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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.