The 30 day Impact Challenge

1)       The 30 day Impact Challenge – The Ultimate Guide to Raising the Profile of your Research

http://blog.impactstory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/impact_challenge_ebook_links.pdf

Statement on Open Access to research publications

1)       Statement on Open Access to Research Publications from the National Research Foundation (NRF)-Funded Research (w.e.f. 1 March 2015)

http://www.nrf.ac.za/media-room/news/statement-open-access-research-publications-national-research-foundation-nrf-funded

What Might an Apple Watch for Higher Education Look Like?

An interesting diversion....

An Apple Watch that’s tailored to meet the needs of academics could be the next big thing in higher education. Someday.
The technology giant held an event this week to show off its new device, and that prompted Sylvain Deville, a research scientist at France’s National Center for Scientific Research, to reimagine the Apple Watch as a scholar-friendly device. He called his creation Apple Watch Academia, and shared it on Twitter with the fake promotion “Science. In real time.” Read more...

InCites video links

 Thomson Reuters have created more videos to help users with InCites.

Please see below for the list, including the latest addition to the Web of Science Core Collection links.

InCites Benchmarking & Analytics (InCites 2):

• InCites: Benchmarking & Analytics: Quick Tour
• InCites: Benchmarking & Analytics: Identifying Peer Institutions
• InCites: Benchmarking & Analytics: Explore Organizations Introduction
• InCites: Benchmarking & Analytics: Explore Organizations Part 2
• InCites: B&A: How to Evaluate Institutional Collaborations
• InCites: B&A: How to Regional Collaborations
• InCites: B&A: Explore Research Areas
• InCites: B&A: Explore Journals
• InCItes B&A: Managing Dashboards & Saving Reports
• InCites B&A: Exporting
• Answering your questions with TR Data
• How to use Bibliometrics Effectively
• InCites: Benchmarking & Analytics: Explore People
• InCites: Benchmarking & Analytics: Explore Regions
• InCites: Benchmarking & Analytics: System Reports
• InCites: Benchmarking & Analytics: Recorded Future

Web of Science Core Collection

·         Web of Science Core Collection (Previously Web of Science and before that ISI): Journal Selection Criteria

·         Web of Science Core Collection: Journal Selection Process

·         Open Access in WoS Core Collection

·         Google Scholar Collaboration

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