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Production Services for American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) Journals

February 10, 2012 – Production Services for American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) JournalsContracted to Dartmouth Journal Services.

Hunt Valley, MD – Beginning with the first issues of 2013, Dartmouth Journal Services (DJS) will manage all production services for four ASPET journals: The Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (JPET), Molecular Pharmacology (MOL), Drug Metabolism and Disposition (DMD), and Pharmacological Reviews (PharmRev).

ASPET has long been at the forefront of pharmacological research and education aimed at fighting existing and emerging diseases. A founding member of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, ASPET is in its 104th year.

Among the services DJS will manage for ASPET’s four prestigious titles are: DJS’s exclusive EditExpress™ pre-copyediting, all copyediting and issue management, graphics processing, eGalley™ composition, the Author Center portal for author proof delivery, continuous article publishing, full XML electronic deliverables, funded article submission, and author reprints.

Rich Dodenhoff, Journals Director at ASPET, noted, “After evaluating several vendors, DJS stood out for the high quality of its work, an emphasis on workflow improvement, and demonstrated success in technological innovation. Working with DJS will enable ASPET to provide our editors, authors, and readers with the level of excellence they expect from the Society’s journals.”

Gary Kittredge, President & COO of Dartmouth Journal Services, commented, We are very pleased with ASPET’s decision to collaborate with DJS for the enrichment and presentation of their journal content. As DJS celebrates its 10th year of serving the STM community, our commitment to investing in new technology and providing genuine customer care remains stronger than ever. ASPET will be the recipient of our most technologically advanced workflows and their authors will benefit from a significantly reduced schedule. We are grateful for the trust that ASPET has placed in DJS; we look forward to building a strong and long-lasting relationship with this very prestigious society.”

About The American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET is a professional society of 4,700 pharmacologists conducting research in academia, industry, and government. ASPET is the leading scientific society of pharmacologists. We publish four journals covering a wide range of pharmacological topics. JPET is a leading research journal in the field of pharmacology and has been named by the Special Libraries Association as one of the “100 most influential journals of biology and medicine over the 100 years of the association’s existence.” ASPET also publishes Drug Metabolism and Disposition, Molecular Pharmacology, and Pharmacological Reviews. www.aspet.org

About Dartmouth Journal Services - Based in Waterbury, VT, Dartmouth Journal Services is a leading provider of technology-based journal publishing solutions for scholarly, technical, and medical publishers, societies, associations, and university presses. It is one of five Sheridan Group companies providing print, publishing services and technology solutions to the publishing industry. (Hunt Valley, MD). www.sheridan.com

SfE and ESE announce the launch of Endocrine Connections – a new Open Access biomedical journal

February 10, 2012 – 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.endocrineconne.

Yesterday 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 cross-discipline collaboration and give our authors the highest possible visibility for their work,” commented Leon Heward-Mills, 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 subscription-based 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 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 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 cross-fertilization 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.

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 wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the Society for Endocrinology.
For further information, visit: www.bioscientifica.com.

The Society for Endocrinology is Britain’s 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.euro-endo.org/.

American Diabetes Association to Launch Full-Text Multiple Journal App – Developed by Sheridan

February 9, 2012 – American Diabetes Association to Launch Full-Text Multiple Journal App – Developed by Sheridan.

Hunt Valley, MD – Dartmouth Journal Services, with support from the Sheridan Technology Lab, has been working with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to create and launch a multi-journal app for both the iOS and Android platforms (the iOS app to launch in March 2012, and Android app slated for an April 2012 launch). The ADA Journals app will provide immediate access to full-text articles for users with personal or institutional subscriptions to Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Diabetes Spectrum, and/or Clinical Diabetes.

The ADA Journals app will provide users with the ability to download, search, view, and save abstracts and full-text articles, including publish-ahead-of-print articles. In addition to accessing the latest journal content, both as full-text HTML and as PDF, users can also access supplemental material, listen to podcasts, subscribe to and follow diabetes-related news feeds, bookmark content, and share articles via email, Facebook, and Twitter.

Although the app will initially provide free access to all content for an introductory period, the app manages the authentication of both individual and institutional subscribers via a simple and easy feature. A Sheridan exclusive – user-configurable offline content caching – gives users access to full-text articles, figures, and tables anytime, anywhere - without a network connection.

“The American Diabetes Association is extremely excited to work with Sheridan on developing the ADA Journals app,” said Christian Kohler, Managing Director of Scholarly Journals for the American Diabetes Association. “As a publisher of high-impact diabetes-related research, our goal is to make sure our content is as widely and easily accessible as possible for our readers and subscribers. The ADA Journals app will help us achieve that goal.”

Sheridan Full-Text Apps are the latest in a suite of mobile products developed and supported through The Sheridan Group companies, and with the support of the Sheridan Technology Lab. Others include Sheridan Mobile Alerts, Sheridan Mobile Editions, Sheridan Mobile ePrints, and Sheridan Print-to-Mobile QR Codes.

“Looking back on the last 15 years, we watched as publishers adopted the web, and the inclusion of an online journal website moved from a benefit to a requirement for all science publishers. Now in 2012, we are beginning to see history repeat itself with the rapid adoption of mobile apps. In the past few years it has been a novel offering for publishers to provide, but it is increasingly an expectation of users,” stated Michael Hepp, Senior Technology Strategist at Dartmouth Journal Services. “We’re excited to expand our services with the American Diabetes Association and provide them with a comprehensive mobile app service that will serve the needs of their users now and in the future.”

About The American Diabetes Association - The American Diabetes Association is leading the fight to stop diabetes and its deadly consequences and fighting for those affected by diabetes. The Association funds research to prevent, cure and manage diabetes; delivers services to hundreds of communities; provides objective and credible information; and gives voice to those denied their rights because of diabetes. Founded in 1940, the mission of American Diabetes Association is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. www.diabetes.org

About The Sheridan Group - Located in Hunt Valley, MD, The Sheridan Group is a leading provider of print, publishing services and technology solutions to publishers, associations, university presses, and catalogers. Comprised of The Sheridan Press, Dartmouth Printing Company, Dartmouth Journal Services, The Dingley Press, and Sheridan Books, each company within The Sheridan Group has a market specialty that supports scholarly journals, magazines, catalogs, or books. www.sheridan.com

Research shows growing awareness and uptake of Open Access publishing by authors

February 2, 2012 – nTech, an Open Access publisher, has today published the results of a survey appraising attitudes and awareness of the research community towards the Open Access (OA) business model in scholarly publishing.While the Open Access (OA) model debate rages on in the realm of publishers and librarians, it has taken much longer for awareness of the model to filter down to the author community – who should eventually stand to gain most from the barrier-free access to their work that OA brings with it. Evaluating the awareness and attitudes of researchers and authors towards OA, the InTech white paper - “Open Access: Awareness and Attitudes amongst the Author Community” - is based on both a review of current research and a survey sent to over 20,000 STM researchers worldwide.To read the White Paper and see for yourself the full results of the survey, go to: http://www.intechweb.org/js/ckeditor/kcfinder/upload/files/InTech_WhitePaper_FutureofOA_Dec11.pdf.

Today InTech, an Open Access publisher, has published the results of a survey appraising attitudes and awareness of the research community towards the Open Access (OA) business model in scholarly publishing.

The InTech white paper: “Open Access: Awareness and Attitudes amongst the Author Community”, is based on a review of current research and a survey sent to 20,000 STM researchers worldwide. The survey attracted an overall response rate of 1.3%, with 275 participants taking part and 253 (92%) completing it. The majority of respondents were researchers (75%) based at a university (70%). The data was sourced from an independent provider of contact data for the research community (Mardev).

Key findings:

High levels of awareness of Open Access - of 258 participants who responded when asked, 51% said they understood OA publishing, and 36% said they had some knowledge of it.
OA publishing experience is lower but still strong - 26% said they had published with an OA publisher for a journal article and 10% for a book.
Awareness and experience of OA publishing varies by subject – researchers in Biological Sciences had greater awareness and experience, particularly in journals, while participants from the Earth Sciences and Technology had lower awareness and less OA publishing experience.
Over 25% of researchers are aware of Open Access publishers such as PLoS, InTech, BioMedCentral and Hindawi.
For Open Access journal publications, it is the image and reputation of the journal itself that is the most important factor for authors when considering where to submit their work; but for books it is the image and reputation of the publisher.
The survey highlighted that authors want more support from publishers in getting their work noticed – services provided by publishers where the level of satisfaction scored lowest centred on PR and media support; post-publication information on usage / citations / peer feedback; and promoting the author effectively alongside their work.

Henk Compier, Managing Director at InTech is not surprised by the evidence supporting widespread awareness of Open Access within the research community, “We have seen great enthusiasm amongst our authors for the Open Access model.”

The survey also explored the most common concerns surrounding OA publishing; among these were author fees – over 65% (of the 256 participants who responded) said they were willing to pay author fees, 30% said they would be willing to pay if it helped ensure the widest possible audience for their work, while 38% would only pay in exceptional circumstances.

Henk Compier commented on this saying, “Any concerns that we hear from authors usually come from a lack of understanding of this relatively new model. Often we find that if we get a chance to explain our processes and dispel some of the myths surrounding Open Access publishing, authors are generally supportive of the principles.”

The full results can be downloaded from: http://www.intechweb.org/js/ckeditor/kcfinder/upload/files/InTech_WhitePaper_FutureofOA_Dec11.pdf.

By sharing the results of this survey, InTech hopes to encourage other OA publishers and advocates to promote understanding and discussion of the issues while making progress in shaping the model to meet the needs of the research community.

About InTech - InTech is an Open Access company within the fields of Science, Technology and Medicine. Established in 2004, the company is one of the earliest pioneers of open access and have since become one of the fastest growing publishers in the world today.

Useful facts and figures: In 2011:

InTech published 800 books using the Open Access publishing model
Worked with 60,000 authors
Received 735,000 downloads of books and over1.7 million downloads of chapters and articles
Averaged 154,000 unique users per month.

A major new knowledge hub launched for the orthopaedic community

February 1, 2012 – The British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery has launched a major initiative for the orthopaedic community – Bone & Joint (www.boneandjoint.org.uk). This new online knowledge hub, developed in partnership with HighWire Press, will offer orthopaedic surgeons and researchers access to a range of specialist tools, services and content, designed to support their education and career progression.The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery has established a world-class reputation through its work with some of the greatest names in the field. By creating the new Bone & Joint portal, the journal is building on its 60-year legacy to provide the orthopaedic community with a host of new tools and services designed to reflect the evolving needs of its authors and readers, and to help them excel in their research and clinical practice.Semantically driven, the portal will make it easier to find relevant research, news and educational resources.

A major new knowledge hub launched for the orthopaedic community.

The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery, publishers of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (British Volume) announce the launch of Bone & Joint (www.boneandjoint.org.uk) – a major new online resource for the orthopaedic and related communities. Developed in partnership with HighWire Press, this new web portal will offer orthopaedic surgeons and researchers access to a range of specialist tools, services and content, designed to support their education and career progression.

The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (Br) has a world-class reputation for its work with some of the greatest names in the field. As the world around our authors and readers continues to evolve, so do we – building on our legacy to provide the orthopaedic community with a host of new tools and services to help them excel in their research and clinical practice.

“We wanted to provide an easily accessible knowledge hub that supports the working lives of orthopaedic surgeons worldwide,” comments Peter Richardson, the Society’s Managing Director. “We have developed this portal and the new tools and services it offers based on comprehensive research of the orthopaedic community’s needs. Our goals were to use innovative online technology, but make it easy to use.”

Semantically driven, the portal will make it easier to find relevant and trusted research, news and educational resources.

The site will include:

A state of the art search engine presenting a specialised taxonomy ensuring easy browsing by topic, subspecialty, media type and semantic linking.
Leading publications including our flagship journal JBJS (Br), our new open access journal Bone & Joint Research and our latest bi-monthly orthopaedic digest Bone & Joint360.
New specialty channels with commentaries and opinion from respected experts in each subspecialty.
Teaching and training support with Exam Corner, CME, Journal club reports and specialty-based summaries.
A Multimedia library bringing more instructional content in quick and easy video and audio formats.
Author profiling feature helping our authors build their global visibility.
Calendar of events highlighting the major international courses, meetings and fellowships by speciality. Users will also soon be able to watch key international congress presentations on our enhanced Orthopaedic Proceedings site.

Visit www.boneandjoint.org.uk to explore the wide range of tools that will help support your career. The site will continue to develop and the Society would welcome your feedback – info@boneandjoint.org.uk.

About the Publisher - British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery: JBJS (Br) is the flagship journal of the British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery, which is renowned for its high standards of peer review and editorial quality to ensure its subscribers receive the best articles in orthopaedic surgery. The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery (BESBJS) is an innovative publisher whose mission is to advance and improve education in orthopaedic surgery. In order to best serve the orthopaedic community, the Society has also recently launched Bone & Joint Research (BJR) – an open access research journal in musculoskeletal sciences, and Bone & Joint360 – a bi-monthly digest of, and commentary on, critical new developments in orthopaedics.

Web development: The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery have continued their long-standing partnership with HighWire Press, one of the industry’s leading ePublishing developers and web platform providers. HighWire Press, based at Stanford University USA, provides outstanding technology and support services, and fosters a dynamic and innovative community. HighWire have a unique understanding of the library and academic community and are able to enhance the strengths of independent scholarly publishers, societies, associations, and university presses and facilitate the digital dissemination of their journals and learning materials.

Annual Allen Press Seminar Brings Scholarly Publishing Experts Together

January 23, 2012 – Allen Press, Inc. (www.allenpress.com) will present its annual Emerging Trends in Scholarly Publishing™ Seminar on April 19, 2012 at the Embassy Suites Washington DC Convention Center.

Lawrence, Kan – Allen Press, Inc. (www.allenpress.com) will present its annual Emerging Trends in Scholarly Publishing™ Seminar on April 19, 2012 at the Embassy Suites Washington DC Convention Center.

The 2012 seminar is titled Learn, Engage, Adapt! Knowledge is Power for the Everyday Superhero. Leaders in the field of scholarly and electronic publishing will share their expertise, experience, and analysis on a variety topics ranging from research and publication ethics, the current state of libraries, to evolving publication models and journal quality metrics

Speakers this year include Michael Levine-Clark from the University of Denver and Jonathan Nabe from Southern Illinois University. Both are collections librarians, and in a session called Shapeshifters: The Changing Face of Content Acquisition, they will be joined by Allen McKiel, Dean of the Library at Western Oregon University, to share their thoughts on how libraries are transforming themselves to meet the challenge of declining budgets and disruptive technology. A look at the termination of Big Deal contracts, patron driven acquisition at the article level, pay-for-view, and other alternatives to traditional content acquisition models will make for a lively discussion.

Ethics and author misconduct are issues receiving a lot of attention lately, and managing this has become a major concern for publishers. The session Arch-Nemesis: Doing Battle with Author Misconduct will provide some valuable information from several different perspectives. Debbie Parrish, of Parrish Law Offices, which specializes in science law, scientific misconduct, research regulations, and intellectual property, will offer some legal clarification on the definition and parameters of plagiarism and research integrity. Camille P. Wicher, Vice President of Corporate Ethics and Research Subject Protection at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute will talk about the financial costs and other consequences of research misconduct. These presentations will be followed by an examination of several case studies.

A session titled Mysterious New Worlds: Exploring the Emergence of Mega and Cascade Journals will look at the success of some large open access publications in the areas of physics, genetics, biology, and medicine, as well as the concepts of second tier or cascade journals. These publishing models are transforming the way we think about the delivery, submission, and discoverability of content. The session will include a presentation by John Haynes, Vice President of publishing at the American Institute of Physics, on the development and launch of AIP Advances.

Other topics include new metrics being proposed for measuring quality, on the article and journal level, as alternatives to the impact factor, long used to rank publications on quality, importance, and implied attractability to authors. This discussion will also address the affect of impact factor on academic culture. The morning session devoted to roundtable discussions, which has become a popular staple of the seminar over the past several years, will continue this year with a variety of subjects of importance to scholarly publishers.

The Emerging Trends in Scholarly Publishing Seminar has been held in Washington, DC, since 2001. Allen Press introduced educational seminars for scholarly publishers more than 30 years ago to bring clients, partners, and experts in the scholarly publishing community together to share knowledge and experience that would help everyone better understand the issues facing the industry.

About Allen Press, Inc. - Allen Press provides a comprehensive portfolio of integrated services in the broad areas of print, online, distribution, and publishing, collaborating with scholarly societies, professional associations, and corporations worldwide.

The Sheridan Group Expands Through Partnership in Global Distribute and Print Alliance

January 16, 2012 – The Sheridan Group Expands Through Partnership in Global Distribute and Print Alliance.

Hunt Valley, MD - The Sheridan Group (TSG), a print and publishing technology solutions provider, has announced the formation of an international strategic alliance with three leading print service providers to distribute and print published content globally.

The alliance, named the Content Delivery Alliance (CDA), provides a true solution for regional and international customers who require their content be produced and delivered close to their customer base. With the combination of Sheridan Group handling North and South America, Hobbs the Printer and MPG Books Group handling Europe and the OPUS Group operation delivering the Asia-Pacific region, this alliance provides content delivery options across the globe.

The Sheridan Group is well known for its exceptional print on demand, digital, offset and web printing capabilities. Within the journal and book markets - the primary audience for this service - partnership in the Content Delivery Alliance now adds another dimension to Sheridan’s value to its customers. Using highly automated systems, the alliance is well prepared to accommodate all of a publisher’s digital print needs, down to a single copy, as well as regional offset printing requirements for larger publications or books.

This global print alliance offers many benefits. In addition to enabling The Sheridan Group and its partners to serve their customers’ worldwide content distribution needs, this partnership can help support publishers’ sustainable practice initiatives or inventory management objectives while reducing distribution costs and delivery time.

John Saxton, CEO of The Sheridan Group commented: “This partnership was created to serve an increasing need within our customer base to have content produced closer to the end user. As publishers continue to experience international growth, they are looking for ways to more effectively manage their distribution. With this alliance, The Sheridan Group can now print our customers’ products closer to their ultimate destination, thereby reducing the time and the cost of overseas distribution.”

The CDA members from OPUS, Hobbs and MPG are enthusiastic about working with The Sheridan Group as their partner in the Americas. All companies share similar company values, business cultures and reputations for achieving high levels of customer service and quality. The combination of service offerings and locations allow the alliance to provide an overall greater offering to all customers.

About The Sheridan Group - Headquartered in Hunt Valley, MD, The Sheridan Group is a leading provider of print, publishing and technology solutions to commercial publishers, associations, university presses and catalogers. Comprised of The Sheridan Press in Hanover, PA, Sheridan Books in Chelsea, MI, Dartmouth Printing Company in Hanover, NH, Dartmouth Journal Services in Waterbury, VT, and The Dingley Press in Lisbon, ME, The Sheridan Group supports publishers with content enrichment, production, and dissemination using appropriate traditional print or innovative technology-based solutions within the journal, book, magazine, and catalog market niches.

About Hobbs the Printer - Hobbs, a leading UK printing company that is only an hour from London, has a long history of providing excellent service to publishers in the legal, financial, educational, learned journal and confidential markets. Hobbs is experienced in providing global Distribute (files) and Print on Demand solutions and has developed IT solutions for clients to help minimize their overall printing and distribution costs or assist in the marketing of their publications. Hobbs has a wide range of graphics art equipment and skills which complements the services provided by the other CDA Alliance members.

About MPG Books Group, Limited - MPG Books Group Ltd serves the Academic, STM and Trade publishing sectors across three operating sites in the United Kingdom. Offering mono and color book, journal and marketing products allied to vertically integrated and innovative fulfilment and distribution solutions to its blue chip customer base.

About OPUS Group - OPUS Print Group is an Asia-Pacific specialist business services and communication solutions company, distributing published content that will deliver today’s customer requirements and importantly lead tomorrow’s communication needs. The unique nature of OPUS can be characterized through its focus on ‘specialization, speed and scale’, operating in specialist market segments and distributing across Asia-Paci?c and globally. This has enabled OPUS to maintain one of the highest levels of hands-on customer service and the fastest turnaround of products and services, yet still grow to become one of the leading specialist business services and communication solutions groups in the Asia-Paci?c region.