Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry included in PubMed Central

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For Immediate Release: 24 March 2006

Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry included in PubMed Central

The Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry (BJOC) is now included in PubMed Central (www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov ), the world's largest digital archive of freely available full-text journal literature. PubMed Central hosts over 200 journals, mainly in the life sciences and medicine. BJOC is one of the first chemistry journals to be accepted for inclusion in the database, which will bring its articles to the attention of an enormous worldwide readership of biomedical scientists.

BJOC is published by the Beilstein-Institut, a name synonymous with quality in organic chemistry for two centuries, in co-operation with BioMed Central, the leading global publisher of open access journals. As one of the first open access journals in chemistry, BJOC allows readers free access to all content immediately upon publication. BJOC has no publication charges, is fully refereed and offers rapid publication. Authors may submit their articles online to the Editor-in-Chief, Professor Jonathan Clayden of the University of Manchester, UK. (www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc ).

Dr Martin Hicks, Director of the Beilstein-Institut, said 'Our objective in publishing BJOC is to serve organic chemists worldwide by providing a high quality journal that serves their needs as authors and readers, without being a financial burden to their institutes. We are delighted that inclusion in PubMed Central will bring the high quality articles published in BJOC to the attention of the growing number of biomedical researchers with an interest in organic chemistry and chemical biology.'

About the Beilstein-Institut
The Beilstein-Institut zur Förderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften (Beilstein Institute for the Advancement of Chemical Sciences) is a non-profit foundation located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The Beilstein-Institut pursues its purpose in particular in chemistry and its related areas and disciplines, especially information and communication. The Beilstein-Institut is owner and producer of the Beilstein Database, the world's largest and most comprehensive structure and factual database in the area of organic chemistry. The Beilstein-Institut also hosts workshops and symposia; free access to the proceedings is available on the web site: www.beilstein-institut.de

About BioMed Central
BioMed Central (www.biomedcentral.com) is an independent online publishing house committed to providing open access to peer-reviewed research. This commitment is based on the view that immediate free access to research and the ability to freely archive and reuse published information is essential to the rapid and efficient communication of science. BioMed Central currently publishes over 150 journals. BioMed Central provides Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry with website hosting, online submission, electronic peer review and publication services.


For more information, please contact:

For Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
bjoc-info@beilstein-institut.de
http://www.beilstein-journals.org/

For BioMed Central
Grace Baynes
BioMed Central
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7631 9988