STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has been awarded the 'The Most Influential Publisher of the Last 100 Years in BioMedicine and the Life Sciences' at the Special Library Association's (SLA) Centennial conference.
Established in 1909 to serve librarians specialised in business, government, social agencies, and academia, the SLA is now an 11,000-member professional organisation of subject specialist librarians, information managers, and publishing industry representatives. Each topical division has contributed a Centennial-themed event throughout the year. In 2008, BioMedical & Life Sciences Division (DBIO) of the SLA convened an international panel of nine eminent subject experts to compile a ballot for an electronic poll of SLA members concerning the most influential publisher and the 100 most influential journals of biology and medicine over the past century of SLA's existence.
The DBIO 100, the 100 Most Influential Journals in Biology & Medicine over the last 100 Years as voted by the BioMedical & Life Sciences Division of the Special Libraries Association on the Occasion of its Centennial include twenty Elsevier journals, many published in partnership with prestigious societies.
