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Monday, July 26, 2004

Major biochemistry/biophysics journals coming to PubMed Central

PubMed Central has some major treats in store for science libraries and the users of scientific literature in the coming months. Biochemical Journal is the flagship publication of the Biochemical Society. Although the Biochemical Journal's website mentions 'Free online archive', I cannot locate any statement regarding the free portion of the archive. Biochemical Journal will be added to PubMed Central through the JISC/Wellcome Trust Medical Journals Backfiles Digitization Project. I infer from the description at the Wellcome Library that the material published in a calendar year is to be released for free access in January of the following year. Biophysical Journal is the primary journal of the Biophysical Society. The journal's archives at HighWire Press are freely available after a twelve month embargo. The retrodigitization of Biophysical Journal is part of PubMed Central's ongoing backfile scanning project. Biochemical Journal - Fulltext v313+ (1996+) [by subscription]; Print ISSN: 0264-6021 | Online ISSN: 1470-8728. Biophysical Journal - Fulltext v74+ (1998+) 1 year moving wall; Print ISSN: 0006-3495 | Online ISSN: 1542-0086. PS - Dana Roth found the following statement:
The Biochemical Journal online archive is free to anyone with internet access. Every year in January, the online content for the previous year becomes free providing access to full papers from 1996 and abstracts from 1976. Full access to the current year of the online journal is restricted to institutions that have a subscription.
Biochemical Journal - Fulltext v313+ (1996+) [current calendar year requires subscription]; Print ISSN: 0264-6021 | Online ISSN: 1470-8728. In addition, Roth notes that Biochemical Society Transactions has a similar policy. Biochemical Society Transactions - Fulltext v27+ (1999+) [current calendar year requires subscription]; Print ISSN: 0300-5127 | Online ISSN: 1470-8752.