[BOAI] SfE and ESE announce the launch of Endocrine Connections – a new Open Access biomedical journal

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from Jennie Johnson.  --Peter Suber.]


9th February 2012

*SfE and ESE announce the launch of Endocrine Connections – a new Open
Access biomedical journal*

Today the Society for Endocrinology (SfE) and the European Society of
Endocrinology (ESE) announced the forthcoming launch of Endocrine
Connections – a new Open Access journal for the biomedical community. The
journal is a joint venture between the two societies, to be published by
BioScientifica.

“We believe the time is now right for a new kind of journal that will help
stimulate cross‐discipline collaboration and give our authors the highest
possible visibility for their work,” commented Leon Heward‐Mills, Chief
Executive at SfE. “We already serve the core endocrinology community well
with our established portfolio of journals, but as barriers between
disciplines become increasingly blurred, we want to offer authors a new way
to reach a much broader readership than traditional subscription‐based
journals can generally offer. We believe that Endocrine Connections is
ideally placed to do this.”

Endocrine Connections will be led by Dr Jens Sandahl Christiansen,
Professor of Medicine at the University of Aarhus, and consultant in the
department of medicine at Aarhus University Hospital. A world‐class
Editorial board is currently being recruited. The journal will focus on
publishing articles that have relevance across the many disciplines that
intersect with endocrinology. Its broad scope encompasses metabolism,
obesity, diabetes, hormones, reproduction and bone disorders.

“Our ambition is for Endocrine Connections to become a premier journal in
the field with global impact,” said Dr Christiansen. “We are applying the
very highest quality standards to our peer review and publishing processes.
We are excited to have the opportunity to help our authors connect with
researchers in a wide range of fields and increase the speed of the
cross‐fertilization of ideas in biomedicine. I believe it is at the
intersection of disciplines that many of the next breakthrough discoveries
will be made.”

Endocrine Connections opens for submissions in March 2012. Please visit our
website to register for further news and announcements:
www.endocrineconnections.com.

*Further information*

For further information please contact Victoria Merriman, BioScientifica;
Email: victoria.merriman@**endocrinology.org<victoria.merriman at endocrinology.org>

BioScientifica is a leading international provider of services to medical
and scientific societies and to the pharmaceutical industry. We offer a
range of services to clients including journal and book publication, event
management, membership services and website design and maintenance.
BioScientifica is a wholly‐owned commercial subsidiary of the Society for
Endocrinology.
For further information, visit: www.bioscientifica.com

The Society for Endocrinology is Britain’s national organisation promoting
endocrinology and hormone awareness and representing clinicians, scientists
and nurses who work with hormones.
For general information, please visit our website:
http://www.endocrinology.org

The European Society of Endocrinology aims to promote research, education
and clinical practice in endocrinology for public benefit across Europe.
Find out more at http://www.euro‐endo.org/.
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