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Wiley Acquires Clinical Cardiology and Scanning Journals; Expands Publisher's Clinical and Microscopy Portfolio.


HOBOKEN, N.J. -- John Wiley John Wiley may refer to:
  • John Wiley & Sons, publishing company
  • John C. Wiley, American ambassador
  • John D. Wiley, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • John M. Wiley (1846–1912), U.S.
 & Sons, Inc., announced today that it has acquired publishing assets from the Clinical Cardiology cardiology

Medical specialty dealing with heart diseases and disorders. It began with the 1749 publication by Jean Baptiste de Sénac of contemporary knowledge of the heart. Diagnostic methods improved in the 19th century, and in 1905 the electrocardiograph was invented.
 Publishing Company (CCPC CCPC Canadian Controlled Private Corporation
CCPC Civil Communications Planning Committee (NATO)
CCPC Cumberland County Planning Commission (Pennsylvania) 
) and the Foundation for Advances in Medicine and Science (FAMS FAMS Federal Air Marshals Service
FAMS Ford Academy of Manufacturing Sciences (FMC)
FAMS Fixed Assets Management System
FAMS Fuels Automated Management System
FAMS Florida Association of Mathematics Supervisors
). Wiley will assume publishing for two peer-reviewed journals, Clinical Cardiology: An Indexed and Peer-Reviewed Journal for Advances in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease Cardiovascular disease
Disease that affects the heart and blood vessels.

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cardiovascular disease 
 and SCANNING, The Journal of Scanning Microscopies.

The acquisition complements Wiley's list of journals and adds two respected publications to the publisher's portfolio. "We are delighted to further strengthen our clinical and microscopy portfolios with these two titles," said Vickie Thaw, Vice President and Publisher for Medical Science Journals, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. "This acquisition enables us to expand our presence in these dynamic subject areas and provide practical, must-have information to specialists as well as academics and libraries."

"We are confident that under Wiley's direction the journals will retain their positions of leadership and continue to make significant contributions to the fields of cardiology and the microscopies," said Ms. Tony Bourgholtzer, Chairman of FAMS.

As an indexed, peer-reviewed, controlled circulation journal, Clinical Cardiology offers up-to-date research and information on advances in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, namely how clinical cardiovascular research translates into practice, interventional techniques, pathology, pharmacology, biochemistry, and rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. , among others. Clinical Cardiology is distributed to more than 33,000 physicians, researchers, and pharmaceutical professionals in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. .

A peer-reviewed journal, SCANNING, The Journal of Scanning Microscopies is published six times a year and delivered to approximately 3,500 scanning electron microscopists. The journal covers the latest research and developments in scanning electron, scanning probe, and scanning optical microscopies, as well as the current and future applications of this technology to clinical medicine and bioscience.

About CCPC

Clinical Cardiology Publishing Company, Inc., is the former publisher of Clinical Cardiology, An Indexed and Peer-Reviewed Journal for Advances in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease.

About FAMS

The Foundation for Advances in Medicine and Science (FAMS) is a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes.  dedicated to the advancement of medicine and science worldwide. It was formed for the purpose of disseminating current scientific and medical research data to researchers and clinicians in order to facilitate application of the most recent research data for the diagnosis and treatment of disease. FAMS also makes information concerning the readability of patient materials available to those producing and distributing such materials. FAMS will continue to publish books on subjects ranging from positron emission tomography positron emission tomography: see PET scan.
positron emission tomography (PET)

Imaging technique used in diagnosis and biomedical research.
 to the history of cardiology.

About Wiley

Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., provides must-have content and services to customers worldwide. Its core businesses include scientific, technical, and medical journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products and services; professional and consumer books and subscription services; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley has publishing, marketing, and distribution centers in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City.
 under the symbols JWa and JWb. Wiley's Internet site can be accessed at http://www.wiley.com.
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