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Announcements
New information for 2010 from existing clients
BioScientifica Ltd
BioScientifica has revised its business model for 2010 to include two main customer categories for European Journal
of Endocrinology and Reproduction. It is important that you renew as either an Institutional – not for profit (NFP)
customer or a Corporate customer.
European Journal of Endocrinology - complete your collection, upgrade your annual subscription to EJE to include the full back Archive for just 10% more that a current subscription. The Archive covers 50 years and includes over 11400 articles.
Commit to renewing your European Journal of Endocrinology subscription for 3 years and we will freeze the 2010 price until 2012. Contact Kathryn Spiller at Kathryn.Spiller@endocrinology.org to organise a price freeze and discuss terms.
The Reproduction online archive is free to all and no subscription is required. Please add this URL to your free resource list: www.reproduction-online.org
Current issues require a subscription.
Earthscan
Earthscan freezes prices for 2010.
In response to the difficulties that libraries are facing in the current economic climate, Earthscan will be freezing journals prices for 2010. We hope that this price freeze will enable libraries to continue to provide access to Earthscan and other content in the ever important environmental and sustainability arena.
Earthscan have appointed IngentaConnect as its online journals host with effect from 1 August 2009. There are also plans to mount fully digitised archives for some titles through IngentaConnect, although subscription fulfilment and print distribution will continue to be handled by Portland Customer Services (sales@portlandpress.com) through whom all current year subscriptions and 2010 renewals will be managed. Site licences and bundle prices are available direct from the publisher – please enquire at journals@earthscan.co.uk
Expert Information
Index to Theses is holding its 2009 prices for 2010. The online service is now updated monthly, with availability of ETD’s indicated where known.
International Water Association Publishing
Journal of Water and Climate publishes refereed research and practitioner papers on all aspects of water science, technology, management and innovation in response to climate change. From 2010 there will be four issues a year.
Please note that we have changed the 8 journal package to 9, to include the Journal of Water and Climate.
The Policy Press
In 2010 The Policy Press will be freezing online only prices at 2009 levels. Also, 10% saving available if you switch from print & online
to online only format across all our packages. Take advantage of a free online trial to our new journal Voluntary Sector Review in 2010,
available at no extra charge in the Policy Press Collection package.
From Volume 19 2010, Benefits will be changing its name to The Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, at the same time its ISSNs will change to Print 1759-8273 and Online 1759-8281.
Portland Press Ltd.
Biochemical Journal - In 2010 your subscription will include two extra Knowledge Environments, BJ Metabolism and BJ ChemBio, further expanding the scope and extent of the information provided in the Journal.
Cell Signalling Biology - our acclaimed online signalling resource, by Professor Sir Michael Berridge (Cambridge), will be accessible free of charge from within the BJ Signal Knowledge Environment, thanks to generous sponsorship by the Biochemical Journal.
Cell Biology International - Portland Press Ltd is pleased to announce that it will publish Cell Biology International on behalf of International Federation for Cell Biology from 1st January 2010.
Professional Engineering Publishing
NOTE - For 2010 onwards, subscription orders for all geographic areas should be sent to Portland Customer Services.
New - Online only subscription option available for all journals in 2010.
Journal of Aerospace Engineering: Part G, Journal of Engineering in Medicine: Part H and Journal of Engineering Tribology: Part J increase in frequency from 8 to 12 issues.
Royal Society Publishing
We’ve moved! On 19 February 2009 Royal Society Publishing moved from MetaPress to HighWire Press. Our new web address is royalsocietypublishing.org.
Royal Society journal packages offer great savings and exclusive access to the entire Digital Journals Archive dating from 1665 to today. Subscribe to any of these packages and get access to the greatest journal archive in science. Visit our new web address, royalsocietypublishing.org, for full information.
Royal Society of Medicine Press
RSM Press is delighted to be publishing the Medico-Legal Journal effective immediately. Containing the official proceedings of the Medico-Legal Society, as well as commissioned articles on diverse topics ranging from European Law to gender discrimination, the journal seeks to further education in all medico-legal matters.
RSM Press is delighted to be publishing Medicine Science and the Law from 2010. Published quarterly, MSL is the official journal of the British Academy of Forensic Sciences. Its aim is to publish a wide variety of articles that will advance the knowledge of forensic science and medicine internationally, including original papers of interest to lawyers, doctors and scientists.
RSM Press is delighted to be publishing Experimental Biology and Medicine in 2010. Dedicated to the publication of multidisciplinary research in the biomedical sciences. Published monhtly, EBM provides both research and review articles as well as meeting symposia and brief communications. Articles in EBM represent cutting edge research at the overlapping junctions of the biological, physical and engineering sciences that impact upon the health and welfare of the world's population. Published monthly from 2010. EBM is the official journal of the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine.
RSM Press is delighted to be publishing Ultrasound in 2010. Published quarterly, Ultrasound is the official journal of British Medical Ultrasound Society. The journal aims to cover all aspects of medical ultrasound from the theoretical through to clinical applications and their impact on both workforce and patients. It publishes a mixture of review articles, current research, and descriptions of new techniques.
The Journal of Integrated Care Pathways has been rebranded and revamped as the International Journal of Care Pathways. With a brand new editorial team, new content and new purpose the journal will now be published 4 times a year commencing with the March issue of 2010.
Society for Endocrinology
The Society for Endocrinology has revised its business model for 2010 and introduced a corporate rate. It is important that you renew as either an Institutional – not for profit (NFP) customer or a Corporate customer.
Society for Endocrinology 3 Journals package: Institutional NFP customers can subscribe to this package of 3 Journals for the price of 2 journals, making a worthwhile saving. (Includes JOE, JME & ERC). The Society for Endocrinology Archive can be added to the 3 Journals package for only 17.5% on the package price. The Society for Endocrinology Archive is also available as an outright purchase.
Price Freeze: The Society is offering to Freeze prices for Society journals until 2012 for those libraries willing to commit to renewing their subscription for 3 years.
Contact Kathryn Spiller at Kathryn.Spiller@endocrinology.org to organise a price freeze.
Corporate customers can subscribe to the Society for Endocrinology 3 Journals package and pay the NFP library price for all 3 journals.
Notes
Subscription Year: January to December 2010.
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Expert Information
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Policy Press
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Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society Publishing
Royal College of Surgeons of England
RSM Press
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