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Pneumonia
has opened for submissions at BioMed Central following an agreement in
December to transfer the title from Griffith University ePress,
Australia.
Pneumonia
is an international, peer reviewed open access journal that publishes
original research articles, case studies, reviews, commentaries,
correspondence and highlights, news and activities on all aspects
related to pneumonia. It is the only journal that is focused exclusively
on the subject. There are no processing charges for manuscripts
published in pneumonia and published articles are freely available online.
Congratulations to Associate Professor Bruce Walker who has
been awarded Membership in the General Division of the Order of
Australia (AM) in the Australia Day honors. Associate Professor Walker
said he was very proud of the award and that it was a tribute to the
chiropractic profession at large and in particular to those evidence
based chiropractors who have fearlessly pursued science and guided the
profession in the right direction. He said the award was the result of a
team effort and belongs to all the very motivated and talented teams of
people who supported him throughout his career.
BioMed Central in the news
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Research published in BMC Public Health
looked at people who drank in excess, defined as 6 pints of beer per
week for women and 9 pints for men. The researchers found that despite
drinking the same amounts of alcohol, people in deprived communities
have higher levels of alcohol-related ill health than people in
wealthier communities. People who are heavier drinkers and live in low-income communities were nearly 11 times more likely to combine drinking with smoking, excess weight, poor diet and little exercise than people living in non-deprived areas. These combinations not only add to the dangers from alcohol consumption but effectively multiply the risks of ill health. This was popular with the mainstream and medical press, and was covered in the UK and US by outlets including The Times; Daily Mail; Medical Daily and STAT. It was also covered by The Australian and SBS in Australia; and The Statesman and The Times of India in India. |
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February marked the start of a new blog series looking at the wide array of scientific careers out there. Dana Berry aims to provide a source of information for those interested in science, and the career options. |
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Bacteria found in faecal matter can predict your risk for diabetes, according to research published in Genome Medicine.
Identifying variations in the types and activities of microorganisms
that live in the human gut could help early diagnosis of type 2
diabetes. The researchers looked at identical twins aged 30 to 48 years
and showed that changes in the gut microbiota are already present at
sub-clinical and pre-onset stages of type 2 diabetes. This press release gained international coverage in relevant health outlets as well as the mainstream press. It was reported by Medical News Today and Medical XPress in the UK; US News & World Report and STAT in US; SBS in Australia; Interbusca and infosalus.com in Spain; as well as by MedSci in China. |
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February 4 marked World Cancer Day and this year the theme was 'We Can. I Can.' encouraging individuals to engage in specific actions to fight the disease. In light of this, BMC Medicine highlighted some of their recent publications looking at the latest advances in cancer research, helping us to move closer to the success of fighting cancer. |
Open Access Landscape Update
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As of March 2016 we have identified 85 APC funds provided by funding bodies, and 125 institutional APC funds
that are funded in whole or in part by the institution, with a further
172 institutions that solely distribute OA block funds from research
funders or from a consortium fund. Professor Adam Tickell, Provost and Vice Principal at the University of Birmingham has released an independent report for the UK government on open access policy at a national level. Tickell promotes a gold open access approach across the UK, as reflected in RCUK funding as well as policies across agencies and institutions. This is the same model which has been used by BioMed Central since 2005. The report gives recommendations for the UUK OA Coordination Group (for which Tickell is Chair) and has received a positive response from the Minister of State for Universities and Science, Jo Johnson, and from our parent company, Springer Nature. |
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Elizabeth Moylan, Senior Editor (Research Integrity) at
BioMed Central has been appointed to the Committee on Publication Ethics
(COPE) Council. The COPE Council are responsible for the operational
activities of COPE and are Constitutional Members of COPE under company
law. Elizabeth originally joined BioMed Central in 2004, as an in-house Editor handling peer review on the BMC series of journals in the early days of the open access movement. In subsequent roles she has been involved in journal development activity across a number of BMC series titles including overseeing the launch of various journals. In her present role she has oversight of editorial policies and peer review processes and is particularly interested in new models of peer review. |
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