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<font face="Verdana"><b>eLife selects HighWire to build and host
anticipated new open-access journal<br>
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</b>CAMBRIDGE, UK and STANFORD, CA | June 12, 2012<br>
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eLife, the new funder-researcher collaboration in science
communication, has selected HighWire Press as the platform for its
new open‐access journal for life and biomedical science.<br>
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(<a href="http://www.elifesciences.org/12-0612" target="_blank">http://www.elifesciences.org/12-0612</a>)<br>
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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.<br>
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"To further our goals to serve science and scientists with our
journal, it is essential that we select a technology platform that
provides a solid foundation, but is also flexible and makes it
possible to do more with research content," said Randy Schekman,
the Editor-in-Chief of eLife. "We're confident that HighWire is
the right technology partner for eLife."<br>
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eLife will take full advantage of HighWire's Open Platform, its
strategic consulting services, and community networking
opportunities. The powerful technology behind the platform offers
eLife the flexibility to use open-source tools such as Drupal to
develop the front-end display – to create widgets, mobile
versions, interactive commentary, semantic enrichment, and more.<br>
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"HighWire's deployment of open-source technology, commitment to
interoperability, and enthusiasm to work with third-party
developers gives eLife tremendous opportunities to explore new
territory in research communication," added Ian Mulvany, eLife's
Head of Technology. "We want eLife to become a catalyst for
innovation – attracting and facilitating experimentation by the
research community."<br>
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"The HighWire Open Platform is designed for innovative publishers
to find new ways to reach their audience," said Tom Rump, Managing
Director of HighWire. "We welcome the excitement this project
brings to our co‐development team, and are thrilled to be an
active participant in advancing the conversation in the pursuit
and exchange of knowledge."<br>
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"HighWire is an established player hosting some of the most
important journals in the world, and supporting a publishing
community where open access is on the rise," added Mark Patterson,
eLife Managing Executive Editor. "We look forward to working with
our colleagues to share experiences and best practices as we find
our ways ahead in this exciting and ever-changing environment."<br>
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For more information about eLife, visit
<a href="http://www.elifesciences.org" target="_blank">http://www.elifesciences.org</a><br>
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For more news from HighWire, visit </font><font face="Verdana"></font><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://highwire.stanford.edu/news/" target="_blank">http://highwire.stanford.edu/news/</a></font><br>
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Media contacts<br>
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Jennifer McLennan, eLife<br>
<a href="mailto:j.mclennan@elifesciences.org" target="_blank">j.mclennan@elifesciences.org</a><br>
<a href="tel:%2B1%E2%80%90202%E2%80%90631%E2%80%908854" value="+12026318854" target="_blank">+1‐202‐631‐8854</a><br>
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Bonnie Zavon, HighWire<br>
<a href="mailto:bzavon@stanford.edu" target="_blank">bzavon@stanford.edu</a><br>
<a href="tel:%2B1%E2%80%90650%E2%80%90723%E2%80%900522" value="+16507230522" target="_blank">+1‐650‐723‐0522</a><br>
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<b>About eLife</b><br>
eLife is a unique collaboration between the funders and
practitioners of research to communicate ground‐breaking
discoveries in the life and biomedical sciences in the most
effective way. Set for launch in late 2012, the eLife journal will
be a platform for maximising the reach and influence of new
discoveries and to showcase new approaches to the presentation,
use, and assessment of research. As an open-access journal, eLife
will deliver access to content for free, online, immediately on
publication, and will encourage maximum possible reach and utility
of the content by publishing under the terms of the Creative
Commons Attribution License, which is emerging as the gold
standard for open‐access publishing. Learn more at
<a href="http://elifesciences.org" target="_blank">elifesciences.org</a><br>
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<b>About HighWire</b><br>
At the forefront of strategic scholarly publishing, HighWire Press
provides digital content development and hosting solutions to the
scholarly publishing community. A division of the Stanford
University Libraries, HighWire partners with influential
societies, university presses, and other independent publishers,
sharing ideas and innovations in publishing, and producing
definitive online versions of high-impact, peer-reviewed journals,
books, reference works, and other scholarly content. The
underlying infrastructure of the HighWire Open Platform is
Web‐services-oriented, flexible, and permeable, allowing
publishers to easily layer new software and services on their
sites to meet the ever‐changing needs of today's online and mobile
readers. <a href="http://highwire.stanford.edu" target="_blank">highwire.stanford.edu</a> | Twitter @highwirepress<br>
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