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

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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

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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

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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

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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/.