STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it has been selected by the Japanese Association of Anatomists to publish the latter's official journal, Anatomical Science International. The first Springer issue will be published in April 2009. Dr. Kiyotaka Toshimori, Professor and Chairman in the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology at Chiba University School of Medicine, will take over from Dr. Shohei Yamashina as editor-in-chief in April 2009.
A quarterly publication, Anatomical Science International focuses on the morphological sciences in animals and humans. Topics include molecular, cellular, histological and gross anatomical studies. In addition to original research articles, the journal also publishes reviews, essays, case reports, book reviews and commentaries.
The journal will be published in both print and electronic formats. It will be available via Springer's online information platform, www.springerlink.com. It will include fast, electronic publication in Online First, as well as Cross Reference Linking and Table of Content Alerts. Springer will digitise the back volumes of the jouranl to 2002, making them available to readers through the Springer Online Archives Collection.
