Nature Publishing launches six new journals.Nature Publishing Group Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is an international publishing company that publishes scientific journals. It is a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd, which in turn is owned by the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. (NPG; New York), a unit of Macmillan (London), has launched two new journals and will begin the publication of an additional four journals beginning in November. All six will be published monthly. The six journals include "Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism," "Nature Clinical Practice Neurology Nature Clinical Practice Neurology, a peer-reviewed journal for neurologists, delivers timely interpretations of key research developments, translating the latest findings into clinical practice. ," "Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology, a peer-reviewed journal for nephrologists, delivers timely interpretations of key research developments, translating the latest findings into clinical practice. ," "Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology, a peer-reviewed journal for clinicians, delivers timely interpretations of key research developments, translating the latest findings into clinical practice. ," "Nature Physics" and "Nature Chemical Biology Nature Chemical Biology, published by the Nature Publishing Group, is a scientific journal publishing significant new research at the interface between chemistry and biology . The journal was launched in June 2005. ." "Nature Chemical Biology" was launched in June and carries information on new research involving chemistry and biology. It covers synthesis, bio-molecular modification, combinatorial chemistry, natural products synthesis, chemical genetics and mechanisms of drug interaction in vivo, among others. An annual subscription costs $149. "Nature Physics," launched this month, is dedicated to publishing research across the entire spectrum of physics, NPG said. Content covers such topics as quantum gases, superconductivity, ultrasonics ultrasonics, study and application of the energy of sound waves vibrating at frequencies greater than 20,000 cycles per second, i.e., beyond the range of human hearing. , resistance and "dark spins." An annual subscription costs $79. The four Nature Clinical Practice titles will be launched in November. Annual subscriptions to each of the four title costs $129 for individuals and $750 for institutions. NPG said "NCP Endocrinology & Metabolism" will carry interpretations of major research developments, translating those findings into clinical practice. Coverage will include prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, thyroid, parathyroid parathyroid /par·a·thy·roid/ (-thi´roid) 1. situated beside the thyroid gland. 2. see under gland. par·a·thy·roid adj. 1. , pituitary and adrenal disease, and related areas of clinical endocrinology. "NCP Nephrology" will cover the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the kidney, including hypertension, infection, dialysis, renal failure, pathology, cancer and genetics. "NPG Neurology" will cover diseases or impaired functions of the central and peripheral nervous systems, including neuro-developmental, neurodegenerative and neuro-psychiatric disorders. "NPG Rheumatology" will cover conditions of the joints, muscle, bones, blood vessels and connective tissue, including systemic autoimmune disease, osteoporosis, pain management, imaging, immunology, genetics, and epidemiology. NPG publishes 65 journals in the fields of medicine, dentistry, chemistry, life sciences, earth sciences, materials and physics. |
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