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> Press release from BioMed Central www.biomedcentral.com: for immediate
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> New Portal from BioMed Central Highlights Importance of Open Access to
> Scientific and Medical Literature for the Developing World
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> London, July 18, 2007 - BioMed Central, the world's largest publisher
> of open access scientific research, today announced a new information
> portal calling attention to the developing world's need for open
> access to the scientific and medical literature. The Open Access and
> the Developing World portal highlights the most relevant
> peer-reviewed research from BioMed Central's open access journals and
> brings together the latest news and resources relating to open access
> and the developing world.
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> As part of the launch of the portal, BioMed Central is inviting
> researchers and others working in developing countries to share their
> stories about how open access to the online research literature is
> changing their work. (See "Share your Story", below)
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> "Open access to the scientific and medical literature is a key way in
> which the developed world can help developing countries," said Matthew
> Cockerill, Publisher of BioMed Central. "In recent years, the funding
> for research on global health issues such as AIDS, malaria, and
> tuberculosis has increased significantly thanks to support from
> philanthropic foundations. Open access is vital to ensure that the
> full use is made of the results of this research."
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> The research articles that will feature on the new portal includes
> publications from Malaria Journal, a leading BioMed Central journal
> which was recently ranked by Thomson Scientific as number one in the
> field of Tropical Medicine. Other BioMed Central journals which
> publish research highly relevant to developing countries include AIDS
> Research & Therapy, BMC Infectious Diseases, BMC Public Health and the
> International Journal for Equity in Health.
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> The portal also offers profiles of BioMed Central authors who work in
> developing countries, newsfeeds and a blog which will provide a
> regular round-up of news and resources relating to open access and
> the developing world.
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> "Working in a developing country I feel like I need to be one of those
> to take a lead in publishing much of my work in open-access journals,"
> said Dr. Philip Hill, Clinical Epidemiologist at MRC Laboratories in
> Banjul, The Gambia. "I am very pleased that BioMed Central has
> provided this resource, which will be of particular benefit to
> researchers in developing countries."
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> Share Your Story
> BioMed Central is inviting researchers and practitioners working in
> developing countries to send in a photograph or video relating to
> their work, along with a story explaining why open access to the
> scientific literature is important to them. The senders of the first
> 10 stories selected by BioMed Central to appear on the Share Your
> Story page will receive one of BioMed Central's "Open Access = Global
> Access" T-shirts. The sender of the best story received by 30
> September 2007 will receive a contribution of $1000 towards computer
> equipment for the lab or project of their choice.
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> For further information please contact Charlotte Webber at BioMed
> Central on +44 (0)20 7631 9980 or [log in to unmask]
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> For more information about the Open Access and the Developing World
> portal please visit http://www.biomedcentral.com/developingcountries/
> Or for the related link, Share Your Story, please visit
> http://www.biomedcentral.com/developingcountries/stories/
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> About BioMed Central
> BioMed Central (http://www.biomedcentral.com) is an independent online
> publishing house committed to providing immediate access without
> charge to the peer-reviewed biological and medical research it
> publishes. This commitment is based on the view that open access to
> research is essential to the rapid and efficient communication of
> science. In addition to open-access original research, BioMed Central
> also publishes reviews and other subscription-based content.
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