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PMC journals selected for indexing
The first journals launched by PhysMath Central, PMC Physics A and PMC Physics B, have both been selected for inclusion in the updated 2009 versions of the CAS and Scopus databases. Congratulations to the editors, authors and reviewers of both journals for managing this so quickly after launch.
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PhysMath Central at ESSCIRC/ESSDERC
A quick reminder that PhysMath Central will be exhibiting at the joint ESSDERC/ESSCIRC conference in Edinburgh next week. We will particularly be promoting the journal PMC Physics B as the ideal place to publish research in many areas of solid-state devices and technologies.
I hope to see you in Edinburgh.
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We had a fun time reading through the entries to our PMC Biophysics T-shirt slogan competition entries. Many thanks to all of you who entered. There were some excellent puns on free-energy barriers, open conformations and a bizarre one suggesting 'denature yourself' (!) but we are happy to announce the winner is....[drumroll].... Paul Jackson with his entry of 'unconstrained'.
We liked this as - apart from it's obvious link to pendant groups being free to wiggle about - it also gets across the idea of unconstrained access to the article and data and also the fact that the author is not constrained by traditions of print journals as they are free to publish as much supporting data, video and applications as they wish. Thus, it was an easy decision in the end.
Sorry to the others, but Paul, your t-shirts will be winging their way to you soon.
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Come and meet us in Edinburgh at ESSDERC & ESSCIRC
PhysMath
Central will be attending and exhibiting at the solid-state devices and ciruits
meeting ESSDERC & ESSCIRC 2008 in Edinburgh this year. If you are at the
conference, which runs from 15-18th September, come and meet us to grab some
freebies and discuss how open access can benefit research in your field. We
would be especially interested to receive papers on these subjects for consideration in PMC Physics B.
Edinburgh- city street by Angelrays
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Why scholarly publishers should blog
Ginny Hendricks writes on the 'Marketing Publishers' blog:
Scholarly publishers should blog for the same community engagement and reputation management reasons as any corporation:
- Open and more frequent dialogue with customers.
- Release news and comment faster.
- Influence perceptions.
- Other influential blogs will link to you.
- You become an authority in your field.
All of which got me thinking, which other publishers blog? Nature, PLoS, BioMed Central. Any others? Is the ethos of open access more in keeping with the openess blogging?
I will also follow Ginny's advice and start blogging again. Sorry for the large gap in postings, but holidays don't take themselves you know.
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Continuing from the great success of the Particle Game, we had an enthusiastic response to the Elements Game from attendees of the APS March Meeting. Congratulations to Hugh Wilson of UC Davis and Saswati Pujari of Northwestern University, who matched up their element cards and won an iPod Shuffle each. Come and visit us at our next conference for your chance to win!
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Meet us at the March APS Meeting
PhysMath Central will be exhibiting at the March APS meeting in New Orleans next month. Come and meet us (on stand 441) and also take part in our exciting 'elements' game where you could win an iPod shuffle or a PhysMath Central T-shirt!
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