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ACS Publications NewsAmerican Chemical Society first to join Iraq Virtual Science Library In a program coordinated by the National Academies, with help from the Departments of State and Defense, the Iraqi Virtual Science Library (IVSL) launched on May 3, 2006, and will provide researchers and students in Iraq with deeply discounted access to more than 17,400 scientific journals. ACS was the first of more than 20 scientific publishers to agree to partner on the project, offering content at discounts averaging 95 percent. "The American Chemical Society is proud to have worked with the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Government to be the first participating partner in the Iraqi Virtual Science Library," said Robert D. Bovenschulte, president of the ACS Publications Division. "The ACS is providing access to 33 ACS journals, including our flagship journal, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and flagship magazine, Chemical & Engineering News, to seven major Iraqi Universities, the Iraqi Interim Center for Science & Industry, the Iraq National Academy of Science and Iraqi Academy of Science, and the Ministry for Higher Education & Scientific Research & Ministry of Science and Technology. It is a distinct honor to do so." ACS Press Release: Iraq Virtual
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ACS Paragon Plus Environment launched for second ACS journal On May 8, 2006, authors and reviewers for the Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling (JCIM) began using the ACS Paragon Plus Environment, a new system for online manuscript submission and peer review that replaces the ACS Paragon System. This was the second successful launch for the ACS Paragon Plus Environment. In February 2006, the new system was implemented for the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (JCTC). Implementation of the ACS Paragon Plus Environment will continue in 2006 for other ACS journals. Information about the ACS Paragon Plus Environment can be found at http://pubs.acs.org/paragonplus/auth_rev/index.html. |
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