FOUR NEW JOURNALS LAUNCHED BY ELSEVIER SCIENCE.Elsevier Science (New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ) has begun the publication of four new journals, including Electronic Commerce, Journal of Light Metals (Chem.) the metallic elements of the alkali and alkaline earth groups, as sodium, lithium, calcium, magnesium, etc.; also, sometimes, the metals of the earths, as aluminium. See also: Metal , International Journal of Transport Management and Ecological Indicators Ecological indicators are used to communicate information about ecosystems and the impact human activity has on ecosystems to groups such as the public or government policy makers. . Electronic Commerce is an interdisciplinary journal designed to offer research, development and implementation results which address "the challenges of the information society," Elsevier said, including economics, policymaking pol·i·cy·mak·ing or pol·i·cy-mak·ing n. High-level development of policy, especially official government policy. adj. Of, relating to, or involving the making of high-level policy: and standardization, business and public services Public services is a term usually used to mean services provided by government to its citizens, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing private provision of services. , middleware and information systems. Editorial focuses on such topics as: changing economics; electronic marketplaces; virtual and networked workplaces; knowledge management; service creation; usability; and, best practices. An annual subscription costs $305. The Journal of Light Metals and its accompanying Web site, LightMetals. Net, are designed to be a "multi-media forum for light metals research," Else- vier said. The journal will be published quarterly and carries original research related to the light metals in the areas of processing, microstructure mi·cro·struc·ture n. The structure of an organism or object as revealed through microscopic examination. microstructure Noun a structure on a microscopic scale, such as that of a metal or a cell development, and related properties and performance. The Web site includes full-text of the journal with additional abstracts, articles, patents, proceedings, and related review papers from other print journals. An annual subscription, including access to the Web site, costs $525. The International Journal of Transport Management will be published quarterly and is being targeted to executives and academics in the field of transport management. Designed to focus on the analysis of transportation systems and services and their impact on society, the journal takes a multidisciplinary approach multidisciplinary approach A term referring to the philosophy of converging multiple specialties and/or technologies to establish a diagnosis or effect a therapy to a subject traditionally confined to civil engineering and business interests. Elsevier said editorial for the journal covers issues and concerns associated with managing networks of transportation facilities and services. An annual subscription costs $243. Finally, the aim of Ecological Indicators is to help integrate the monitoring and assessment of ecological and environmental indicators with management practices. Targeted to scientists, executives and resource managers working with or using ecological and environmental indicators, the new title provides a forum for the discussion of the applied scientific development and review of traditional indicator approaches. To be published quarterly, an annual subscription to the journal costs $329. |
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