Monthly Archives: October 2010

Over one hundred BioMed Central journals now indexed by Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters have informed us that another three BioMed Central journals have been accepted and are well on their way to receiving their first Impact Factors next year in June 2011. BMC Ophthalmology, Cell Division and Epigenetics & Chromatin have recently been accepted for citation tracking by Thomson Reuters, which takes the total of tracked… Read more »

Science and OA help UN achieve 2015 Millennium Development Goals

Following the UN summit in New York, progress of the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is an international talking point. Science is acknowledged as a significant factor in helping to achieve these MDGs, a number of UN targets intended to reduce global poverty and improve living standards. Malnutrition is being tackled through the development of… Read more »

Open Repository joins DuraSpace Registered Service Provider program

Open Repository is pleased to announce we are now a DuraSpace Registered Service Provider. DuraSpace is a not-for-profit organization that aims to establish partnerships with companies that provide support services to institutions using DSpace and Fedora digital repository software. Open Repository shares their commitment to ensure that current and future generations have access to our… Read more »

New Scopus Citation Count Tool from Open Repository

Open Repository can now display citation counts directly from Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web research. For any items with a DOI that are recognized by Scopus, citation counts can now appear dynamically on the metadata page for that item within the repository. Enhanced Open Repository customers can… Read more »