Centre for Post-harvest Biotechnology: Custom Tag
October 3, 2013
In a recent post I said that I would tag posts for specific groups so that you could use them on your own web site (for example) to give you a URL that provided easy access to blog posts. At that time, I set up a MEME tag, which gives access to all the posts …
Australian Business Deans Council (ABCD): Revised Journal List Announced
September 30, 2013
The Australian Business Deans Council (ABCD) has just announced its revsied journal list (in draft form at the time of writing). From their web site (About Us), the ABDC was: “Established in 2002 to represent Australia’s higher education business faculties and schools, the ABDC is particularly concerned to improve Business education through curriculum development, and …
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
August 28, 2013
COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) was established in 1997 and I first heard about it when attending U21 workshop on research misconduct. Many of the leading journals have signed up the to principles that COPE outline. If nothing else, it is worth being aware of this organisation, but they have some very interesting content. Two …
Academic Ranking of World Universities 2013 released
August 15, 2013
“The long-heralded shift of global academic power towards Asia appears to be happening at a glacial pace, if at all, according to this year’s Shanghai Jiao Tong university rankings.” So starts the THES article (15 Aug 2013). The full list of rankings from the Academic Ranking of World Universities can be seen here. It is …
What is Food and Bioproduct Processing Research?
August 13, 2013
In this What is? series, we invite experienced researchers to write about their area of research, but in more general terms than they might normally do. This article, entitled What is Pharmaceutical Nanoemulsion?, is written by Prof. Chung Lim Law If you would like to contribute, then please let me know (Graham.Kendall@nottingham.edu.my) and we can …
Please Check your Publications!!!!
August 2, 2013
Following the post we did last week, which gave the current status of our ISI/Scopus publications in 2013, I was contacted by a member of staff asking why their paper was not showing. My immediate thought was that the paper in question was not an ISI and/or Scopus indexed journal. A quick search would easily …
UNMC Publication Status: July 2013
July 23, 2013
Every so often we publish the current status of our publications. This is useful to see how we are doing against previous years, but it might also be useful to people from outside the University to see what areas where we are currently publishing. I have extracted the publications listed on Web of Knowledge and …
EURAXESS Science Slammer: Do you have what it takes (and win a trip to Brussels)?
July 19, 2013
Those of you that fancy themsleves on stage, as well as having a research story to tell? We have just received this Do you want to have a rock star moment? Present your ideas to the world? This September, the stage will be yours: EURAXESS Links ASEAN is looking for the best Science Slammers! Five …
U21 Three Minute Thesis Competition
July 2, 2013
Universitas 21 (U21) are running a three minute thesis competition. The full details are on the attached flyer (with more details on the web site) and the Research Training and Academic Unit (RTAD) have already disseminated this information. We would strongly encourage you to enter this competition (not least of all to win the USD …
Journal Rankings
July 1, 2013
Most of us wil be familiar with Thompson Reuter’s ISI and Scopus as a way of giving an indication of journal quality. Both ISI and Scopus are largely based on impact factors. You might not be as aware of some of the other journal rankings that are available. ABS (Association of Business Schools) Journal ListThe …
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