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China has topped the international Engineering Index and ranked third globally for research papers in the 2007 Science Citation Index.

Uruguay has signed an agreement to boost an online website to grant national researchers free access to scientific journals.

An Islamic Citation Centre is to be set up by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to promote research excellence in the region.

Priority must be given to domestic science publications and many Chinese journals should be made open-access, says a leading Chinese scientist.

Un rapport conclut que la facilitation de l'accès des pays en développement aux contenus des publications nécessite une meilleure implication - et particulièrement celle des sociétés savantes.

The WHO's research access programme, HINARI, claims that it has helped increase the scientific output of its member countries.

More than 65 Nature biomedical journals have been made free to access for readers in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

A new venture is helping Latin American and Caribbean scientists improve their scientific writing to prepare conference abstracts.

A bid to make findings from government-funded health research projects freely available has received a setback, admits a WHO working group.

China is now the world's second highest producer of science and technology research papers, according to statistics.

Collective commitment and better engagement are needed to further African science, say members of the ministerial council on science and technology.

The second stage of the OARE project was launched last week, enabling more institutions in developing countries to access environmental research.

Research journals have joined forces to draw attention to the role science can play in alleviating poverty and improving health.

The president of the Peruvian National Council on Science, Technology and Innovation has announced support for science journalism.

A new scheme will help African scientists and students find out where to access scientific information on the Internet.

Microsoft has agreed to provide software to allow scientists in the developing world easier and more secure free access to online journals.

An independent ethics watchdog in India has concluded that scientists at a prestigious research institute manipulated published data.

Science publisher Elsevier is to provide journalists from developing countries with free access to research from 2000 of its journals.

A new electronic library will give Chile's universities and research centres access to a wide range of science online.

Two studies on rotavirus vaccines have been recognised by the Lancet for their relevance and global impact.