[BOAI] Anticipated new journal, eLife, publishes first articles

[Jennifer McLennan]

*eLife*, the new open-access journal for outstanding scientific
advancements, has published its first four research articles.

First announced in summer 2011, eLife is a researcher-led initiative for
the best in science and science communication. Backed by the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society, and the Wellcome Trust, the
initiative’s first aim is to launch an open-access journal for outstanding
advances in life science and biomedicine, which is also a platform for
experimentation and showcasing innovation in research communication.

The *eLife* journal Web site is set for launch by the end of 2012, but the
first collection of articles was released today – listed at the eLife Web
site with the full content available at the online archive of the U.S.
National Library of Medicine, PubMed Central (PMC), and its mirror sites
including UKPMC.

According to Randy Schekman, the journal’s Editor-in-chief, “We see no
reason to delay the availability of these discoveries. Our editors have
identified them as important, inspiring contributions of the high caliber
expected for eLife. So, while the launch of our own journal Web site isn’t
expected until December, we will best serve our authors, and science, by
just getting them out there.”

To read the full announcement, visit http://www.elifesciences.org/12-1015/




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Jennifer McLennan
Communications, eLife

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