Open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of the Journal of Angiogenesis Research. With this launch, the number of journals in BioMed Central’s portfolio reaches 200. The launch is seen to reflect a growing trend as senior academics and learned societies turn to OA to publish their new journals or to improve the reach and visibility of their existing journals.
Journal of Angiogenesis Research publishes original research and timely reviews on recent advances in the understanding of the processes responsible for neovascularisation and pathological angiogenesis. The journal’s articles are archived at INIST in France and in e-Depot, the National Library of the Netherlands' digital archive of all electronic publications. It is also participating in the British Library's e-journals pilot project, and plans to deposit copies of all articles with the British Library.
According to observers, the success of any scientific journal, OA or subscription based, depends on it receiving a good number of high-quality papers in its area of interest. In this scenario, BioMed Central has recently seen an increasing number of institutions and societies choosing to take the OA route, either to launch new journals or increasingly to convert their existing journals to OA. Additions to its portfolio this year include Genetics, Selection and Evolution, owned and supported by the French National Institute for Agricultural Research, and Journal of Biomedical Science, which is supported by the National Science Council of Taiwan. These are claimed to be established journals with impact factors and good rankings in their subject categories in the Journal Citation Report.
Also moving towards a re-launch with BioMed Central is Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, the official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. In addition, several societies have launched new journals with BioMed this year, including Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy & Technology and Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome.
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