Scientific journals should adopt new guidelines to more strictly identify the contributions of their authors, according to Alastair Matheson, a professional medical writer. He was quoted in an article, Universities Get Advice on How to Avoid Ghostwriting Scandals in Research Articles, in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

A journal's impact factor is a tool many researchers use to measure their research impact.

The UK's Research Information Network funded a two-year project to describe and assess patterns of the use, value and impact of e-journals by researchers.

Recognising that the effective communication of scientific research is vital both to the scientific community and to a scientist's career, the American Chemical Society is currently producing a series of videos called Publishing Your Research 101.

Determining the order of authors on a scholarly publication can be problematic, especially among interdisciplinary groups. However, there are existing protocols that determine who should be credited as an author on a publication.

Group of Eight institutions contributed more articles, letters and reviews to Nature and Nature monthly research journals in the last 12 months than other Australian research bodies.

Jennifer Howard reports in The Chronicle of Higher Education, of the University of Oregon's cancellation of two big subscription deals with Elsevier and Wiley. She also describes how the Southern Illinois University Library at Carbondale is scaling back on large publisher journal packages. Mr. Nabe said of the response at Southern Illinois.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute News reports that Randy W. Schekman, a distinguished cell biologist and the 14th editor of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has been named the first editor of a new journal that the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society, and the Wellcome Trust aim to launch next year.