NIH plan brings global electronic journal a step nearer reality

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A formal proposals has been made to developed a global electronic publishing venture covering all biomedical sciences, by the director of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), Harold Varmus. The 'E-Biomed' proposal features input from Patrick Brown, a researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Stanford University School of Medicine, and David Lipman, director of the US National Council for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). The aim is to centralize biomedical research publications in a single website.

Planning, Medical sciences, Electronic periodicals, Science publishing

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Nuclear debate splits open in France...

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France's nuclear waste disposal programme has been criticised for being biased towards geological storage. More than forty French politicians are concerned that long-term solutions are not being sufficiently considered in the fifteen-year programme. Alternative options include radioactive tranmutation and surface storage. Institute for Nuclear and Particle Physics head Claude Detraz is pleased that the programme's progress is under debate.

France, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Waste management, Radioactive wastes, Detraz, Claude

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Is your journal really necessary?

Article Abstract:

Issues are presented concerning the increasing numbers of new journals which are being published in a variety of scientific subjects in 2000. The factors which contribute to the success of a journal are discussed.

Column, Periodicals

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