PubMed Central - free open access journals

PubMed Central is the free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journals, from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Journals recently added to PMC include:

• BioData Mining


• Bioinformation


• Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications


• Biophysical Journal


• BMC Systems Biology


• Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology


• CBE Life Sciences Education


• Comparative and Functional Genomics (formerly, Yeast)


• Cytotechnology


• Disease Models & Mechanisms


• Epigenetics & Chromatin


• Environmental Health Perspectives


• EURASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology


• Evolutionary Bioinformatics Online


• Food & Nutrition Research (formerly, Scandinavian Journal of Food & Nutrition)


• Genes & Nutrition


• Genetics


• Genetics, Selection, Evolution: GSE


• HFSP Journal: frontiers of interdisciplinary research in the life sciences


• Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases


• International Journal of Biomedical Imaging


• International Journal of Molecular Sciences


• Journal of Molecular Signaling


• Journal of Nematology


• Korean Journal of Parasitology


• Molecular Systems Biology


• Open Biochemistry Journal


• Open Microbiology Journal


• Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences


• Protein Science: A Publication of the Protein Society


• Systems and Synthetic Biology

See also:

• UK PubMed Central (UKPMC)

Biological databases and bioinformatics

Oxford Journals has launched the open access journal Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation.

The new journal aims to publish "novel ideas in database research and the curation of biological information... to strengthen the bridge between database developers, curators and users." More specifically, it "will publish detailed descriptions of databases, database tools and curation strategies in the broad arena of biology... shorter papers describing significant updates to established databases... user tutorials and technical notes...".

Related journals:

• Advances in Bioinformatics
• BioData Mining
• Biodiversity Informatics
• Bioinformatics
• Bioinformatics and Biology Insights
• Bioinformation
• Biostatistics
• BMC Bioinformatics
• Briefings in Bioinformatics
• Chem-Bio Informatics Journal
• Ecological Informatics
• Evolutionary Bioinformatics Online
• Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics
• International Journal of Biostatistics
• Journal of Biology, Biological Systems & Bioinformatics
• Journal of Biomedical Informatics
• Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics
• Journal of Proteomics and Bioinformatics
• Open Bioinformatics Journal

Related books, e-books & proceedings:

• Biodiversity databases : techniques, politics, and applications
• Bioinformatics
• Bioinformatics: A Practical Approach
• Biological database modeling
• Data integration in the life sciences: 5th international workshop, DILS 2008, Evry, France, June 25-27, 2008, proceedings
• Evolutionary computation, machine learning and data mining in bioinformatics: 6th European Conference, EvoBIO 2008, Naples, Italy, March 26-28, 2008: proceedings
• Genomes, browsers, and databases: data-mining tools for integrated genomic databases
• Plant bioinformatics: methods and protocols
• Plant proteomics: methods and protocols

Top-ranked Journals in Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Top-ranked Journals in Ecology and Environmental Sciences

1. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution & Systematics (1970+ online)
2. Nature (1869-1875, 1950+ online)
3. Science (1880+ online)
4. Trends in Ecology and Evolution (1995+ online)
5. Ecological Monographs (1931+ online)
6. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (1915+ online)
7. Systematic Biology (1992+ online)
8. Ecology (1920+ online)
9. Ecology Letters (1998+ online)
10. The American Naturalist (1867+ online)
11. Conservation Biology (1987+ online)
12. Environmental Health Perspectives (1972+ online)
13. Molecular Ecology (1992+ online)
14. Ecological Applications (1991+ online)
15. Journal of Ecology (1913+ online)
16. Global Change Biology (1997+ online)
17. Journal of Applied Ecology (1964+ online)
18. Oecologia (1968+ online)
19. Ecosystems (1968+ online)
20. Environmental Science & Technology (1967+ online)

Based on citations per paper among journals with 10,000 or more citations, 1998-2008.

[Source: Thomson Reuters Science Watch; Sci-Bytes; What's New in Research: April 12, 2009]

New journals: Biocomputation, data mining, biomechanics

Current articles from these new Inderscience journals are available for free download. Future articles may be requested by UW faculty, staff and students for free via Library Express.

International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation - bio-inspired computation methodologies derived from the animal and plant world, such as algorithms mimicking wolf schooling, plant survival processes, etc.

International Journal of Data Mining, Modelling and Management - solutions relating to "data chain management" - the design, development, deployment, management, measurement, and adjustment of data warehousing, data mining, data modelling, data management, and other data analysis techniques.

International Journal of Experimental and Computational Biomechanics - experimental, computational and theoretical works in biomechanics, emphasising the importance of different approaches (experiments/clinical work, modelling and theory) to solve the complex modern issues faced by biomechanicians.

Extend the life of your bouquet!

Kumar, Srivastava and Dixit report in the Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology (2008, p.749-54) that a sugar/alcohol solution successfully extended the vase-life of cut roses.

Adding a 3% sucrose + 3% ethanol solution to vase water increased water uptake and delayed senescence in several varieties of roses.

This is a simple alternative to treatments such as aminoethoxyvinylglycine, aminooxyacetic acid, or silver thiosulphate, commonly used in the commercial flower market.

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