are more important in the long term. From the perspective of classic medicinal chemistry, drug industry innovation might well seem to have reached a plateau, or even to be in decline. But that conclusion ignores the diversification that has occurred over the past decade, which has brought 'alien' disciplines, such as computing, into the drug discovery infrastructure. FULL STORY> |