Showing posts with label biology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biology. Show all posts

Friday, May 1, 2009

Invasive species



Invasive plant and insect species have ecological, economic and health impacts. With changes in human geography and climate, management of biological invasions is of increasing concern.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

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:

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Thursday, April 16, 2009

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...".

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Monday, April 13, 2009

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)
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (1915+ online)
7.
Systematic Biology (1992+ online)
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Ecology (1920+ online)
9.
Ecology Letters (1998+ online)
10.
The American Naturalist (1867+ online)
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Conservation Biology (1987+ online)
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Environmental Health Perspectives (1972+ online)
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Molecular Ecology (1992+ online)
14.
Ecological Applications (1991+ online)
15.
Journal of Ecology (1913+ online)
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Global Change Biology (1997+ online)
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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.


Thursday, February 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.