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18 July 2008

ALPSP announces shortlists for 'Best New Journal' and 'Publishing Innovation' Awards.

The Judges* for the 2008 ALPSP Awards have selected the finalists for this year's ALPSP Awards.  The winners will be announced on 11 September at the ALPSP International Conference Dinner at Beaumont House (www.alpspconference.org).
 
ALPSP Award for Best New Journal 2008 shortlist:
 
ACS Nano published by American Chemical Society
Industrial and Organizational Psychology:Perspectives on Science and Practice (IOP), published by Wiley-Blackwell for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
International Journal of Managing Projects in Business published by Emerald Group Publishing 
Journal of Informetrics published by Elsevier
 
ALPSP Award for Publishing Innovation 2008 shortlist:
 
Bioscience Horizons from Oxford Journals
CrossCheck from the CrossRef/iParadigms Partnership
OECD.Stat from the Organisation for Economic and Co-operation Development
Ringgold Institutional Identifier from Ringgold Ltd
Routine authoring and publication of enhanced figures from the International Union of Crystallography

About the ALPSP Awards

*PANEL OF JUDGES
Richard Gedye, Research Director, Oxford Journals (Chair)
Geoffrey Bilder, Director of Strategic Initiatives, CrossRef
Sue Corbett, General Manager for Medicine, Wiley-Blackwell
Hugh Look, Senior Consultant, Rightscom
Mark Ware, Director, Mark Ware Consulting
Hazel Woodward, University Librarian & Director of Cranfield Press

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.  Any area of innovation is eligible - it could, for example, be a novel type of print or online publication or service, or even a radically different approach to a marketing campaign.

ALPSP Award for BEST NEW JOURNAL - open to any journal launched within the past 3 years. The judges consider four main aspects of the journal and its launch: market research, editorial strategy, marketing and commercial success. The journal should include a substantial number of peer reviewed articles.   

About the ALPSP International Conference
2008 sees a new conference for ALPSP members and everyone involved in scholarly publishing. It's the perfect opportunity to discuss issues of common interest and to share information and best practice in an informal setting.   There are sessions for books and journals publishers, with keynotes from Timo Hannay (Nature Publishing Group) and Paul Evans (Elsevier).  The conference begins on the Wednesday evening with a cocktail reception and buffet and the guest speaker at the Awards Dinner is Ben Goldacre, author of The Guardian's 'Bad Science' column.

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Further information: please contact Lesley Ogg (events@alpsp.org; +44 (0)1245 260571) or Nick Evans (nick.evans@alpsp.org; +44 (0)8789 2384)