Canada's leading not-for-profit scholarly publishers—the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and Canadian Science Publishing (CSP)—have entered into a strategic alliance to expand the dissemination of important research findings to clinicians and researchers across Canada and around the globe. Starting in 2012, the publishers will form a premiere journals collection via subscription to large academic, medical, government, and corporate libraries and consortia.
CMA Publications is responsible for publishing CMAJ, CMA's flagship journal and Canada's leading general medical journal. A not-for-profit publisher originally established in 1929, CSP produces 15 science and technology journals under the brand NRC Research Press. Under the new arrangement, CSP will promote subscription sales to CMAJ as part of a complete STM or biomedical journal package. Both publishers will continue to offer single title subscriptions to those institutions preferring to subscribe on a title-by-title basis.
"CMAJ is a substantial addition to our journals collection, and we are thrilled to meet the needs of librarians by offering a complete compendium of journals across the Science, Technical and Medical (STM) spectrum," said Cameron Macdonald, Executive Director of CSP. Director of Publications, CMA, Glenda Proctor, added that, "CMAJ has significantly impacted medicine and health care over the past 100 years, and we feel certain that our new alliance will allow librarians to access our combined content more efficiently and help us reach emerging markets around the world more effectively."
CMAJ showcases innovative research and ideas aimed at improving health for people in Canada and globally through its publication of original clinical research, analyses and reviews, news, practice updates and thought-provoking editorials. In 2011, the journal celebrates 100 years of publishing medical knowledge in print and now online (http://www.cmaj.ca). CMAJ has an impact factor of 9.0 and its website receives over 30 million requests a year. New content is uploaded on cmaj.ca every week.
CSP is the foremost Canadian publisher of award-winning, peer-reviewed science and offers access to the largest archive of published research in Canada. With an international editorial team comprising some of the world's leading researchers, CSP communicates scientific discoveries to over 175 countries. All 15 NRC Research Press journals are available online (www.nrcresearchpress.com) and are accessible e-First before print publication on a new state-of-the art web platform.
NRC Research Press, previously the publishing arm of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) since 1929, transitioned in September 2010 from NRC and the Federal Government of Canada into an independent not-for-profit organization operating under the new name Canadian Science Publishing. For more information on CSP, visit http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/newsroom/news.