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Highlights
MEDOANET: Co-ordinating Open Access
Policies across Mediterranean Countries
EKT is the co-ordinator of a new European project which aims to record, pro-
mote and coordinate open access policies at the level of Mediterranean coun-
tries and at a national level. The project was launched in December 2011 and
will extend over the next two years. Activities in MEDOANET will contribute to
the shaping of successful open access policies by national agents, research
institutions and funding bodies.
In recent years, EKT has had a leading role in supporting open access poli-
cies and in this regard it implements a wide array of developmental activities
for the promotion of open access. MEDOANET will focus on the national and
regional coordination of Open Access strategies, policies and structures in six
Mediterranean countries: Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Turkey.
The project will identify and map existing strategies, structures and policies of
the six countries into an online Mediterranean Open Access Tracker, and, most
significantly, it will identify and systematically engage significant policy mak-
ers and other stakeholders who are in a position to affect changes in policy, in
a top-down approach. This will increase awareness of key issues at policy level,
fostering the conditions for coordinated policies at national and institutional
levels that are currently largely lacking in these Mediterranean countries.
Four more e-journals from the National
Documentation Centre now online
The National Documentation Centre (EKT) announced the online edition of four
e-journals as a result of its e-Publishing activities. “Deltion of the Christian Ar-
chaeological Society”, “The Gleaner”, “Mnimon” and “Makedonika” are peer-
reviewed scientific journals with a long history in the Greek scientific realm and
significant international impact. With their decision to publish part of their valu-
able scientific material online, they enrich digital content available in the Greek
language in both qualitative and quantitative terms.
The current research environment is being decisively shaped by developments in
scholarly communication, new processes and practices in academic editing and
distribution of research results. EKT participates actively in shaping academic
activity and scholarly communication in Greece by developing e-infrastructures
and providing publishing services which promote the online distribution of digital
content and its preservation while enhancing open access in scientific production.
info
http://metrics.ekt.gr/en/
report02/index
Greek Scientific
Publications
1996 – 2010:
A bibliometric analy-
sis of Greek publica-
tions in international
scientific journals
“Greek Scientific Publica-
tions 1996-2010: A bib-
liometric analysis of Greek
publications in interna-
tional scientific journals” is
the second part of a series
of studies by the Nation-
al Documentation Centre
(EKT), aimed at investigat-
ing the Greek publication
activity in the international
scientific landscape. The
present study focuses on
analyzing developments in
the Greek research system
in terms of the number of
articles published, the cita-
tions and scientific fields of
those articles, the institu-
tions involved etc., and us-
ing bibliometric indicators
to evaluate the patterns and
trends in the current Greek
publication activity and its
position in the European and
world scientific stage.
Bibliometric indicators, act-
ing as impartial “οbservers"
of science, provide objective
data on several key features
of research capabilities, col-
laboration, outputs and im-
pacts, which can be used,
along with other research
evaluation methodologies, for
describing, monitoring and
comparing the scientific per-
formance of national research
and innovation systems.
According to the analysis,
Greece had one of the high-
est growth rates in terms
of published scientific ac-
tivity among EU member
states and OECD countries
up to 2008. However, this
rate slowed down in 2009.
The rate of change in Greek
publications was zero and
fell behind the average rate
of change in the EU and
OECD countries. In 2010,
the decline in the number
of publications in Greece
was higher than that of the
EU and OECD countries.
Greek
researchers
reveal a novel
mechanism
underlying
necrotic neuro-
degeneration
A novel molecular
mechanism required
for the degenera-
tion of nerve cells
was revealed by re-
search carried out at
the Institute of Mo-
lecular Biology and
Biotechnology. The
results of the re-
searchers Kostoula
Troullinaki and Nek-
tarios Tavernarakis,
which are published
in the internation-
al scientific EMBO
Journal, can contrib-
ute to the develop-
ment of novel inter-
vention approaches
for the prevention,
delay or treatment
of neurodegenera-
tive pathologies.
Neurodegenerative
disorders, such as
Amyotrophic later-
al sclerosis, Alzheim-
er’s, Parkinson’s and
Huntington’s diseases
are among the most
devastating human
pathologies, which
significantly
affect
life quality and ex-
pectancy. Amain hall-
mark of these pathol-
ogies is the gradual
loss of neuronal cells
in the brain and spi-
nal cord, through ne-
crotic processes. As a
consequence of neu-
ron death, patients
develop physical and
mental impairments.
By using the simple
nematode worm Cae-
norhabditis elegans,
the IMBB researchers
revealed that two es-
sential cell processes,
endocytosis and in-
tracellular trafficking,
also contribute to ne-
crotic cell death.
info
http://www.
tavernarakislab.gr/
info
http://www.medoanet.eu
info
Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society
http://www.deltionchae.org/
The Gleaner
http://www.eranistes.org/
Mnimon
http://www.mnimon.gr/
Makedonika
http://www.makedonikajournal.org/