journals

Springer has acquired Obesity Surgery, the official journal of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity, from FD-Communications.

John Wiley & Sons has launched IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the official journal of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ).

Oxford Journals has announced the launch of a new journal for the social neurosciences, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN).

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses is being launched by Blackwell Publishing amid growing international concerns about the possibility of an influenza pandemic.

Springer and the Nano Research Society have announced a new partnership to publish Nanoscale Research Letters (NRL), one of the first nanotechnology journals from a major publisher to publish articles with open access.

The Royal Society has launched a trial of an open-access service for all of its seven journals. This will allow people to read new scientific papers, free of charge.

Inderscience Publishers has added four new titles to its portfolio, which will bring its total to 200 journals.

Research dating back to 1849 is now available online in the Oxford Journals Digital Archive. The collection provides access to all content for nearly 140 journals and comprise over three million article pages.

The British Journal of Pharmacology (BJP) has started accepting open-access articles, subject to payment of a publication fee. The journal is moving to a mixed-revenue model of subscription charges and publication fees.

Blackwell Publishing has acquired Cardiovascular Drug Reviews and CNS Drug Reviews. Both publish extensive review articles on preclinical and clinical studies with new drugs written by scientists.