News Release

Elsevier partners with the International Association for Great Lakes Research

New partnership to publish the Journal of Great Lakes Research

Business Announcement

Elsevier

Amsterdam, 23 July 2008 – Elsevier, a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services is pleased to announce the formation of a publishing partnership with the International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR), representing 1000 members worldwide.

Under this agreement, Elsevier will assume publication of the Journal of Great Lakes Research (http://www.iaglr.org/jglr/journal.php), the official journal of the Association, starting in January 2009. The Journal of Great Lakes Research has been published as a quarterly journal by IAGLR since 1975, when the first issue appeared.

The journal publishes research papers, reviews, and technical notes advancing knowledge and promoting a better understanding of large lakes of the world and their watersheds. Special issues, focused on particular topics are also published on a regular basis.

The aim of this collaboration is to further the development and influence of the journal, by expanding its global reach and increasing its visibility, also through the availability of the journal on ScienceDirect.

Prof. Ronald A. Hites, President of IAGLR, commented, "We are very pleased with this opportunity; to expand the worldwide reach of our journal, to improve our publication processes, and to serve our members more effectively. We look forward to a long and productive partnership with Elsevier."

"We are looking forward to this collaborative arrangement, which provides improved benefits to our authors, reviewers, and the larger scientific community. We are particularly excited about the opportunities to expand our scope to include other large lakes of the world and their watersheds" said Dr. Marlene Evans, journal Editor.

Elsevier publisher Dr. Christiane Barranguet noted, "We are very proud to be able to work with the Association on further increasing the visibility of this long-standing, prestigious journal. We will also streamline the submission process with an end to end electronic submission system, making the process easier for authors and reviewers alike."

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About The International Association for Great Lakes Research

The International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR, http://www.iaglr.org/) is a scientific organization made up of researchers studying the Laurentian Great Lakes, other large lakes of the world, and their watersheds, as well as those with an interest in such research. IAGLR members encompass all scientific disciplines with a common interest in the management of large lake ecosystems on many levels. Large lakes are defined as lakes with a surface area of >500 km2 and/or a mean depth of >100 m. They include inland freshwater and saline ecosystems, including inland seas. There are hundreds of such lakes throughout the world whose need for management and protection is intensifying with rapidly accelerating global demographic and technological changes.

About ScienceDirect

Over a quarter of the world's full text scientific, technical and medical (STM) articles - managed by renowned editors, written by respected authors and read by researchers from around the globe - are available in one place: ScienceDirect.

Elsevier's extensive and unique full-text collection covers authoritative titles from the core scientific literature including high impact factor titles such as THE LANCET, Cell and Tetrahedron. Over nine million articles are available online, including Articles in Press which offer rapid access to recently accepted manuscripts. The critical mass of information available on ScienceDirect is unsurpassed. Coverage includes over 2,000 journals published by Elsevier and dynamic linking to journals from approximately 2,000 STM publishers through CrossRef. An expanding program of online major reference works, handbooks, book series and e-Books in all fields of science seamlessly interlinks with primary research referenced in journal articles.

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the global science and health communities, Elsevier's 7,000 employees in over 70 offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such as ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), MD Consult (http://www.mdconsult.com/), Scopus (http://www.info.scopus.com/), bibliographic databases, and online reference works.

Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/) is a global business headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and has offices worldwide. Elsevier is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc (http://www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading publisher and information provider. Operating in the science and medical, legal, education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. Reed Elsevier's ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).


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