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Articles from our December 2008 KnowledgeLink newsletter:

	Citation laureates receive Nobel prizes Citation analysis correctly predicted this year’s Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry, Economics and Physiology or Medicine. FULL STORY

	One in a million - China provides the millionth DWPI record for 2008 If evidence of the explosion in volumes of patent information currently being published worldwide were needed, look no further than the number of new inventions being added to the world’s premier patent information database, Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI). FULL STORY

	How do you identify key opinion leaders to support your pharmaceutical business strategy? Objectively identifying key opinion leaders (KOLs), scientific experts or clinical investigators can be an onerous task. In a new white paper, we propose a solution for optimal KOL identification and selection. FULL STORY

	Energy Gauge: Who Exactly Is In Power? Science Watch has revealed the most cited journals, authors and institutions in energy and fuels. FULL STORY

	India's new millennium in science After several consecutive years of minimal increase through the 1980s and 90s, India's output of scientific papers has risen sharply since 2000. Concurrently, the citation impact of the nation's published research in main fields has been trending upward in recent years. FULL STORY

	Biomarkers - an indispensable addition to the drug development toolkit Biomarkers are becoming an essential part of clinical development. In a new white paper, Thomson Reuters explores the role of biomarkers as evaluative tools in improving clinical research, and their potential to improve decision making, accelerate drug development and reduce development costs. FULL STORY

	Global patent warming – tackling the surge in global patent applications Increasing globalization and changes in social, political and technological trends have created a surge in the number of applications filed worldwide. The demand for patents is growing faster than the number of patents processed, creating a backlog of pending applications recently described as 'Global patent warming'. FULL STORY

	Three ways to maintain your IP intelligence edge in lean times IP Intelligence can be a powerful competitive edge in times of tightened budgets and economic downturn. FULL STORY

	Taking the poison pill - The pressures of globalization on the Japanese economy and intellectual property Thinking of investing in Japan? As the tendency of Western companies for mergers and acquisitions accelerates, and some Japanese companies adopt poison pill takeover defense strategies, tensions are being created that challenge Japanese corporate governance and company law, with intellectual property investments possibly facing a similar impact. FULL STORY

	Globally speaking - taking scientific information to a worldwide audience Thomson Reuters is aware of its responsibility to an ever more diversified scientific community. We are committed not only to making scientific information more accessible throughout the world, by offering it in a number of languages, but also to enhancing this accessibility through regional content and local-language user interfaces. Here are just a few of the ways in which we support global research. FULL STORY

	Taking the guesswork out of business intelligence at Oxford University Press Oxford University Press wanted to increase their subscriber base. In order to do that, they needed to construct a more accurate picture of their current subscribers – and their non-subscribers. FULL STORY

	Conference proceedings and their impact on global research Conferences and other scientific gatherings add an important perspective to the overall research picture, and are often the first place where research ideas are presented and discussed. FULL STORY

	Memories of a 1963 Derwent subscriber meeting Can you spot anyone you know in this photograph showing an early (1963?) gathering of subscribers to Farmdoc, the Derwent pharmaceutical patents service? FULL STORY

	Faster enterprise access to industry codes and standards with Techstreet BuildingBlocks Codes and standards are important to many businesses, especially for rapid, seamless product development and international compliance. BuildingBlocks enables faster access to the latest industry codes and standards, helping keep Techstreet customers at the leading edge. FULL STORY

	A window into the latest pharmaceutical research: introducing the Thomson Reuters Pharma Knowledge Hub In today's fast-moving pharmaceutical industry, success means staying on top of a continuous stream of ever-accumulating data, vital new research, and the very latest expert thought. FULL STORY

	Turkey's fast-growing influence on global research Clinical medicine, plant and animal science, engineering and physics are just some of the fields where Turkey exhibits a significant contribution to global research. FULL STORY

	Australian universities ranked among the top 50 most cited research global institutions For 2003 to 2007, Australian Universities ranked within the World's Top 50 most cited research institutions in four categories - Geosciences, Environment/Ecology, Psychiatry/Psychology and Social Sciences. FULL STORY

	Thomson Innovation enables IP research and analysis in Japanese Year-after-year, Japan continues to lead the world in published patents. With so much patent activity happening in Japan, Thomson Reuters has launched a localized version of Thomson Innovation for Japanese-speaking professionals to accelerate their intellectual property research and analysis activities. FULL STORY