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Publishers line up for ALPSP awards

21.07.08 Catherine Neilan

The shortlist for two awards given out by the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers has been announced, with candidates from around the world lining up for the prizes.

The ALPSP's Best New Journal and Publishing Innovation awards will be announced on 11th September at the association's international conference dinner at Beaumont House in Berkshire.

Candidates for the best new journal include the American Chemical Society, Wiley-Blackwell and the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Elsevier and Emerald Group Publishing.

Meanwhile, the publishing innovation award, which recognises "a truly innovative approach to any aspect of publication" is being fought between Oxford Journals, CrossRef/iParadigms Partnership, the OECD, Ringgold, and the International Union of Crystallography.

The six judges on ALPSP's panel comprise senior members of the industry, such as the chair Richard Gedye, who is the research director of Oxford Journals.

The shortlists in full -

ALPSP Award for Best New Journal 2008 shortlist:
 
ACS Nano,  published by American Chemical Society
Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and
Practice (IOP) , published by Wiley-Blackwell for the Society for Industrial
and Organizational Pyschology
International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, published by Emerald
Group Publishing
Journal of Informetrics, published by Elsevier
 
ALPSP Award for Publishing Innovation 2008 shortlist:
 
Bioscience Horizons, from Oxford Journals
CrossCheck, from the CrossRef/iParadigms Partnership
OECD.Stat, from the Organisation for Economic and Co-operation Development
Ringgold Institutional Identifier, from Ringgold Ltd
Routine authoring and publication of enhanced figures, from the
International Union of Crystallography

Prize Catherine Neilan ALPSP