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About Blackwell Publishing
WIBF18 – 21 May 2006
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A Brief History of Blackwell's
1846 First shop opened by Benjamin Harris Blackwell
1939 Blackwell Scientific Publications founded (Blackwell Science Ltd)
2001 Merger of Blackwell Science and Blackwell Publishers to form Blackwell Publishing
2004 Representative office opens in Shanghai
2005 Representative office opens in Singapore
2006 Blackwell Publishing Journals list tops 800 titles
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Original Blackwell’s Bookshop Broad Street, Oxford
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Offices around the world
Oxford
Berlin
Copenhagen
Ames
Melbourne
Tokyo
Shanghai
Boston
New York
Singapore
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Blackwell Publishing Mission Statement
Partnerships in learning, research and professional practice Our mission is to provide an expert publishing service to other
experts - authors, editors, librarians, researchers, teachers and their students, societies and professionals - enabling them to do their jobs better.
We aim continuously to improve the quality and effectiveness of our products and services.
Just as we support the advance of knowledge and learning, we are constantly developing our own professional skills too.
We strive to align our goals and values with those of our clients and customers. In partnership with them we are making an important contribution to society.
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5 reasons why Blackwell Publishing journals are different
1. We are the world’s leading publisher on behalf of academic and professional societies.
– What this means: our society journals represent excellent quality and value.
2. The average prices of our journals are low.
– What this means: the cost per use of our journals is low.
3. We are committed to growing the intellectual strength of our journals and to publishing the best research.
– What this means: our list is continuously growing in size and quality.
4. Our list is both broad – covering a wide range of disciplines – and deep - we publish several of the top titles in many core subject areas.
– What this means: our journals can meet the research needs of most institutions.
5. Our online developments and licensing terms ensure that libraries get the most use from their purchase.
– What this means: the value library customers get from their purchase is high.
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Publishing across multiple disciplines
Agricultural and Animal Sciences Business, Economics, Accounting & Maths Engineering, Computing & Technology Health Sciences Humanities Life & Physical Sciences Medicine Social & Behavioural Sciences
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758 journals in the 2006 Collection
Blackwell Publishing's 2006 Collection
SOCIAL & BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE, 165
MEDICINE, 162
LAW, 15
LIFE & PHYSICAL SCIENCE, 141
BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, FINANCE, ACCOUNTING, MATHS & STATS, 113
NURSING, HEALTH & DENTISTRY, 56
ARTS, 13AGRICULTURE & ANIMAL SCIENCES, 31
HUMANITIES, 48
ENGINEERING, COMPUTING &
TECHNOLOGY, 14
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Science, Technology and Medicine Collection 2006
Medicine, 159
Life and Physical Sciences, 116
Health Sciences, 59
Engineering, Computing and Technology, 23
Agricultural and Animal Sciences, 42
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Social Science and Humanities Collection 2006
Social and Behavioral
Sciences, 152
Arts and Humanities, 74
Law, 14
Business, Management,
Finance, Maths and Stats, 117
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The world’s leading society publisher
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Adding value to the publishing process
• Technical infrastructure• Electronic editorial office• Best practice• Sharing costs• Financial support• Administrative services• Copy editing• XML tagging and mark up• Proofing and typesetting• Online publication• Print publication• Print distribution
• Management of metadata• Marketing and sales• Usage statistics• Archival deposit• Legal infringement monitoring
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Providing access in the Developing worldHINARI (WHO)• Launched January 2002• Over 2700 journals from 60+ publishers• Access in 1600 Institutions in 113 countries• 254 Blackwell journals included
AGORA (FAO)• Agora launched October 2003• Over 700 journals from 20+ publishers• Access in 500 Institutions in 50 countries• 138 Blackwell journals included
PERI - INASP• Established in 1992• Access to all Blackwell journals in 13 less developed countries• Particularly Africa, Asia & Latin America • Training programmes for local authors and editors
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Over 50 Journals transferring to Blackwell in 2006
• Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences – New York Academy of Sciences• FEMS Microbiology Letters - Previously Elsevier• FEMS Microbiology Reviews - Previously Elsevier• FEMS Microbiology Ecology - Previously Elsevier• FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology - Previously Elsevier• FEMS Yeast Research - Previously Elsevier• Journal of Agricultural Economics - Agricultural Economics Society• EuroChoices - Agricultural Economics Society• Journal of Forensic Sciences - American Academy of Forensic Sciences • The Developing Economies - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization• Journal of Communication - International Communication Association • Human Communication Research - International Communication Association • Communication Theory - International Communication Association • Journal of Computer Mediated Communication - International Communication Association • The Journal of Dermatology - Japanese Dermatological Association• Soil, Use and Management - Previously CABI• Journal of Zoology - Previously Cambridge University Press• Animal Conservation - Previously Cambridge University Press• Journal of Architectural Education - Previously MIT Press• Experimental Techniques - Society for Experimental Mechanics • Journal of Rural Health• Politics & Policy• Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
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Blackwell journals represent excellent value for money
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% Share of ISI ranked journals by publisher
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% Share of ISI citations by publisher – Blackwell has the second most cited list
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Average Increase in Impact Factor by Publisher, 2003-2004
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50 titles in the Top 10 of their subject category(up from 39 in 2003)
18 Journals Ranked Number 1:
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Corporate Site Redesign
Entry points for different customer &
client groups
Top-level subjects listed on home page
News features from Press Room
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About the Subjects and JournalsMedicineProfessionalScienceSocial ScienceHumanities
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164 Medical Journals Listed by ISI
% Share of ISI Listed Medical Titles (2003)
Blackw ell Publishing, 7.47%
Elsevier, 20.88%
Springer, 7.25%
T&F, 4.51%LWW, 6.47%
Other, 45.72%
Nature, 1.23%
CUP, 0.50% OUP, 1.55% Sage, 0.77%
Wiley, 3.65%
Blackw ell Publishing Elsevier Springer T&F Wiley Sage LWW OUP CUP Nature Other
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About Professional Journals from Blackwell
Journals aimed at the ‘professions’• Nurses• Dentists• Vets• Engineers • Fish Farmers• Agriculturalists• Industrial Chemists• Food Technologists
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About Science Journals from Blackwell
Neuroscience
Life & Physical Sciences
AnatomyPhysiology
Development
Astronomy& Geophysics
Biochemistry,Molecular &Cell Biology
Genetics,Biotechnology& Genomics
Geology &Geosciences
PlantSciences
Microbiology
Ecology,Entomology& Evolution
EnvironmentalSciences
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The Social Science and Humanities
• Over 300 journals • 28 subjects: from Aristotle to African Politics, from Linguistics to
Labour Relations, from Finance to Family Therapy
• Over 200 societies: many of the societies we publish for are ‘household names’ in the academic world. Among them the American Finance Association, The Royal Economic Society, the Royal Anthropological Society. (Full list included at end)
• Top quality articles by top quality academics: these are journals at the very forefront of their field, written by leading academics. This is reflected in another year of excellent performance in the ISI rankings.
• 68 new journals since 2000: a total of 68 new journals have joined Blackwell in the past 4 years. In that time we have lost only 7 which have ceased publishing either by mutual agreement or through a sale. In 2004 we added 17 to the list and we have 14 new titles already signed for ’05 – with more still to be confirmed.
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More number 1 ranked titles than anyone else
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Blackwell Compass
Inspiring new online reviews journals for the humanities
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About Compass
• 3 cutting edge reviews journals for the humanities – History Compass, Literature Compass, Philosophy Compass
• Aimed at researchers, teaching faculty, and students across the humanities and social sciences.
• Each publishes 100 new peer-reviewed survey articles per year.• Cross-disciplinary, aimed at experts in a field, those seeking
succinct and lively overviews of another field, and students.• Fast, continuous publication, with articles typically available 6-8
weeks from receipt of the final, peer-reviewed version. • Distinct websites for each Compass with the content on Synergy
– all the benefits of Counter stats, metadata, Marc records, etc.
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Subscribing to Compass
• Access includes all available content on the Compass sites.• Access includes perpetual archival rights to paid-for content.• Trials available now.• Any time start subscriptions.
Coming in 2007: Geography Compass, Language & Linguistics Compass, and Religion Compass.
2006 Subscription Price Europe/Rest of World Pricing
History Compass £395 Literature Compass £395 Philosophy Compass £395
Discount for all 3 Compasses 24%
Price for all 3 Compasses £900 ‘Early Bird’ discount for orders before June 30th 2006 10%
Price for all 3 Compasses received before June 30th 2006
£810*
Digitized Journal Backfiles from Blackwell Publishing
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About Digitized Backfiles from Blackwell
500 journals will be digitized by the end of 2008. 6.5 million pages of content. All issues from Volume 1, Issue 1, to December 1996. All subject areas: medicine; science; social science; and humanities. Articles loaded in PDF format with XML-based headers, abstracts
and references; fully linked and searchable. Archival rights included. Seamless access through Blackwell Synergy to content in a journal,
whether it’s published in 2006 or 1906.
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Journals Available to Order Now
121 journals available to order as of May 1st. 35 with content already loaded on Blackwell Synergy. Latest title and pricing update:
www.blackwellpublishing.com/backfiles Subject spread of available titles:
MEDICINE 25
LIFE & PHYSICAL SCIENCE 22
SOCIAL & BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE 21
BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, FINANCE, ACCOUNTING, MATHS & STATISTICS 17
NURSING, HEALTH & DENTISTRY 12
HUMANITIES 10
AGRICULTURE & ANIMAL SCIENCES 8
ENGINEERING, COMPUTING & TECHNOLOGY 3
LAW 2
ARTS 1
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Purchasing Model
• Institutions may purchase: a single title; any selection of titles; all titles currently available; or the complete backfile collection.
• Hosting and maintenance fees charged based on the number of journal backfiles licensed. These will be waived until January 1, 2009 on all orders placed before December 31, 2006.
Blackwell Synergy
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Blackwell Synergy Assets
• Your patrons have access to the most highly cited journals from top scholarly societies.
• Full-text HTML and PDF articles with reference links to CrossRef, PubMed, ISI, CSA, CIS, JSTOR and Medline links.
• Link forward to articles and papers that cite the current article.
• Self-service IP administration keeping you in control.• COUNTER-compliant usage data that’s easy to download.• MARC 21 compliant holdings file for setting up links in
your library OPAC• SFX-compatible holdings file for easy OPAC integration.• OnlineEarly articles available on Synergy before print.
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Our Licensing Terms are Generous
1. License designed by librarians, for librarians
2. License permits: Walk-in users Off-site use Course pack use Perpetual archival rights to paid-for content Access to articles published online before print Access to recent online back files during the period of the
subscription
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Redesign of Blackwell Synergy – coming soon
