17/09/2007 Charlotte Hubbard

We are delighted to announce that both Behavioral and Brain Functions and Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation have been accepted for tracking by Thomson Scientific.  Journal of NeuroEngineerinng and Rehabilitation is set to receive its first impact factor in June 2009 and Behavioral and Brain Functions in 2010. The acceptance of these titles for tracking… Read more »

17/09/2007 Matthew Cockerill

Anyone who has tried to follow web links in an scientific article published several years ago will be familiar with the problem. You click a link, only to get a ‘Server not responding’ message, or a ‘Page not found’ error. This lack of permanence of web links (sometimes known as link rot) is a general… Read more »

17/09/2007 Matthew Cockerill

With the impending publication of PhysMath Central‘s first particle physics and cosmology papers, we have been busy working to ensure that systems are in place to deal smoothly and efficiently with the complex mathematical formulae involved. Computational biologists will see the benefit of this too, with improved layout for equation-rich PDFs, and smarter handling of… Read more »

17/09/2007 Matthew Cockerill

BioMed Central’s article web pages have been redesigned with a cleaner, easy-to-navigate new look which adds significant new functionality (example article). Summary of improvements: Improved support for MathML MathML for mathematical formulae is now available to users of all browsers, not just Internet Explorer.  More details… Access to archival copies of linked web pages, via… Read more »

13/09/2007 Charlotte Hubbard

We are pleased to announce that a number of BioMed Central journals have recently been accepted for inclusion in BIOSIS and Zoological Record, reflecting their increasing importance and stature in their respective fields. The journals newly accepted for inclusion in BIOSIS are: BMC Biochemistry BMC Developmental Biology BMC Ecology BMC Evolutionary Biology BMC Genetics  BMC… Read more »

11/09/2007 Lolita Dhar

A number of institutions and libraries now provide excellent support material to ensure that researchers know about the benefits of open access publishing and archiving.  The best guides provide a clear summary of what open access is, what benefits it offers (both to researchers and to the wider community), and what individual researchers can do… Read more »

03/09/2007 Charlotte England

Following the launch of our Open access and the developing world portal, we invited authors and readers living and working in low-income countries to share their experiences. So far we have received contributions from a range of authors based in developing countries such as China, Nigeria, Thailand, Zambia and Ethiopia. Here you can read about… Read more »