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Wiley to assume publication of Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Redesigned and refocused journal will emphasize translational and personalized medicine

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Wiley

Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced an agreement with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine whereby Wiley will assume publishing responsibilities for Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine. Wiley will re-launch the journal in January 2007 with a completely new design and editorial focus.

Published continuously since 1934 by The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine is issued six times a year and features clinical articles from all medical disciplines. Wiley will re-launch the journal as Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine: A Journal of Translational and Personalized Medicine featuring articles on the evolving nature of clinical care; its close linkage to bio-medical research; and resulting opportunities for enhanced patient outcomes. The new editorial focus reflects the growing importance of translational and personalized medicine.

"Wiley feels strongly that this journal with a long history has a bright future," said Shawn Morton, Vice President and Publishing Director, Medicine, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. "We see great value in disseminating translational research to support personalized medicine and look forward to working with Mount Sinai to position Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine as a leading forum for the publication of clinical research highly relevant to clinical practice."

Each issue of the journal will contain review articles – invited and submitted – from distinguished guest authors from U.S. and international institutions. In addition, the journal will accept unsolicited articles devoted to translational and personalized medicine that will be subject to peer review.

"We are excited at the opportunity to collaborate with Wiley and convert Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine from its current editorial format to one focused on personalized and translational medicine," said C. Warren Olanow, M.D., Professor and Chairman of Neurology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Editor-in-Chief. "We look forward to bridging with a new format, focus and publisher the gap between scientific discovery and clinical application for physicians, investigators and translational researchers."

Wiley will publish Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine: A Journal of Translational and Personalized Medicine in print and online via Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com), Wiley's online publishing platform.

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About The Mount Sinai Medical Center

The Mount Sinai Medical Center, located in heart of New York City, consists of The Mount Sinai Hospital, a tertiary care facility known for excellence in patient care and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, a leader in medical research and in the education of tomorrow's physicians by internationally known faculty. Founded in 1852, The Mount Sinai Hospital is one of the oldest voluntary teaching hospitals in the country and in 1963, the Hospital created Mount Sinai School of Medicine, beginning a close collaboration that has made Mount Sinai one of the leading academic medical centers in the country.

About Wiley InterScience

Introduced in 1997 and launched commercially in January 1999, Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) is a leading international resource for quality content promoting discovery across the spectrum of scientific, technical, medical and professional endeavors. In nearly a decade, Wiley InterScience has built its reputation by regularly adding new content and functionality; offering sophisticated search and navigation capabilities; and providing robust online manuscript submission and management tools.

Today, Wiley InterScience features must-have content from more than 2,500 journals, books, reference works, databases, laboratory manuals and the Cochrane Library, which is the world's best-known resource for evidence-based medicine. More than half of Wiley's journals on Wiley InterScience are digitized back to Volume 1, Issue 1 as part of the development of the journal backfile initiative. When the initiative is completed in 2007, in conjunction with Wiley's Bicentennial, Wiley InterScience will be one of the largest archives of its kind with content dating back to 1799 and over 1.5 million articles of scientific and scholarly research.

About Wiley

Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., provides must-have content and services to customers worldwide. Our core businesses include scientific, technical, and medical journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products and services; professional and consumer books and subscription services; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley has publishing, marketing, and distribution centers in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb. Wiley's Internet site can be accessed at http://www.wiley.com


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