Broadly speaking, if the primary objective of the back-ofthe-book indexer is to help the reader locate specific topics within a single, usually lengthy, document, the primary objective of the database indexer is to help the reader find entire documents, typically journal articles, on specific topics within some large document collection. While a back-of-the-book index is usually part of the doc...

sperm cells are one of the most stellar and fas-cinating cells in all species. one of the most distinctive characteristic of these cells is their movement dynamics which can be observed through a light microscope. the first paper regarding sperm cell biology that appeared on pubmed was pres-ented by dr. w.f. whitney (1). there, he showed the staining properties of spermatozoa and it was publish...

Because the journal was accepted starting with 2008, the first Impact Factor will be calculated for 2010, and will be published in June 2011. This is the most prestigious form of indexing for academic journals. Universities and other institutions in many countries consider journals indexed by ISI to be top-rank publications in matters of tenure and promotion. It is rare for new journals to be a...

We published our first issue of Molecular Metabolism in December 2012, and we have been working hard over the last 4 years to establish the journal as a leading voice of the metabolism research community. Since that first issue, we now have published over 400 articles, received an initial impact factor of 5.4, and, just recently, been accepted for direct indexing in the National Library of Medi...

The Journal of Simulation (JOS), an official journal of The UK Operational Research Society, aims to publish methodological and technological advances in the application of simulation modelling-related theory and practice. JOS publishes material in a wide range of domains, including manufacturing, service, defence and healthcare, as it seeks to interest and provoke discussion within the wider s...

Finding diagrams, chemical structures, maps or other journal article components is difficult because the articles typically are indexed by topic. Many of these components are all but invisible to standard keyword search. This research describes a method to extract component maps along with metadata from journal articles, and a way to index the maps to make them retrievable by category browse as...

To The Editor: I read with interest the letter from the editor posted on July 8th, 2008. In the first instance, I would like to congratulate the workers in the journal and particularly the core team who thought of the idea and gathered around them all this large team of workers and supporter. I would also wish to express the appreciation of those who chose to publish in a newly established jour...

1 © 2011, Carol Davila University Foundation The beginning of 2011 marks the 4th year of publishing of “Journal of Medicine and Life”, under the aegis of the prestigious “Carol Davila” University Press, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, becoming, presently, an important tool for publishing studies, research and reviews from different branches of medicine, both for t...

The article overviews some achievements and problems of Korean medical journals published in the highly competitive journal environment. Activities of Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (KAMJE) are viewed as instrumental for improving the quality of Korean articles, indexing large number of local journals in prestigious bibliographic databases and launching new abstract and citation ...

We are proud to announce the re-launch of Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice (HCCP). Moving from a classical printed journal, first published in 2003, to the open access, online format of BioMed Central will allow for a quicker and much wider distribution of published articles. Further improving exposure of articles, the journal has also been accepted for indexing by PubMed, and is now on t...