This study has been widely publicised lthough the basic argument used is false! China, Brazil and South Korea are three countries where research output has grown at a tremendous pace in the past few yeras. China is second only to the United States in the number of research papers indexed in SCI Expanded (and Scopus). These three countries are not part of Research4Life countries! There are many factors behind the accelerted growth of scientific research in different countrie. Open access is certainly one of them. Subbiah Arunachalam ----- Original Message ---- From: J. K. Vijayakumar <vjkjk@yahoo.com> To: lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; digilib_india@yahoogroups.com; corporatelibrns@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, 7 July, 2009 20:01:46 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Research Output in Developing Countries Increases -----Original Message----- From: Medical Libraries Discussion List [mailto:MEDLIB-L@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Menefee, Daviess (ELS-NYC) Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 10:49 AM To: MEDLIB-L@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Research Output in Developing Countries Increases Research Output in Developing Countries Reveals 194% Increase in Five Years The partners of Research4Life announced at the World Conference of Science Journalists 2009 that a new research impact analysis has demonstrated a dramatic rise in research output by scientists in the developing world since 2002. By comparing absolute growth in published research before (1996 - 2002) and after (2002 - 2008) the advent of the Research4Life programmes, the analysis has revealed a 194% or 6.4-fold increase in articles published in peer reviewed journals. Research4Life is the collective name given to HINARI, AGORA and OARE, the three public-private partnerships that offer health, agriculture and environmental research for free or at very low cost to developing countries. Key partners include WHO, FAO, UNEP, Cornell and Yale Universities, the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers and Microsoft as the technology partner. Over 150 publishers, among them Elsevier, Springer, Wiley-Blackwell and Oxford University Press provide the journal content.. Full Press Release: www.Research4Life.org <http://www.research4life.org/> Daviess Menefee Global Director for Institutional Relations Elsevier -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.