The judges have announced the finalists for the Best New Journal and
Publishing Innovation Awards. The Winners will be announced on 12 September
at the ALPSP International Conference Dinner at the Belfry, near Birmingham,
UK (www.alpspconference.org).
ALPSP AWARD FOR BEST NEW JOURNAL SHORTLIST
Cancer Discovery from the American Association for Cancer Research
Methods in Ecology and Evolution from the British Ecological Society
Physical Review X from the American Physical Society
Postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies from palgrave macmillan
ALPSP AWARD FOR PUBLISHING INNOVATION SHORTLIST
ACP Journalwise from the American College of Physicians
Peerage of Science web service
Plantwise Knowledge Bank from CABI
About the ALPSP Awards
ALPSP Award for BEST NEW JOURNAL - open to any peer-reviewed journal
launched in the last 1-3 years. The judges consider the main aspects of the
journal including its launch: market research, editorial strategy, marketing
and commercial success.
ALPSP Award for PUBLISHING INNOVATION - in recognition of a truly innovative
approach to any aspect of publication. Applications are judged on their
originality and innovative qualities, together with their utility, benefit
to their community and long term prospects.
Panel of Judges
Hazel Woodward, Director, Information Power (Chair);
Tim Devenport, Lead Consultant to ICEDIS, EDItEUR;
Richard Gedye, Director of Outreach Programmes, STM;
Hugh Look, Futureglance;
David Smith, Business Innovations Manager, CABI;
Jill Taylor-Roe, Head of Planning & Resources & Deputy Librarian, Newcastle
University
About the ALPSP International Conference (www.alpspconference.org)
The 2012 ALPSP International Conference will be held at the Belfry near
Birmingham, UK from 11-13 September. ALPSP has more than 340 organisational
members in 41 countries and the conference is an excellent opportunity for
the scholarly publishing community to meet and discuss new ideas and
developments in a relaxed setting. The programme includes keynotes from Mary
Waltham and Arend Welmers.
Lesley Ogg
Events and Membership Manager
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
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