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The article presents information on previous issues published in the journal "Journal of Ecology." From 2006, Journal of Ecology will be published in odd-numbered months. i.e. the cover months will he January, March, May, July, September, and November. Issues will be available online around the middle of the previous month. Printed copies are scheduled for dispatch so that they arrive by the beginning of the cover month. Reviews are becoming an increasingly regular feature of the Journal. The Journal will be slightly larger in 2006 than in 2005. The aim of the leading international journal is to publish papers providing valuable ecological information with generic, rather than specific applicability, which answer important questions and that test novel and topical hypotheses. In order to assess the level of interest within the ecological community for alternative models for funding publication. Journal of Ecology is included in 'Online-Open,' a trial pay-to-publish service from Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

The role of the Digital Object Identifier in allowing users to access required information with the minimum of effort and then to link to other relevant information is discussed. Its application to a commercial service at a high level of granularity, www.BlackwellSynergy.com, the online journal website of Blackwell Publishing Ltd, is described. The paper covers services for the user such as deep linking and discovery, services for the publisher such as viral marketing tools as well as a definition of an information object, and a possible future for the DOI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To mark the agreement between the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) and Blackwell Publishing, Area now awards an annual prize (worth £500) for the best single-authored article published in the journal by a ‘new researcher’. The eligibility criteria can be found on the Area website (http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/area/). In 2002, five papers were considered for the Area Prize. All the papers were read by the editors of Area, The Geographical Journal and Transactions, and by the Chair of the Research Committee. The adjudication resulted in a clear shortlist of two and a narrow winner. The results are presented below. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article talks about some of the changes in the publishing activities of Mac Keith Press. Starting January 2007, the publishing firm will be moving to a fully Web-based submission system for research papers, using Manuscript Central. It will no longer be able to accept written or electronic-mail submissions, although in exceptional circumstances electronic versions on disc through the post will be accepted. Blackwell Publishing Limited (BPL) have become Mac Keith's distributing partners.

The article presents guidelines for authors regarding the publication of papers in neurology and related areas in the "European Journal of Neurology." Manuscripts should be submitted online in an electronic format. Copyright should be licensed to Blackwell Publishing. Instructions for the presentation of manuscripts are provided.

The article discusses developments in the periodical "FEMS Microbiology Ecology." The first major change is the decision of Ralf Conrad to retire as chief editor. The second is that the periodical, along with all Federation of European Microbiological Society journals, will be published by Blackwell Publishing Inc. The aim of the periodical is to advance the field of microbial ecology by publishing efficiently and rapidly high-quality, original papers and review articles that increase siginficantly the understanding of microbial ecology.