Commercial Digest, a once a week digest of messages containing informational content from commercial bodies (i.e., publishers, vendors, agents, etc.) This week's digest contains three messages: (1) Biomaterials Science announced (2) RSC Publishing content (3) SfE and ESE announce Endocrine Connections - a new Open Access biomedical journal (1)-------------------- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 14:42:40 +0000 From: Louise Peck <peckl@rsc.org> Subject: Biomaterials Science announced RSC Publishing announces the new journal Biomaterials Science Biomaterials Science is an international, high impact journal bringing together the molecular and mesoscopic interactions of biomaterials and their applications. The journal is a collaborative venture between RSC Publishing and the Institute for Integrated Cell-Materials Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan. The broad scope of the journal ranges from the fundamental science of biomaterials to their biomedical applications. For more information, please GO TO http://blogs.rsc.org/rscpublishing/2012/01/13/new-journal-biomaterials-science/ Kind regards Louise Louise Peck BSc LM DipM MCIM, Library Marketing Specialist Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Cambridge, CB4 0WF, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1223 432669, Fax: +44 (0) 1223 420247 www.rsc.org/publishing peckl@rsc.org (2)------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 15:39:48 +0000 From: Louise Peck <peckl@rsc.org> Subject: RSC Publishing content is more discoverable RSC Publishing is pleased to announce new agreements for our content to be indexed in Serials Solution SummonT, EBSCO Discovery ServiceT, ProQuest IllustrataT and OCLC Worldcat, aligned with our key priorities for discoverability of content. RSC Publishing is taking major steps in partnering with third party solutions to make our content more discoverable. We have seen significant growth in high quality content - over 150% in the last three years and an average increase of 26% for content usage in 2011. For more information GO TO http://blogs.rsc.org/technical/2012/02/08/rsc-publishing-content-is-more-discoverable/ Kind regards Louise Louise Peck BSc LM DipM MCIM, Library Marketing Specialist Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Cambridge, CB4 0WF, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1223 432669, Fax: +44 (0) 1223 420247 www.rsc.org/publishing peckl@rsc.org (3)------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 18:19:43 +0000 From: Jennie Johnson <jennie.johnson@tbicommunications.com> Subject: SfE and ESE announce the launch of Endocrine Connections - a new Open Access biomedical journal Dear all, I thought that you might be interested to learn that the Society for Endocrinology (SfE) and the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) have today announced the forthcoming launch of Endocrine Connections a new Open Access journal for the biomedical community. The journal is a joint venture between the two societies, to be published by BioScientifica. Endocrine Connections will be led by Dr Jens Sandahl Christiansen, Professor of Medicine at the University of Aarhus, and consultant in the department of medicine at Aarhus University Hospital. A world-class Editorial board is currently being recruited. The journal will focus on publishing articles that have relevance across the many disciplines that intersect with endocrinology - its broad scope encompassing metabolism, obesity, diabetes, hormones, reproduction and bone disorders - to stimulate cross-discipline collaboration and the cross-fertilization of ideas in biomedicine. Please visit the website if you wish to register for further news and announcements: www.endocrineconnections.com. I've copied today's full press release below for your information; or visit www.endocrineconnections.com/docs/2012-02-08_PressRelease.pdf. I do hope this is of interest, please get in touch if you would like any further information. All best wishes, Jennie Johnson, TBI Communications Tel: +44 1865 875896 ******************************************************************** 9th February 2012 //SfE and ESE announce the launch of Endocrine Connections a new Open Access biomedical journal// Today the Society for Endocrinology (SfE) and the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) announced the forthcoming launch of Endocrine Connections a new Open Access journal for the biomedical community. The journal is a joint venture between the two societies, to be published by BioScientifica. We believe the time is now right for a new kind of journal that will help stimulate crossdiscipline collaboration and give our authors the highest possible visibility for their work, commented Leon HewardMills, Chief Executive at SfE. We already serve the core endocrinology community well with our established portfolio of journals, but as barriers between disciplines become increasingly blurred, we want to offer authors a new way to reach a much broader readership than traditional subscriptionbased journals can generally offer. We believe that Endocrine Connections is ideally placed to do this. Endocrine Connections will be led by Dr Jens Sandahl Christiansen, Professor of Medicine at the University of Aarhus, and consultant in the department of medicine at Aarhus University Hospital. A worldclass Editorial board is currently being recruited. The journal will focus on publishing articles that have relevance across the many disciplines that intersect with endocrinology. Its broad scope encompasses metabolism, obesity, diabetes, hormones, reproduction and bone disorders. Our ambition is for Endocrine Connections to become a premier journal in the field with global impact, said Dr Christiansen. We are applying the very highest quality standards to our peer review and publishing processes. We are excited to have the opportunity to help our authors connect with researchers in a wide range of fields and increase the speed of the crossfertilization of ideas in biomedicine. I believe it is at the intersection of disciplines that many of the next breakthrough discoveries will be made. Endocrine Connections opens for submissions in March 2012. Please visit our website to register for further news and announcements: www.endocrineconnections.com. /Further information/ For further information please contact Victoria Merriman, BioScientifica; Email: victoria.merriman@endocrinology.org BioScientifica is a leading international provider of services to medical and scientific societies and to the pharmaceutical industry. We offer a range of services to clients including journal and book publication, event management, membership services and website design and maintenance. BioScientifica is a whollyowned commercial subsidiary of the Society for Endocrinology. For further information, visit: www.bioscientifica.com The Society for Endocrinology is Britains national organisation promoting endocrinology and hormone awareness and representing clinicians, scientists and nurses who work with hormones. For general information, please visit our website: http://www.endocrinology.org The European Society of Endocrinology aims to promote research, education and clinical practice in endocrinology for public benefit across Europe. Find out more at http://www.euroendo.org/.
