Showing papers on "Milestone published in 2005"
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TL;DR: An international project to create a comprehensive listing of life on Earth is about one-third complete, and the latest update to the Catalogue of Life pushed the total number of species to more than 535,000.
Abstract: An international project to create a comprehensive listing of life on Earth is about one-third complete. Last week, the latest update to the Catalogue of Life pushed the total number of species in this taxonomic trove to more than 535,000. The catalog is sponsored by the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) and Species 2000,a consortium of database organizations based at the University of Reading, U.K. (Science, 14 July 2000, p. 227).The Species 2000 site serves as a portal to the catalog, allowing you to browse or search a taxonomic tree linked to a host of “federated” databases such as AlgaeBase, the Species Fungorum, the World Spider Catalog, and many more. For example, look up the gerenuk (above), an African antelope, to find information such as its accepted scientific and common names,distribution,and classification.You can link to the ITIS database for more details. Smithsonian Institution zoologist Michael Ruggiero, director of ITIS, says the project is on track to record all of the roughly 1.75 million named species by 2011. www.sp2000.org R E S O U R C E S
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28 Jul 2005
TL;DR: The growth of Beirut in the nineteenth century was characterized by its relationship with the hinterland, and the struggle for self-determination over the administrative geography of Bilad al-Sham.
Abstract: Abstract The important fact of the growth of Beirut in the nineteenth century was not simply the replacement of one major trading port by another-Beirut was not simply the successor of Sidon and Acre-but the growth of a new kind of relationship with the ... hinterland. In May 1865, a milestone petition reached the Ottoman government from Beirut. Two hundred signatories from among the urban merchants, notables, and clergy demanded nothing less than that the sultan change the empire’s administrative geography and grant Beirut the status of an Ottoman provincial capital. The subsequent struggle over the administrative geography of Bilad al-Sham-or Greater Syria-which was finally decided in Beirut’s favour in March 1888, demonstrates two pivotal and overlooked aspects of the social history of the late Ottoman Empire.
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10 Jun 2005
TL;DR: The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) reaches a milestone with 1600 open-access, peer-reviewed journals, marking a significant step towards increasing accessibility and transparency in academic publishing.
Abstract: This morning the Directory of Open Access Journals logged its 1600th open-access, peer-reviewed journal.
13 Oct 2005
TL;DR: HighWire Press surpasses 1 million free online articles, offering a middle ground between fully open-access and non-open-access publishers, supporting participating journals' access policies and providing free content to a significant portion of its online library.
Abstract: HighWire Press has posted a million free online articles and is still going strong. Excerpt from its press release (October 11, 2005): (PS: Some HighWire content is free online and some isn't. The press supports the access policies adopted by its participating journals. Therefore, it's true that HighWire is a third way between no-OA publishers and all-OA publishers.
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31 Dec 2005
TL;DR: PubMed reaches 16 millionth citation milestone, marking another significant open-access achievement, underscoring the growing importance of accessible scientific literature and the role of PubMed in facilitating global research collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Abstract: On December 29, PubMed added its 16 millionth citation.
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9 Mar 2005
TL;DR: BioMed Central records 26.5 million article downloads, averaging 3,500 downloads per article, surpassing its 25 million milestone, highlighting the journal's significant online presence and accessibility.
Abstract: BioMed Central recently recorded its 25 millionth article download. In fact, by the time it could publish the milestone, its download tally was over 26.5 million. From its annnouncement: 'These figures mean that, on average, each article published in a BioMed Central journal has been downloaded more than 3,500 times. This is based solely on access statistics from the BioMed Central website.
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31 Mar 2005
TL;DR: The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) surpasses 1,500 peer-reviewed, open-access journals, with 1,513 listed as of the latest update, marking a significant milestone in open-access publishing.
Abstract: The Directory of Open Access Journals now lists more than 1,500 peer-reviewed, open-access journals. One minute ago, the tally was 1,513. For more details, see Lotte Jorgensen's announcement.
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29 Nov 2005
TL;DR: The OA Crystallography Open Database has surpassed 24,000 entries, marking a significant milestone in open-access crystallography research, providing a vast repository of structural data for scientific community.
Abstract: The OA Crystallography Open Database has logged over 24,000 entries.
23 Feb 2005
TL;DR: The University of California's eScholarship Repository, built by Bepress, has reached a milestone with its millionth download, marking a significant achievement in digital scholarship and repository usage.
Abstract: The University of California's eScholarship Repository, the system-wide IR built by Bepress, has logged its millionth download. From the Bepress press release (February 14): 'The Berkeley Electronic Press today announced that the eScholarship Repository, a University of California's digital collection powered by Berkeley Electronic Press technology, has reached a major milestone.
9 Jan 2005
TL;DR: Highwire Press surpasses 819,000 free online full-text articles, solidifying its position as the world's largest collection of open access, high-impact scholarly research, available at www.highwire.org through participating publishers.
Abstract: Highwire Press now has over 819,000 free online full-text articles. From the January 3 press release: 'Participating HighWire-hosted publishers have been steadily growing the world's largest collection of open access, high-impact scholarly research online. Today, more than 819,000 free peer-reviewed, full-text articles are available at www.highwire.org.
23 Aug 2005
TL;DR: The National Library of Medicine's public collections of DNA and RNA sequences have surpassed 100 gigabases, a significant milestone in open-access data growth, facilitating global research and collaboration in genomics and biomedicine.
Abstract: Public Collections of DNA and RNA Sequence Reach 100 Gigabases, a press release from the National Library of Medicine (August 22). Excerpt:
28 Nov 2005
TL;DR: E-LIS, an open-access repository for library and information science, surpasses 3,000 deposited documents, marking a significant milestone in its growth and development as a valuable resource for the field.
Abstract: E-LIS, the OA repository for library and information science, now has more than 3,000 documents on deposit.