STM publisher Springer, Germany, has signed a publishing agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. IIT Madras is one among the foremost institutes of national importance in higher technological education, basic and applied research. The partnership will commence in January 2009.
Under the deal, both parties will together launch a journal entitled International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics. The journal is being launched to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of IIT Madras.
The journal will accept articles in all areas of engineering and applied sciences. Each quarterly issue will be dedicated to a specific area of engineering science and applied mathematics. Also, it will publish review articles which summarise the state of the art and provide a perspective on areas of current research interest.
Under Springer, the journal's editorial office will be equipped with a manuscript tracking system to speed publication of important articles in the field. Articles will be published in Online First in full text via Springer's electronic platform, SpringerLink. The journal will include Cross Reference Linking, Alert services, and Online First. Springer will also implement the online author submission system, Editorial Manager. This system allows the peer-review process to be handled faster, resulting in the speedy publication of the articles.
The global publisher recently announced publishing partnerships with the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and the International Society of Behavioral Medicine (ISBM) to publish the journals Journal of Nuclear Cardiology (JNC) and the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine (IJBM).
