Biotechnology for Biofuels recently launched its own blog, to provide an additional communication forum for biofuels researchers. The blog will feature news, comment and opinion relating to the latest developments in biofuels research, and has just published its first post ‘Biofuels policy: Public debate and scientific review’. To stay up-to-date with the latest biofuels research,… Read more »
Almost 5 years ago, BioMed Central was alerted by entomologist and open access enthusiast Donat Agosti to the peculiar situation whereby, in order for a published description of an animal species to be definitive in terms of taxonomic naming, it needs to comply with the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Unfortunately, the status of electronic… Read more »
On Tuesday 17th June BioMed Central launched Molecular Brain, a new open access, independent journal, that encompasses all aspects of studies on the nervous system at the molecular, cellular, and system level. Molecular Brain aims to provide a forum for scientists to communicate their findings in this rapidly expanding field, where integrative approaches at the… Read more »
J VIROL 5.332 RETROVIROLOGY 4.040 VIROLOGY 3.765 J GEN VIROL 3.120 J MED VIROL 2.831 VIRUS RES 2.810 CURR HIV RES 2.653 AIDS RES HUM RETROV 2.022 J NEUROVIROL 1.943 ARCH VIROL 1.839 This past Tuesday, ISI Thomson released the official 2007 Impact factor (IF) numbers for over 6,000 journals. Retrovirology’s 2007 IF number is… Read more »
1“The world faces the daunting combination of surging energy demand, rising greenhouse gas emissions and tightening resources. A global energy technology revolution is both necessary and achievable; but it will be a tough challenge”. This is how Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the IEA, summed up the task faced by the world over the next… Read more »
1Welcome to the first posting on the Biotechnology for Biofuels blog. This site is designed to be a forum for the exchange of ideas within the community, and we welcome short pieces on interesting research papers, methods, policy directions, funding opportunities and upcoming meetings. Bloggers for this site come from a wide range of backgrounds,… Read more »