IRUA PURCHASE THOMSON SCIENTIFIC’S NATIONAL CITATION REPORT AND UNIVERSITY SCIENCE INDICATORS
All Six Universities that Comprise the National Alliance Will Benefit
Sydney, Australia - 07/10/2007 —
Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, today announced that it has reached an agreement with the Innovative Research Universities Australia (IRUA) to provide its National Citation Reports and University Science Indicators to its six member universities. Members of the group are Flinders University, Griffith University, La Trobe University, Macquarie University, Murdoch University, and The University of Newcastle.
"The National Citation Report has provided Griffith University with a high
level of analysis exceeding our expectations,” said Tony Sheil, Senior
Manager Research Policy, Griffith University. “In addition to deep analysis
and benchmarking of research performance, the National Citation Reports
enables excellent insights into the nature of the University's
collaborations with other institutions and researchers, as well as
publishing patterns by author, journal, field and other variables."
The National Citation Report is an electronic database of a nation's
journal articles in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The
dataset contains all standard bibliographic information for each paper
indexed plus year by year and total citation counts for each paper. These
data, in this database structure, allow virtually any type of analysis of
output of papers and influence in terms of citations or citations per
paper.
University Science Indicators 1981 through the current year is an
easy-to-use database of research performance measures on major research
universities. Based on unique and authoritative publication and citation
statistics of ISI, University Science Indicators contains the number of
ISI-indexed papers from each university and the number of times the papers
were cited through the current year. Users can analyze the data for
each year, for the entire period, the most recent five-year period or in
five-year moving windows of papers published and cited for one or any group
of universities.
“Currently, Australian Universities are preparing for the 2008 Research
Quality Framework process which highlights the importance of tracking
research performance,” said Jeroen Prinsen, Director of Sales, Thomson
Scientific ANZ. “Organizations like IRUA appreciate Thomson Scientific’s
ability to partner with its customers and support them with all the right
tools for their research evaluation studies.”
About the Innovative Research Universities Australia
(IRUA)
The IRUA is a national group of student-focused and research-intensive
universities formed with the intent of promoting collaboration between
members in areas such as research, education, resource and information
sharing. Members of the group are Flinders University, Griffith University,
La Trobe University, Macquarie University, Murdoch University, and The
University of Newcastle.
About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com) is a global leader in providing
essential electronic workflow solutions to business and professional
customers. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Thomson
provides value-added information, software tools and applications to
professionals in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services,
scientific research and healthcare. The Corporation’s common shares
are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX:
TOC).
Thomson Scientific is a business of The Thomson Corporation. Its
information solutions assist professionals at every stage of research and
development—from discovery to analysis to product development and
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