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JULY 2010

Amazon Gift Card winner

Biology of the Cell is pleased to announce that the lucky winner of the Amazon Gift Card competition is Professor Roberto Docampo from the Paul D. Coverdell Center, Athens, GA. We hope that you enjoy your prize of a $75 Amazon Gift Card. Thank you to everyone that entered the competition by signing up for the emailed table of contents. If you're not signed up yet, register now to keep-up-to-date with all the latest original and innovative research articles and reviews published in Biology of the Cell.


JUNE 2010

2009 Impact Factors announced

Portland Press journals have continued to improve in the latest ISI data (Journal Citation Reports 2009 © 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 has broken through the Impact Factor barrier of 5. Its Impact Factor has increased from 4.371 to 5.155, indicating the effect of the improved focus and vision of the Journal. Other similar journals are seeing a decline in their Impact Factors.

And the improvements don't stop there . In addition to the Biochemical Journal, four other Portland Press journals have also seen an increase in their Impact Factors:

Biochemical Society Transactions has increased to 3.378
Bioscience Reports has increased to 3.061
Biology of the Cell has increased to 3.974
Cell Biology International has increased to 1.800

Read the reaction from Peter R. Shepherd, Chairman of the Editorial Board, Biochemical Journal in Biochemist E-volution.


JUNE 2010

New Volume of Essays in Biochemistry now available online

Essays in Biochemistry Volume 47
Mitochondrial Function
Edited by Guy C. Brown (Cambridge, UK) and Michael P. Murphy (Cambridge, UK)
ISBN: 978 1 85578 178 8

Mitochondrial research has undergone dramatic growth and diversification over the last 10 years, due to a spectacular series of discoveries revealing central roles for mitochondria in cellular function, disease pathology and cell death, as well as molecular bioenergetics. The present volume reflects the new diversity and dynamism of mitochondrial research, exploring both the basics and the cutting edge of mitochondrial science, for both students and researchers.

You can subscribe online now at: http://essays.biochemistry.org

Features include online access to all volumes published since 1998 and use of PDFs in course packs, e-reserves and VLEs permitted.

Print copies also available for purchase. Please contact sales@portland-services.com


MAY 2010

Biochemical Society Annual Symposium No. 77 'Organelle Biogenesis and Positioning in Plants' is now available online

This volume of Biochemical Society Symposia contains contributions from the leading scientists who spoke at the Biochemical Society's 2009 Annual Symposium - Organelle Biogenesis and Positioning in Plants.

In plants, the biogenesis and positioning of organelles involves complex interacting processes and precise control. Progress in our understanding is being made rapidly as advances in analysing the nuclear and organellar genome and proteome combine with developments in live-cell microscopy and manipulation at the subcellular level.

The volume covers the nuclear envelope and all major organelles, and considers current knowledge and progress towards unifying themes that will elucidate the mechanisms by which cells generate the correct complement of organelles and adapt and change it in response to environmental and developmental signals

You can subscribe online now at http://symposia.biochemistry.org. Features include online access to all volumes published since 1998 and use of PDFs in course packs, e-reserves and VLEs permitted. Also available as part of a subscription to Biochemical Society Transactions


MAY 2010

'The Semantic Biochemical Journal: a journey into Utopia documents'

Adam Marshall, Group Head of Marketing and Customer Services, will be presenting at the SSP Annual Conference in San Francisco, from 2-4th June 2010.

'The Semantic Biochemical Journal: a journey into Utopia documents' will outline our recent collaboration with the University of Manchester to excavate the knowledge buried within the Biochemical Journal

If you are unable to make the conference, then Calling International Rescue: knowledge lost in literature and data landslide! explains why we embarked on this experiment and invites you to take part.


MAY 2010

ASN NEURO accepted for indexing by Thomson Reuters

ASN NEURO is delighted to announce that it has recently been accepted for indexing by Thomson Reuters and will receive an Impact Factor in June 2011.

The inclusion of ASN NEURO in the Science Citation Index in only its second year of publication reinforces the recognition the journal has already received from the neuroscience community, with more than 1000 download requests each for a number of the papers published in the first year.

ASN NEURO, a Gold open-access journal, published by Portland Press Limited on behalf of the American Society for Neurochemistry aims to further the Society's mission to advance, promote, support, encourage and facilitate communication among investigators in the cellular and molecular neuroscience community.

Please visit www.asnneuro.org and join the increasing number of neuroscientists who are reading, and submitting to, this exciting new publication.


APRIL 2010

Experimental Biology 2010 - Semantic BJ Product Workshop

"Calling International Rescue: Knowledge Lost in Literature and Data Landslide"
Presented by Professor Teresa Attwood and Dr Stephen Pettifer (Manchester, UK).

Not to be missed! Meet the team behind the Semantic Biochemical Journal and discover how the journal brings life sciences to life with data-enriched, interactive PDFs that provide a gateway to a world of information.

Join us at 4pm on Sunday April 25, room 201 B, at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA. Alternatively visit booth #468 for a live demo anytime, plus there will be a chance to meet the authors on Monday April 26.


MARCH 2010

4,000th MyBJ registrant wins camcorder!

The Biochemical Journal is pleased to announce that Dr Andreas Meinke from Vienna (Austria), is our 4,000th registrant to MyBJ . Dr Meinke is the lucky winner of a pocket digital camcorder - congratulations, we hope that you enjoy your prize and continue to take advantage of all the personalization features that MyBJ offers to Biochemical Journal readers.


FEBRUARY 2010

Portland Press Limited is COUNTER 3 Compliant

Portland Press Limited is pleased to announce that it's usage reports are now COUNTER 3 compliant.

The main objectives of this new COUNTER release are; to improve the reliability of COUNTER usage reports; to provide tools to facilitate consolidation management and analysis for COUNTER usage statistics; and to improve COUNTER usage reports for consortia.

Full details of version 3 are available on the COUNTER website


Cell Signalling Biology now freely available to all

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Biochemical Journal, the acclaimed online signalling resource by Professor Sir Michael Berridge (Cambridge), is now freely available online via the BJ Signal knowledge environment.

Cell Signalling Biology provides comprehensive coverage of cell signalling processes and new updates for 2010 covering cytokines and their receptors; virus recognition; transcriptional co-regulators/co-activators/co-repressors; checkpoint signalling; DNA damage; neuron subtypes; hypothalamic regulation; tumour suppressors; tumour metastasis and inflammation and cancer; Alzheimer's disease are now included.

User-friendly teaching features include Portland Press' innovative online format EESI-View, and the ability to download figures into PowerPoint. In addition, the use of PDFs in course packs, e-reserves and VLEs are permitted.

Visit BJ Signal to find out more.


DECEMBER 2009

Bringing life science to life with semantic publishing - a new direction for the Biochemical Journal

“Pdfs paralyse the proper and efficient use of scientific knowledge. By burying information in static, unconnected journal articles, scientists waste countless hours either repeating experiments that they didn't know had been performed before, or worse, trying to verify facts that they didn't know had been shown to be false.”

Says Professor Terri Attwood, whose Manchester University team, with the help of funding from Portland Press Limited, have developed new and powerful publishing software that will help life scientists work more efficiently.

Launched by Portland Press Limited, this software, called Utopia Documents, has been used to transform the latest edition of the Biochemical Journal, by dynamically linking documents to research data, enabling readers to interact with and manipulate the information in the journal's scientific papers more effectively.

The new software will turn static images, tables and text into objects that can be linked, annotated, visualized and analysed interactively.

To celebrate the launch, the Semantic Biochemical Journal will be freely available until 31 March 2010 – discover this revolution in scholarly scientific publishing for yourself.


NOVEMBER 2009

NEW KNOWLEDGE ENVIRONMENT FOR BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

The Biochemical Journal has launched its second brand new Knowledge Environment in 2009: BJ ChemBio.

The new Knowledge Environment is headed by Professor B Vanhaesebroeck as Deputy Chair.

BJ ChemBio aims to further expand the scope and development of the Biochemical Journal.


OCTOBER 2009

2010 Brochure now available online

The 2010 Essential Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences Collection is now available online.

Detailing information on our new journals, Open Access journals, pricing and packages and much more.


SEPTEMBER 2009

Cell Biology International - FIRST IMMEDIATE PUBLICATIONS LIVE!

The first immediate publications of Cell Biology International are now available.

These new immediate publications include:

Pioglitazone suppresses the lipopolysaccharide-induced production of inflammatory factors in mouse macrophages by inactivating NF-κB
Caihui Ao, Yong Huo, Litong Qi, Zhuowei Xiong, Lin Xue and Yongfen Qi

Positional effects of matrix attachment region on transgene expression in stably transfected CHO cells
Tian-Yun Wang, Jun-He Zhang, Chang-Qin Jing, Xian-Jun Yang and Jun-Tang Lin

Oct4 Expression in in Vitro Produced Sheep Blastocysts and Embryonic Stem-Like Cells
Daniela Sanna, Angela Sanna, Laura Mara, Susanna Pilichi, Andrea Mastinu, Fabrizio Chessa, Luca Pani and Maria Dattena

If you currently receive online access to Cell Biology International via ScienceDirect, please contact us to renew your access for 2010.

Keep up to date with all the latest research in all areas of cell biology www.cellbiolint.org.


SEPTEMBER 2009

Portland Press 2010 Journal Prices now available

2010 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/2010prices.htm

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


AUGUST 2009

Portland Press Limited to publish Cell Biology International

Portland Press Limited is pleased to announce that it will publish Cell Biology International on behalf of the International Federation for Cell Biology from 1st January 2010.

Cell Biology International publishes original papers relating to all aspects of animal and plant cell biology, short communications and invited mini-reviews providing state-of-the-art overviews of hot topics.

Features at a glance:
 
» Customized institutional branding
» Archival access for subscribing institutions
» COUNTER compliant usage statistics
» Download figures into PowerPoint
» Use of PDFs in course packs, e-reserves and VLEs permitted
» CrossRef links to cited articles
» EESI-View – innovative online format

Subscribers benefit from no price increase in 2010.

If you currently receive online access to Cell Biology International via ScienceDirect, please contact us to renew your access for 2010.

Visit www.cellbiolint.org for further information.


JUNE 2009

2009 Impact Factors Announced

Portland Press journals continue to improve in the latest Impact Factor data and serve to reinforce the significance of our journals in the cellular and molecular lifesciences.

The Impact Factor for the Biochemical Journal has increased to 4.371 reinforcing the improved focus and the development of knowledge environments in recent years.

Clinical Science makes another steady increase to 4.187 along with Essays in Biochemistry to 4.269.

Other Portland Press journals continue to maintain steady Impact Factors:

Biology of the Cell: 3.438
Biochemical Society Transactions: 2.979
Bioscience Reports: 2.525
Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry: 1.288

Read the reactions from Peter R. Shepherd, Chairman of the Editorial Board Biochemical Journal and Clinton R. Webb, Editor in Chief Clinical Science in Biochemist e-volution

(2008 Impact Factors, calculated by ISI®, released June 2009)


JUNE 2009

NEW KNOWLEDGE ENVIRONMENT FOR BJ COMING SOON...

The Biochemical Journal will be shortly launching another exciting new Knowledge Environment: BJ Chembio.

This new Knowledge Environment will focus on chemical biology, and welcomes papers on topics such as small-molecule inhibitors and activators of biologically important molecules, receptor agonists/antagonists, drug discovery, novel antibiotics and drug delivery. Why not sign up for more information?

Make sure you visit our website to see our other Knowledge Environments - Cell, Disease, Energy, Gene, Metabolism, Plant, Signal and Structure - to keep up to date with all the latest research in these areas.


JUNE 2009

ASN NEURO TO BE INCLUDED IN PUBMED AND PUBMED CENTRAL

We are pleased to announce that ASN NEURO has been approved by the National Library of Medicine for inclusion in PubMed and PubMed Central. This development early in the journal's lifespan reflects the high-quality of the papers published in the first two issues and the hard work of Tony Campagnoni, the Editor-in-Chief, and the Editorial Board.

Submit your next paper online at http://www.asnneuro.org


JUNE 2009

NEW KNOWLEDGE ENVIRONMENT FOR BJ

The Biochemical Journal has launched a new Knowledge Environment: BJ Metabolism.

This new Knowledge Environment is headed by Dr Laurie Goodyear as Deputy Chair.

Papers for BJ Metabolism should be submitted at www.biochemj.org.

Make sure you visit our website to see our other Knowledge Environments - Cell, Disease, Energy, Gene, Plant, Signal and Structure - to keep up to date with all the latest research in these areas.


MAY 2009

ASN NEURO - SECOND ISSUE LIVE!

The second issue of ASN NEURO is now available.

This issue includes the following commentary:

When the tail can't wag the dog: the implications of CNS-intrinsic initiation of neuroinflammation
by Deirdre S Davis and Monica J Carson

Keep up to date with all the latest research in all areas of molecular and cellular neurobiology.

ASN NEURO launched in March 2009 as an Open Access journal to further the American Society for Neurochemistry's mission to advance, promote, support, encourage and facilitate communication among investigators in the cellular and molecular neuroscience community.


MAY 2009

ONLINE COMMENT FACILITY NOW AVAILABLE

An online comment facility is now available for papers published in the following Portland Press journals:

ASN NEURO
Biochemical Journal
Biochemical Society Transactions
Bioscience Reports
Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry
Clinical Science

If you have something to say about any of our papers please log on and make a comment online today!


APRIL 2009

FOLLOW PORTLAND PRESS NOW ON TWITTER

Keep up to date with all our latest news, journal updates and conferences we are attending via Twitter!

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Once you have an account follow Portland Press today - http://twitter.com/PortlandPress


MARCH 2009

PORTLAND PRESS ENDORSES PROJECT TRANSFER

Portland Press Limited is pleased to announce its endorsement of Project TRANSFER and is committed to following this set of best practices for all future journal transfers.

By endorsing the TRANSFER code of practice, we hope to minimise the disruption that occurs to libraries and subscribers, when a journal moves between publishers.


MARCH 2009

ASN NEURO IS LAUNCHED!

Portland Press Limited and the American Society for Neurochemistry are pleased to announce the launch of ASN NEURO, a new open access journal to further the Society's mission to advance, promote, support, encourage and facilitate communication among investigators in the cellular and molecular neuroscience community. The Journal will be officially launched at the ASN Annual Meeting in Charleston, SC, 7 - 11 March 2009!

ASN have appointed a distinguished member of the international neuroscience community as the first Editor-in-Chief: Professor Anthony T. Campagnoni, who holds the Coates Chair in Neuroscience, Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behaviour, UCLA, is providing the editorial leadership for this exciting new addition to scholarly publishing. Tony has appointed an Editorial Board of internationally renowned neuroscientists to select papers of the highest quality for publication.

Visit http://www.asnneuro.org to see our first review:

Leucine Rich Repeat Kinase 2 mutations and Parkinson's disease: Three Questions
Elisa Greggio and Mark R Cookson
http://www.asnneuro.org/an/imps/abs/AN20090007.htm

Join a growing list of distinguished neuroscientists and submit your next paper to ASN NEURO. Be one of the first to benefit from the following:

  • Competitive Open Access Publication Fee
    ($900 for ASN Members, $1100 for non-members)
  • Open Access - your research freely available to all
  • No additional submission, review or page charges
  • Embedded videos
  • Free colour
  • Immediate publication of your accepted manuscript
  • Fast publication of the final Version of Record ("asap publishing")
  • Fair review process
  • Deposit in PubMed Central

    Institutional Memberships also available! http://www.asnneuro.org/an/forms/lib_rec.htm

    For further information and to submit please visit the journals new website - http://www.asnneuro.org

    Why not sign up to My ASN NEURO and set alerts to suit you so you are notified of all new content published in the new exciting journal - http://www.asnneuro.org/an/myan/


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