October 7, 2014 – Palo Alto, CA – Annual Reviews, the nonprofit publisher that thoughtfully synthesizes critical research literature, is pleased to announce the launch of Annual Review of Virology. This journal will capture and describe the most important advances in our understanding of viruses of animals, plants, bacteria, archaea, fungi, and protozoa. Reviews will address exciting discoveries and new directions in basic and applied virology including studies of virus structure and replication, viral pathogenesis, virus-host interactions, viral evolution, and immune responses to viral infections.
Annual Review of Virology is edited by Professor Lynn W. Enquist (Henry L. Hillman Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University), with Associate Editors Terence S. Dermody (Dorothy Overall Wells Professor of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine) and Daniel DiMaio (Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Genetics at Yale School of Medicine). “There is so much going on in virology that keeping up with the field presents a challenge for all virologists, from students to professionals,” said Dr. Enquist. “Our vision in starting the Annual Review of Virology was to find innovative ways to communicate the excitement of virology and the important advances in the field to students and colleagues in an age of information overload.” He continues “we also hope to broaden the readership of the reviews by incorporating interactive graphics, visual aids, slide sets, and videos. Researchers, faculty, and students are encouraged to use the multimedia content for further discovery, in the classroom, in the lab, and while browsing on mobile devices.”
Dr. DiMaio says “I am delighted that Annual Reviews is highlighting virology as a discipline in its own right. With recent outbreaks of virus diseases such as Ebola, H5N1 influenza, SARS and HIV, public concern has never been higher. Articles about viruses can be found in more than half of all Annual Reviews journals, reflecting the central role that viruses play in many areas of biological science. However, advances in virology tend to be lost in a sea of articles on other topics. This new journal will now provide a dedicated home for virology articles.”
Complimentary online access to the first volume of the journal is available until September 2015 at virology.annualreviews.org. Interested institutions that do not have a current online account and would like to track usage statistics of the complimentary access to the journal may register with the Sales Department (sales@annualreviews.org).
The Annual Reviews team will have additional information about the journal at the following upcoming events:
Charleston Conference: November 5, 2014 in Charleston, NC ER&L Conference: February 23, 2015 in Austin, TX ACRL Annual Conference: March 25-27, 2015 in Portland, OR Experimental Biology 2015: March 28-April 1 in Boston, MA UKSG Annual Conference: March 30-April 1 in Glasgow, UK MLA Annual Meeting: May 16-19, 2015 in Austin, TX General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology: May 30-June 2, 2015 in New Orleans, LA SLA Annual Conference: June 14-16, 2015 in Boston, MA
Contact:
Jenni Rankin
Marketing Manager
news@annualreviews.org
650-843-6634
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