The National Information Standards Organization and the National Federation for Advanced Information Services have issued a new Recommended Practice on Online Supplemental Journal Article Materials, Part A: Business Policies and Practices (NISO RP-15

The Academic Knowledge and Language graphic visualises the role that language of publication plays in the dissemination of academic knowledge through scholarly journals. It is obvious from first glance that English is entirely dominant.

DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) is growing - now providing access to 7000 journals. 45% of the journals are searchable on article level = more than 600 000 articles searchable.

The ARC has released the draft ERA 2012 Journal List for public comment. The draft incorporates feedback from the journal list public consultation phase (14 February - 4 April 2011). The ARC will accept comments on the draft list until 4pm (AEST) on Monday, 19 September 2011.

The list can be downloaded in Excel format here.