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Weekly News Digest
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November 19, 2015 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.
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Thomson Reuters Names the 2015 Top 100 Global Innovators
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters announced its list of the 2015 Top 100 Global Innovators, which is based on overall patent volume, patent-grant success rates, and global reach and invention influence (determined using citation analysis). For this year, Thomson Reuters expanded its analysis to include a closer examination of innovators in the San Francisco Bay Area by comparing their activities with the rest of the organizations on the list.Amazon made the list for the first time this year, thanks to its new inventions in areas such as data centers, devices, and electronic methods and systems. Oil and gas companies such as Exxon Mobil joined the list for advancements in the hydraulic fracking of natural gas and for uses of alternative energy. Asia continues to be the country with those of the most innovators on the list (44). Europe has 20 organizations represented, and North America has 36. For more information, read the press release.
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Brandi Scardilli
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