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Professor Rhian Touyz appointed as Editor-in-Chief for Clinical Science Professor Rhian Touyz has succeeded Professor Clinton Webb as Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Science. Rhian was recently appointed Director of the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, having previously held the post of Canada Research Chair in Hypertension and Senior Scientist at the Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Her main focus of research relates to molecular, cellular and vascular mechanisms of hypertension and her areas of study include clinical and experimental hypertension, signal transduction, oxidative stress, ion transport, vascular biology, adipose tissue biology and diabetes. She has a particular interest in translational research. On Rhian's appointment, Professor John Coggins, Chair of the Portland Press Limited Board, said "We are extremely pleased that Rhian has taken on the role of Editor-in-Chief at such an exciting time for the Journal with the Impact Factor at 4.613 and a ranking of 17/106 in the Medicine (Research and Experimental) category in the latest Journal Citation Reports." "I am delighted to have been appointed as Editor-in-Chief" said Rhian, "Clinical Science is at a key point in its development as a forum for excellent science addressing the biology of human health and disease" Rhian's former role as Reviews Editor for the Journal has been filled by Professor Mark Cooper, the Deputy Director (Research) of the Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute as well as the Director of the JDRF Centre for Diabetes Complications at the Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute in Melbourne. Mark is head of the Diabetes Division which encompasses not only diabetic complications, but also laboratories studying metabolism and epigenetics. Clinical Science is published by Portland Press Limited on behalf of the Biochemical Society Impact Factor: now 4.613 The Journal's Impact Factor is now up to 4.613 in the 2010 Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson Reuters, 2011). F1000 evaluations - new free service for readers We have reached an agreement with F1000 to make available each month three evaluations of articles from Clinical Science from the F1000 website. These evaluations help to put the articles in context and provide opinion and perspective from leading researchers working in the field. In addition, we will include the F1000 Factor beside articles that have been evaluated by F1000 from Clinical Science - highlighting how many of the Journal's articles have been selected and rated as important by the F1000 service. Clinical Science Associate Editor recognized in New Year's Honours List The Editorial Board of Clinical Science congratulates Professor Stephen Holgate, MD, DSC, FRCP, who was made a CBE for services to clinical science in the Queen's New Year's Honours List announced on 31 December 2010. See who has cited a paper at a glance - new! Papers now provide links to citing papers through the CrossRef linking service Call for Nominations To celebrate the Biochemical Society's centenary in 2011, you are invited to nominate a colleague for the prestigious Centenary Awards. All of the award prize and medal lectureships carry an honorarium and lectures will be published in Biochemical Society Transactions. Take this unique opportunity and click here to nominate an eminently successful colleague online now - nominations close 14 December 2009. Impact Factor: 4.187 Clinical Science has seen its Impact Factor almost double in the last 6 years and has a new Impact Factor of 4.187. New! Our Online Comment facility for users enables you to post a comment on a paper. Simply select the "Add a comment" link from the box in the top right-hand corner of the paper, log in to My CS, then submit the Comment form.
Keep up to date with all our latest news, journal updates and conferences we are attending via Twitter! To get started, go to Twitter.com and register for an account. Once you have an account follow Portland Press today - http://twitter.com/PortlandPress Impact Factor up again! We are delighted to announce that the impact factor for Clinical Science has risen again to 3.9! and remains higher that European Journal of Clinical Investigation The journals is now ranked 15/81 (Medicine, Research & Experimental category) in the ISI Journal Citation Reports(r) Ranking (2007).
Why not submit your next paper to Clinical Science? Centenary Reception at Experimental Biology A Reception hosted by Professor R Clinton Webb, the new Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Science, was held at Experimental Biology in San Diego on 7 April 2008 to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the Journal as Heart by Thomas Lewis in 1908.
Professor Webb (left) is pictured with the Journal's Executive Editor, Dr James Mockridge, at the Reception. New Editor-in-Chief We are also pleased to announce that from 2008 R.Clinton Webb (Augusta) is the journal's new Editor-in-Chief. R. Clinton Webb graduated from the Southern Illinois University, in 1971, and received his Ph.D. in Anatomy from the University of Iowa in 1976. After postdoctoral training at the University of Michigan and the Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen, he joined the faculty of the Department of Physiology at the University of Michigan in 1979, reaching full Professor in 1989. In 1999, he joined the faculty at the Medical College of Georgia where he is the Herbert S. Kupperman Chair in Cardiovascular Disease and Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Physiology. For more information visit http://www.clinsci.org/csedbd/biogs/Webb_C.htm Clinical Science Centenary: 1908-2008 Founded as Heart by Thomas Lewis in 1908, Clinical Science is celebrating 100 years of publishing excellence in clinical investigation. Customized searching and alerting facility Clinical Science now offers a customized searching and alerting service. You can build and save your own customized searches (based on keywords, subjects of interest, authors) and can also choose to be alerted by email whenever new content (including Immediate Publications) is published that matches your search criteria. Make sure that you are kept up to date with the very latest research published in the Journal. Set up your user profile now at http://www.clinsci.org/cs/mycs/ Reviews Editor appointed Clinical Science is pleased to announce that Dr Rhian Touyz has been appointed reviews editor. Clinical Science publishes reviews on areas of topical interest in clinical and molecular investigation, particularly those that explore the integrative biology of systems and pathways and the translation of molecular mechanisms to clinical applications. http://www.clinsci.org/cs/subjects/reviews.htm Access to reviews in the current year is only available to subscribers. All users have access to reviews in 1997-2004 and to abstracts in the current year. Spread the word Don’t forget you can share articles published in Clinical Science with your friends and colleagues. Simply click on the ‘email this article to a friend’ link. You can add your own comments and send the article to up to ten people. Sign up for email alerts Keep up to date with all the latest research published in the journal. Why not sign up to receive the table of Contents by email each issue. EESI-View – Have you clicked yet? EESI-View, an innovative way of viewing journal articles on screen is now available for Clinical Science. It offers online readers a totally new experience. The screen is divided into three frames allowing readers to view the title/author information, text and figures/tables, for each article simultaneously. Find out more |
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