SEPTEMBER 2006
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Driving innovation in the Asia Pacific region This month's Zillion business magazine features an interview with Mark Garlinghouse, vice president of Thomson Scientific Asia Pacific. He has seen a dramatic increase in scientific literature and patent output over the last 10 to 15 years in this region, with a similar growth in Thomson Scientific's client base. The interview features some of the key products driving this growth, and highlights activities aiming to help stimulate development of a sound research infrastructure in China. FULL STORY> |
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A Global Evolution: The Growing Role of IAM What will the field of intellectual asset management look like five years from now? Ten years from now? The answer, of course, depends on whom you ask. This article features a compilation of interviews with professionals in different intellectual asset management (IAM) roles, yielding a rich perspective, as deep as it is broad. FULL STORY> |
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Predicting the winner: Thomson Scientific chooses likely Nobel Prize Laureates Marie Curie …Linus Pauling… Max Planck ... Crick & Watson … There have been 776 Nobel Prize winners since it was first given in 1902. And every year, there is lively speculation about who will win the next Prizes. This year, the 2006 Nobel Prize winners will be announced beginning on October 2. In anticipation of this announcement, Thomson Scientific is revealing its own list of Citation Laureates … the researchers in medicine, chemistry, physics and economics most likely to contend for Nobel honors. FULL STORY> |
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The Ones to Watch: key phase changes in the pharmaceutical pipeline Thomson Scientific has launched a new line of free reports from Thomson Pharma(SM). The Ones To Watch reviews recent phase changes in the pharmaceutical pipeline, bringing you expert insight into the five most promising drugs at each stage. FULL STORY> |
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A Closer Look at Global Warming Research Retreating glaciers and rising sea levels. Longer droughts and catastrophic hurricanes. Over the past 100 years, the Earth's surface temperature has risen by about one degree Fahrenheit, with even more rapid change apparent over the last two decades. Many climatologists say we are seeing global warming caused by human activities that cause an increase in greenhouse gasses. FULL STORY> |
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NME output lifts from 20 year low New research findings from The Centre for Medicines Research (CMR) International Ltd, a Thomson business, reveal that new molecular entity (NME) output rose in 2004 after a dramatic ten year decline. R&D expenditure and pharmaceutical sales both showed a steady increase over the same period, with sales outperforming R&D expenditure in recent years. FULL STORY> |
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Introducing EndNote Web: interview with David Kochalko, president of Thomson ResearchSoft EndNote® Web is the new Web-based bibliographic service for students and researchers that organizes personal reference collections and saves time retyping references for course work and publication. Nancy Matus interviewed David Kochalko to find out more about how this new solution can be put to work. FULL STORY> |
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Journal Use Reports: measure the value of your journal collections How do you measure journal use and activity at your institution? Do you know where your institution's researchers are publishing? Which journals they're using? Who your most prolific authors are? And how many hours — or days — does it take for you and your staff to collect, compile, and analyze usage reports from all the publishers? FULL STORY> |