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This week's digest contains  3  messages:

1)  APSA journals at top of JCR rankings
2)  Annual Reviews : new mobile platform release, & 80th anniversary, JCR rankings, free content
3.  Sage acquires six journals from A B Academic

1) APSA journals at top of JCR rankings

Subject:
APSA journals at top of JCR rankings
From:
Susan Soule <ssoule@cambridge.org>
Date:
Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:32:03 -0400
To:
SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum <SERIALST@list.uvm.edu>;		 

**With apologies for cross-posting**

In the recent release of the 2010 Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson
Reuters, 2011), the journals of the American Political Science Association
(APSA) are worthy of special note:

American Political Science Review
Ranked #1 in Political Science (of 139 titles)
Impact Factor: 3.278
Five-Year IF: 3.849


Perspectives on Politics
In its first year of inclusion
Ranked #19 in Political Science
Impact Factor: 1.519


PS: Political Science and Politics
Ranked #48 in Political Science
Impact Factor: 0.894
Five-Year IF: 0.79

All are published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of APSA.

In addition, Politics & Gender, published by Cambridge on behalf of the
Women and Politics Research Section of APSA, was included for the first
time. This journal has been ranked #1 in Women’s Studies (of 35 titles) and
#6 in Political Science, with an Impact Factor of 2.231.

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For more details on individual journals published by Cambridge, please
visit
http://journals.cambridge.org

For further information regarding Impact Factors for Cambridge Journals,
please contact
gswanson@cambridge.org

For further information about the American Political Science Association,
please see
http://www.apsanet.org/

For further information concerning the 2010 Journal Citation Reports®,
please go to
http://www.scientific.thomson.com


Susan Soule
Journals Marketing Manager
Cambridge University Press, Americas
-----
ssoule@cambridge.org
Tel: 212-337-5019
Cell: 646-468-4942
Fax: 212-337-5959

2)  Annual Reviews : new mobile platform release, & 80th anniversary, JCR rankings, free content

Subject:
Annual Reviews: new mobile platform release, & 80th anniversary, JCR rankings, free content
From:
Charlie Rapple <charlie.rapple@tbicommunications.com>
Date:
Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:43:02 +0100
To:
<SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU>

Dear all,

With apologies for cross-posting - I thought you might be interested in the latest news from Annual Reviews. A new release of their mobile website has simplified the process by which library users can pair their device to their institution's access rights. It's also "Happy 80th Birthday, Annual Reviews", and they've made volume 80 of their original title, Annual Review of Biochemistry, free on their mobile platform. Plus they have announced their latest JCR rankings, with two new titles going straight in at number one.

The full details are in the press release below, along with contact details if you would like to find out more.

Best wishes,

Charlie Rapple
TBI Comunications
On behalf of Annual Reviews
_________________________

Annual Reviews: Pushing the Boundaries, Maintaining the Quality

New Mobile Release, 80th Anniversary, JCR® Success, Free Content

Palo Alto, CA – July 13, 2011. Annual Reviews, the nonprofit publisher that synthesizes critical research literature, is pleased to announce a new release of the mobile platform that enables full-text access to its 40 high-impact journals. The release coincides with the 80th anniversary of the organization’s first title, the Annual Review of Biochemistry; in celebration, the journal’s extensive 80th volume is available for free mobile access for the next 30 days. The organization is also pleased to announce that its Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry and Annual Review of Marine Science have quickly proven their pedigree – both earned number one Impact Factor rankings in their respective categories in their first Journal Citation Reports® (2010).

“The mobile revolution has felt like a sea change, for us and for our users and library partners,” says Steve Castro, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Sales and Marketing at Annual Reviews. “Broadening our delivery channels is a natural next step when set in the context of our mission; we have a long and distinguished history of simplifying access to research by providing scholars with high quality review articles.” That quality is evidenced by the Impact Factor rankings in the latest Journal Citation Reports® from Thomson Reuters: sixteen of Annual Reviews’ 40 journals now occupy the number one ranking in their primary category, with 5 also ranked number one in a second category, and a further 14 ranked in the top 5 for their category.

Further details about Annual Reviews Mobile:

• The Annual Reviews Mobile platform is powered by Atypon’s Literatum for Mobile.

• Features include browsing of journals, issues, and abstracts; searching by keyword, author, and title; and access to full text, references, images, and related links via personal or institutional subscription.

• The latest release simplifies the process by which users can pair a device to their institution’s access rights; pairing now takes place within the mobile browser (rather than through a separate app).

• The pairing period has also been extended (from 30 days to six months) and is initiated and automatically renewed each time a user logs in to Annual Reviews while connected to their institution’s wi-fi network.

• The mobile platform now allows articles to be downloaded for offline reading, and supports sharing of abstracts and links via social networks.

• More details and pairing instructions are available at http://www.annualreviews.org/page/about/mobile

• This November, look for a case study of Annual Reviews’ experiences in developing a mobile platform, to be published in Serials: connecting the knowledge community, the UKSG journal.

-- ENDS –

Contact:             Jenni Rankin

                        Marketing Manager

                        news@annualreviews.org

                        650-843-6634

Annual Reviews (http://www.annualreviews.org) intelligently synthesizes the definitive books, articles, and other academic sources in biomedical, life, physical, and social sciences, including economics. Its objective overviews prevent duplication of research effort, address conflicting studies, root out errors of fact or concept, and suggest effective new research directions. They provide a gateway to the most significant literature within a topic. Personal copies are available at a reduced rate and institutional site license options are available. Annual Reviews endorses the KBART Recommended Practice for metadata transfer to help libraries and their technology partners provide seamless access to its online journals.

3.  Sage acquires six journals from A B Academic

Subject:
SAGE ACQUIRES SIX JOURNALS FROM A B ACADEMIC
From:
"Wrye, Ashley" <Ashley.Wrye@sagepub.com>
Date:
Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:16:44 -0700
To:
Undisclosed recipients:;		 

*Apologies for cross-posting*

SAGE has acquired six journals from A B Academic. The new titles are: Medical Law International, Nutrition and Health; Gifted Education International; Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics; International Review of Victimology; and International Journal of Discrimination and the Law.

The first SAGE published issues of International Journal of Discrimination and the Law and Medical Law International will be in September 2011 and for Nutrition and Health, Gifted Education International, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, International Review of Victimology the first SAGE published issue will be in 2012. International Review of Victimology and Gifted Education International will publish 3 times a year and Journal of Discrimination and the Law, Medical Law International; Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics and Nutrition and Health will publish 4 times per year. SAGE will also be making all the journals available digitally on SAGE Journals Online for the very first time. 


Ashley Wrye
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SAGE Publications Inc
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