Journals

This Week in the Medical Journals

26 May 2012

In the medical journals this week: VEGF pathway genetic variants, and more. Full-text access for registered users only. Existing users login here . New to GenomeWeb?

How to succeed in academia without really trying

25 May 2012

It’s a basic tenet of journalism: Readers pay more attention to the articles that come first, and they’re inclined to think they’re more important everything else. And it turns out that it’s no different when it comes to academic journals. Economist Victor Ginsburgh found that articles that appear first in an academic article are significantly more likely to be cited in other research — two ...

Queen Victoria's private journals published online

25 May 2012

First monarch to celebrate diamond jubilee tells of meetings with prime ministers, childbirth and love for Albert over 43,000 pages The thoughts, sorrows, dreams, doubts, political opinions, gossip and passions of Queen Victoria, poured on to 43,000 pages of her private journals, have been launched online by her great-great-granddaughter Queen Elizabeth. "It seems fitting that the subject of the ...