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Academy of Science of South Africa

ASSAf promotes all disciplines of scientific thinking and is recognised as a prestigious national network of top ranking scientists. The academy has two publications ― Quest and South African Journal of Science ― and produces regular reports and a newsletter, Science for Society. Research funding and national events are listed and the academy hosts guest lectures. There are two annual awards for outstanding achievement.

Academy of Sciences Malaysia

ASM advises the Malaysian government on issues of science and technology to upgrade the capabilities of the nation. The academy prepares relevant policy reports and publishes the ASM Journal for the dissemination of significant research. The site acts as a forum, linking the scientific community with policy makers.

Bireme: Virtual Health Library

VHL is a hub for online medical and scientific information in English, Spanish and Portuguese. It offers a literature search engine enabling users to search scientific publications using any one of eighteen international databases, a health dictionary, and a science "information locator", sorted by topic. National gateways provide links to and information about relevant institutes, literature and initiatives.

Indian Academy of Sciences

Promoting the progress of science, the Indian Academy of Sciences publishes eleven journals across a range of scientific disciplines, making them the largest scientific publisher in India. Journals can be accessed on the site with some articles available as a PDF. They are involved with organising fellowship meetings and award one hundred student and teacher summer fellowships annually. The Academy encourages science education, and voices issues and concerns of scientists. All reports are published on the site.

Islamic World Academy of Sciences

The IAS was established in 1986 on the recommendation of the OIC Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH). IAS's stated mission is to "provide an institutional set up for the utilisation of Science and Technology for the development of Islamic countries and humanity at large".

Headquartered in Amman, Jordan, the IAS attempts to serve as a consultative organisation of OIC member countries on matters relating to science and technology; initiate cooperative scientific and technological programmes and activities in science and technology; encourage and promote research on major problems facing OIC member countries; formulate standards of scientific performance and attainment, and to award prizes and honours for outstanding scientific achievements to centres of excellence in all science and technology disciplines.

Johns Hopkins University: AIDS Service

This website is hosted by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States, and provides information about the care and treatment of patients infected with HIV. The site has resources useful to a wide audience, including an extensive calendar of international AIDS-related events and conferences.

Royal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology

NAST was founded in 1982 as an autonomous academic body set up to promote research in science and technology by organising conferences and seminars, provide financial help, and recognise nationally outstanding scientists. NAST advises on national science and technology policy with a focus on promoting indigenous knowledge and aiding the uptake of appropriate technology. The site gives information about a wide range of grants offered by NAST. The academy is associated with over two hundred publications and publishes a regular newsletter distributed to national and international science and technology institutes.

Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries

A commission of the 4 Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, KFPE's aim is to contribute to sustainable development at the global level through research partnerships. Its primary activities are: to convince scientists, politicians, and the public of the importance of research collaborations with the South; to elaborate research-strategic concepts, and publishing criteria and basic principles for the implementation of projects in partnership, to organise events promoting collaborations; evaluate on-going partnerships; and to establish links between the North and South as well as between researchers and development workers.

Webometrics Ranking of World Universities

Over the years, the Internet has become an increasingly popular medium for scientific discourse and publication, fuelled by the advancement of e-publishing and the push for 'open access' to information. Scientometric indicators of web based publications and their impact are, however, few and far between.

The Webometric Rankings of World Universities — compiled by the National Research Council in Spain — are designed to show worldwide institutions' commitment to web publication. Set up in 2004, they list the top 3000 universities in the world, based on both the volume of web content (productivity) as well as their visibility and impact in terms of the number of external links (citations) they receive. The rankings also assess research institutions and scientific academies by country and region.

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