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Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 9:07am on Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Elsevier Acquires Oncology Journal Portfolio from Cancer Information Group

-- Journals provide highest quality content focused on tumor-specific topics, the company announced on February 2, 2011:

"Elsevier announced today that it acquired the oncology portfolio of journals previously published by CIG Media Group LP., (operated as Cancer Information Group). The journals publish peer-reviewed, disease specific original research and review articles that disseminate cutting-edge data to physicians, medical researchers and health care professionals.

"These journals provide an excellent addition to Elsevier's oncology portfolio and will further enhance the depth and quality of oncology content published by Elsevier," said Glen P. Campbell, Executive Vice President, Global Medical Research, for Elsevier. "We look forward to working with the editorial teams and to leveraging Elsevier's global resources and market-leading online platforms for the continued development and growth of the quality, international profile and visibility of these prestigious journals."

The specific journal titles are: Clinical Breast Cancer, Clinical Lung Cancer, Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia, Clinical Colorectal Cancer, Clinical Ovarian Cancer, and Clinical Genitourinary Cancer.

"Authors will benefit from the upcoming release of enhanced online manuscript submission and review systems for the journals, as well as the range of author support tools provided by Elsevier," said Campbell."

Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 10:46am on Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Elsevier Announces New Editor-in-Chief for Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

-- January 19, 2011-- Elsevier, a publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and solutions, is pleased to announce that Professor John F. Guzowski of University of California, Irvine, has accepted the position of Editor-in-Chief of Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. He succeeds Professor Paul E. Gold of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from January 1, 2011.

Professor Guzowski expects to maintain and enhance Neurobiology of Learning and Memory's position as a premier journal of the field. He is committed to expediting the review process and prompting communication with authors. "I am truly honored to be appointed to succeed Professor Paul Gold," Professor Guzowski commented. "In his tenure as Editor, Paul has done an outstanding job of making the journal a place where researchers studying memory at multiple levels of analysis come to publish their findings in a timely fashion and to a broad readership. I take over as Editor with the journal in a very strong position, and will work to increase its presence in up and coming research areas of interest to the field of Learning and Memory."

Professor Guzowski received his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from UC Irvine. After postdoctoral research at UC Irvine and Johns Hopkins University, he established an independent NIH (National Institutes of Health) funded research program at the University of Arizona and subsequently at the University of New Mexico. His research investigates the role of gene expression, induced by synaptic activity associated with learning, in stabilizing neuronal networks subserving the encoding or consolidation of long-term memories. In 2010 he was appointed as the first James L. McGaugh Chair in the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, in recognition of his pioneering work examining the molecular and cellular network mechanisms of long-term memory.

Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 9:31am on Thursday, December 23, 2010

Elsevier Announces New Co-Editor-In-Chief for Neural Networks

-- December 23, 2010 -- Elsevier is pleased to announce that Professor DeLiang Wang of The Ohio State University has accepted the position of Co-Editor-in-Chief of Neural Networks. He succeeds the journal's founding editor Professor Stephen Grossberg of Boston University on January 1, 2011.

DeLiang Wang, who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, is a professor in the department of computer science and engineering at The Ohio State University. His research interests include machine perception and neurodynamics. He has published numerous papers in leading journals and conferences of the field. His paper: "The time dimension for scene analysis" received the 2005 Outstanding Paper Award of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks. He received the U.S. National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award in 1992 and the U.S. Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award in 1996. In 2008, he received the Helmholtz Award from the International Neural Network Society (INNS). He also served as INNS President in 2006. He is an IEEE Fellow, and an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer.

Neural Networks is unique in its range and provides a forum for developing and nurturing an international community of scholars and practitioners who are interested in all aspects of neural networks and related approaches to computational intelligence. Neural Networks welcomes high quality articles that contribute to the full range of neural networks research, ranging from behavioral and brain modeling, through mathematical and computational analyses, to engineering and technological applications of systems that significantly use neural network concepts and algorithms.

Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 2:34pm on Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Elsevier to Publish Psychosomatics: Official Journal of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine

-- November 10, 2010 -- Elsevier announced today that it is partnering with the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (APM) to publish Psychosomatics, the official journal of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. The announcement, made at the annual APM meeting in Marco Island, Florida, marks an important move by the APM and Elsevier to increase the reach of the journal, particularly to a new generation of psychiatrists, and to promote consultation-liaison psychiatry as a field of growing importance. Elsevier will begin publication of the journal as of the first issue of 2011.

Elsevier Publishing Director Josh Spieler said, "This is the next step in the evolution of Psychosomatics as an international journal committed to helping its readers achieve excellence in the clinical care of patients with psychiatric and medical comorbidity." Elsevier's extensive network of global resources and publishing solutions, including Sciverse ScienceDirect, the world's premier full-text scientific database with more than 10 million peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and archives dating back as far as 1823, will help APM increase the reach and growth of Psychosomatics worldwide. At the same time, the new partnership adds important content to the Elsevier portfolio, enabling the publisher to continue its growth as the market leader in psychiatry journal publishing in North America and internationally.

Psychosomatics: The Journal of Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry is the official journal of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. Peer-reviewed and included in leading abstracting/indexing services such as Index Medicus/MEDLINE, Psychosomatics is published six times a year and is edited by Theodore A. Stern, MD, Chief of the Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital and Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 9:30am on Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Elsevier Supports Doctors Without Borders for Second Year Through 'The Great Giveback' Campaign

-- November 9, 2010 -- Elsevier announced today that it will contribute to Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) through 'The Great Giveback' campaign, providing medical assistance and support to numerous people around the world.

Elsevier will donate 10 percent of its revenue to MSF for all subscriptions to MD Consult, Elsevier's premier electronic clinical reference tool, purchased between Nov. 15 and Dec. 31, 2010. In 2009, a similar campaign brought in more than 350 subscriptions worth over $120,000.

"MSF is grateful to Elsevier for supporting our relief efforts for a second year in a row," said Jennifer Tierney, Director of Development, MSF-USA. "With the generosity of Elsevier and the people who purchase MD Consult subscriptions during this campaign, MSF will be able to provide assistance to people in war-torn countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo, or in the wake of natural disasters such as the recent earthquake in Haiti and the floods in Pakistan."

Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 9:28am on Tuesday, November 9, 2010

lsevier Announces New Brain Research Editor-In-Chief

-- November 9, 2010 -- Elsevier is pleased to announce that Dr. Irwin B.Levitan has accepted the position of Editor-in-Chief of the journal Brain Research. He succeeds Dr. Floyd E. Bloom, who has served with distinction as an Editor of the journal since its inception in 1967 and, latterly since 2000, as its Editor-in-Chief. In his new role, Dr. Levitan will lead this popular multidisciplinary journal devoted to fundamental research in the brain sciences.

Dr. Levitan is Founding Chair of the Department of Neuroscience at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and has played an active part in the field of neuroscience for 35 years. He is also currently Director of the Farber Institute for Neurosciences at Jefferson and has received numerous awards and honors, including two successive NIH Jacob Javits Neuroscience Investigator Awards and two awards from the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and has played prominent leadership roles in the Society for Neuroscience. Earlier this year, he was appointed President of the Association of Medical School Neuroscience Department Chairs.

Upon his appointment, Dr. Levitan commented, "I am excited to assume the role of Editor-in-Chief and I make a commitment to retain the tradition and unique characteristics of Brain Research to ensure the long term success of this great journal."

Dr. Levitan has been Senior Editor for Neuroscience for the Encyclopedia of Life Sciences and a Reviewing Editor for the Journal of Neuroscience. In addition, he is co-editor of "Ion Channels and Receptors", and a special issue of Neuropharmacology on "Potassium Channels". He is also co-author of Neuromodulation: The Biochemical Control of Neuronal Excitability, and co-author of a widely-used textbook, The Neuron: Cell and Molecular Biology.

Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 9:30am on Monday, October 25, 2010

Elsevier Introduces Protein Viewer, Bringing Science to Life

-- October 25, 2010 -- Elsevier introduces Protein Viewer, a new, interactive feature on SciVerse ScienceDirect for the Journal of Molecular Biology (JMB).

With Protein Viewer, readers of JMB now have the power to expand and rotate molecules within the actual article. SciVerse ScienceDirect merges features of the World Protein Database and Jmol, and embeds them into the article, making its use more convenient and user-friendly.

"Protein Viewer will allow all readers to readily visualize and manipulate molecular structures from within the article, without the need for specialized stand-alone graphics software," said Peter Wright, Editor-in-Chief of JMB. "Authors, too, will benefit from having this feature front and center in their articles."

This interactive feature allows the reader to be more active in the article, by allowing them to go more in-depth and be more focused on their area of specific research. Protein Viewer allows the reader to choose the display scheme, size, angle, colors, surface view, and more. Each individual reader might be looking for a specific portion and presentation of the molecule. Now, this individualization is at the fingertips of the reader.

"In our effort to improve the ease-of-use of research, it is apparent that the research article and its related research data need to be integrated in a user-friendly way," comments IJsbrand Jan Aalbersberg, VP Content Innovation at Elsevier. "Our current SciVerse ScienceDirect platform enables that very well, and after using this functionality in chemistry and earth sciences earlier this year, Protein Viewer is the next step in exploiting this feature for the life sciences community."

Protein Viewer is one of many innovative features from Elsevier and SciVerse ScienceDirect, all designed to make the readers' experience the most customized, useful, and relevant. Protein Viewer will be available for more Elsevier journals, such as BBA Proteins and Proteomics and the Journal of Structural Biology. More online innovations are planned for both JMB and other Elsevier journals.

Eric Kallgren    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 3:10pm on Thursday, February 19, 2009

February 19, 2009: Reed Elsevier’s Chief Executive Officer, Sir Crispin Davis, commented on the company's 2008 financial results:

“Reed Elsevier has had a very successful year with major progress in developing the business, and the strongest constant currency adjusted eps growth in a decade. Good revenue growth was seen across most of the business driven by the growing demand for online information and workflow solutions. The revenue growth and a strong focus on restructuring and cost management delivered meaningful margin improvement and the operating cash generation was excellent. Whilst the economic environment has become progressively more challenging, our business is more resilient than most and we are in a strong financial position.

The year saw demonstrable progress across the business from our continued investment in new content and online product development. In Elsevier, subscription renewals reached record levels whilst other online solutions for the scientific and healthcare communities grew rapidly. Online legal information solutions have continued to expand, and there is growing demand for information analytics in the risk market. In legal research we see significant opportunities for more intuitive and interoperable offerings to enhance customer productivity and are stepping up our investment to reflect this. Reed Exhibitions had an exceptional year including the benefit of non annual shows cycling in. Reed Business Information held up well for most of the year, helped by the strong growth of its significant online franchises. In the last quarter, however, the business increasingly felt the impact on advertising markets of the global downturn.