We are glad to inform you that the 17th number of the ISSI Newsletter has come out.

Content:

• Editorial: Election Report
• Conference calls: 14th NWBRP
• Conference calls: ASIST & ISSI Pre-Conf Symp.
• Web of Knowledge vs. Google Scholar
• Patent-Bibliometric Analysis (Y. Zhiping & F. Shu)
• Open Access in India (A.K. Das)
• Peripheral Articles (Y. Liu)
• Introducing Price-Medalists of 2009: Péter Vinkler & Michel Zitt