Elsevier to launch journal devoted to nanomedicine

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News-Medical.Net 18-Jan-2005

Elsevier to launch journal devoted to nanomedicine

Elsevier has announced plans to launch a peer-reviewed journal devoted to

nanomedicine - the emerging science of using molecular machines to treat human

disease. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, the official

publication of the American Academy of Nanomedicine, will be published

quarterly, with the first issue to appear in March 2005.

“Nanomedicine has developed very rapidly in recent years, with promising

applications in areas such as recognition of cancer cells, stem cell labeling,

and monitoring of DNA damage and repair, " says Dr. Chiming Wei of s Hopkins

University School of Medicine, the new journal’s Editor-in-Chief. " We hope this

journal will provide a new focal point for efforts to advance this revolutionary

technology for maintaining and restoring human health. "

Nanomedicine will be the first professional journal devoted solely to the

medical uses of nanotechnology, bringing together experts from every scientific

field involved in this new science. The journal will select and publish the most

important papers in basic and clinical nanomedicine, diagnostic advances and

applications, pharmacologic nanomedicine, engineering and biotechnology for

clinical applications, and more.

Nanomedicine will also include up-to-date reviews of specific topic areas,

reports on new equipment and techniques, and regular features on the

commercialization of nanomedicine, ethics in the field of nanomedicine, and

funding opportunities for nanomedicine research. In addition to original

studies, first issue highlights include an essay by A. Freitas, Jr.,

entitled " What Is Nanomedicine? " as well as an article on " The Pathway to

Commercialization for Nanomedicine, " coauthored by Dr. Wei.

Paying subscribers will have full access to each issue on the journal’s website,

www.nanomedjournal.com. Institutional price: USD 149, Personal price: USD 89,

Student price: USD 59

Similarly, AZoM.com Pty. Ltd. Sydney Australia and the UK-based Institute of

Nanotechnology has recently announced the Online Journal of Nanotechnology.

The Online Journal of Nanotechnology is based on a free access publishing model,

coupled with what is believed to be a unique development in the field of

scientific publishing – the distribution of journal revenue between the authors,

peer reviewers and site operators.

The Online Journal of Nanotechnology at AZoNano.com will publish high quality

articles and papers on all aspects of nanotechnology and related scientific,

social and ethical issues. All the contributions will be reviewed by a world

class panel of founding editors who are experts in a wide spectrum of

nanotechnology science.

The Online Journal of Nanotechnology will publish the first open-access

Nanotechnology scientific papers on www.AZoNano.com, the leading nanotechnology

information portal, in January/February 2005.

http://www.elsevier.com and http://www.azonano.com

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