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SYDNEY, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ –

Citation Data Will be Used by Australian Government to Determine Funds
Allocation and Measure the Quality of Research

Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC)
and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and
business communities, announced today that it will provide citation data to
Australia’s Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST). The data will
support DEST in implementing the Research Quality Framework (RQF).

DEST is the Australian government department responsible for administering
the public funding of higher education and for developing and administering
higher education policy and programs. This partnership quickly follows a
recent agreement between Thomson Scientific and the Innovative Research
Universities Australia to provide National Citation Reports and University
Science Indicators to six member universities. In addition, all the
universities in Australia currently have access to Thomson Scientific’s ISI
Web of Knowledge.

"We are delighted that DEST has chosen us as its partner and proud that
our data will be used to support an important nation-wide project on the scale
of the RQF," said Jeroen Prinsen, director of sales, Thomson Scientific ANZ.
"Our ever-growing presence in Australia reflects our position as an
authoritative, quantitative information provider."

Today, Australia ranks among the top 10 nations for the influence enjoyed
by its scientific papers, with 2894 papers among the top one percent cited
from 1996 to 2006. The RQF will play a key role to ensure that research
conducted in Australian institutions is rigorously assessed through
internationally recognized processes to maintain its high quality.

About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com) is a global leader in providing
essential electronic workflow solutions to business and professional
customers. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Thomson provides
value-added information, software tools and applications to professionals in
the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, scientific research
and healthcare. The Corporation’s common shares are listed on the New York
and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).

Thomson Scientific is a business of The Thomson Corporation. Its
information solutions assist professionals at every stage of research and
development-from discovery to analysis to product development and
distribution. Thomson Scientific information solutions can be found at
scientific.thomson.com.

Contacts:
Sue Besaw
Thomson Scientific
+215-823-1840
susan.besaw@thomson.com

SOURCE Thomson Scientific

CONTACT: Sue Besaw of Thomson Scientific,
+1-215-823-1840, or
susan.besaw@thomson.com

Web site: http://scientific.thomson.com
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