JANUARY 2012

Professor Rhian Touyz appointed as Editor-in-Chief for Clinical Science

Professor Rhian Touyz has succeeded Professor Clinton Webb as Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Science.

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AUGUST 2011

Portland Press 2012 Journal Prices now available

2012 subscription prices for the journals published by Portland Press, the publishing subsidiary of the Biochemical Society, are now available at: http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/journals/2012prices.htm

To renew your subscription, please contact your subscription agent or contact sales@portland-services.com

JULY 2011

Biochemical Society appoints new Publishing Head

The Biochemical Society today announced the appointment of Caroline Black as the new Managing Director of their publishing division, Portland Press Limited. Caroline, who will also be the Group Head of Publishing for the Society, has had a lifetime's experience in STM (science, technology and medicine) publishing, having previously worked for the British Institute of Radiology, Thomson Science, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Blackwell Publishing and Mac Keith Press.

Find out more about this new appointment on Biochemist E-volution

JUNE 2011

2010 Impact Factors announced

Portland Press journals have continued to improve in the latest ISI data (Journal Citation Reports 2010 © Thomson Reuters) and serve to reinforce the significance of our publications in the cellular and molecular life sciences.

The Impact Factor for our flagship journal, the Biochemical Journal is now 5.016, further highlighting that the improved vision and focus of the journal is benefiting authors and readers alike.

ASN NEURO, a peer-reviewed Open Access journal, which began publication in March 2009, received a one-year Impact Factor of 3.833

Three other Portland Press journals have also seen an increase in their Impact Factors:

Biochemical Society Transactions has increased to 3.989

Clinical Science has increased to 4.613

Biology of the Cell has increased to 4.898

MAY 2011

The Biochemical Journal's new Chinese Editorial Office was officially opened on 4th May 2011 at the prestigious and internationally renowned Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Beijing. The new office provides authors in China an opportunity to submit their papers directly in order to receive a faster, more supportive service.

FEBRUARY 2011

Eureka Moments video interviews begin

As part of the Biochemical Society’s Centenary celebrations, a number of the Society’s Honorary members have been asked to talk about the important moments in their careers and the future of the discipline.

The first interview released today is ‘Eureka Moments: The key that unlocked calcium’ in which Professor Sir Michael Berridge talks to Professor Robin Irvine about his ‘Eureka Moment’ in calcium signalling and his passion for trying to find the solution to interesting problems.

Watch the video interview at http://www.biochemistry.org/Centenary/EurekaMoments or take a behind the scenes look at the production on the Society's Flickr photostream

JANUARY 2011

Biochemical Society Transactions - fully digitized archive now available

To celebrate the Biochemical Society's Centenary year, the complete archive of Biochemical Society Transactions has been digitized and is now available to online subscribers.

The Journal's extensive archive, which began in 1973, includes Medal Lectures from the many eminent bioscientists who have been recognized by the Biochemical Society for notable achievements in their respective fields, as well as papers from the hundreds of esteemed researchers who have presented their work at the Society's meetings over the decades.

In 2008, Biochemical Society Transactions incorporated papers from the Biochemical Society's Annual Symposium, the most prestigious event in the Society's meetings calendar. Each Symposium covers a selected topic at the forefront of research in the cellular and molecular life sciences.

You can search the Biochemical Society Transactions archive by author, paper title, meeting venue, meeting date, key words, publication date or free text.

For access to the archive, your institution must have a current subscription to Biochemical Society Transactions. To subscribe, please ask your librarian to contact sales@portlandpress.com or to speak with their subscription agent.

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