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Iranian professors around the world are petitioning colleagues in Iran to attack plagiarism after alleged instances in academic journals.

Patent offices in developing countries will be able to consult key science and technology journals under a new scheme.

Papers by Chinese researchers are increasingly being published in international publications, an analysis of top journals has found.

The leaders of schemes to subsidise access to journals claim some credit for the dramatic rise in developing world research output.

Researchers in developing countries can access a free editing service that prepares their manuscripts for submission to journals.

The Egyptian research community is set to get a boost with a new digital library and discounted access to top international journals.

India is falling behind in science publishing, a leading analyst warns, and it will take more than ambition to solve the problem.

China's Ministry of Education has defined seven acts of academic misconduct in a further bid to tackle the problem.

India's key research agency plans to make its findings open access — and the next step is to boost awareness.

Qatar has put its scientific back catalogue in an online, open access database in the hope of encouraging collaboration.

High-profile South African journals are to receive more recognition thanks to an open access scheme modelled on a Brazilian venture.

In the last four decades, each of the 73 research institutes in Ecuador has published an average of only four papers every five years.

Developing country scientists cite open access papers more than restricted ones, suggesting they enhance their participation in science.

Mexico has increased the number of environmental research papers it publishes by around 5 times in 12 years - only the second Latin American country to do so.

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.