RSC Publishing is set to increase its journal portfolio from 2009 following announcement of the launch of two new RSC journals. A press release on June 12th confirmed that two interdisciplinary titles, Integrative Biology and Metallomics, will both publish their first issue in January 2009.

Integrative Biology will provide a unique venue for research that leads to a greater understanding of biological processes and mechanisms. A highly interdisciplinary journal, it will focus on quantitative multi-scale biology using enabling technologies and tools to exploit the convergence of biology with physics, chemistry, engineering, imaging and informatics. The editorial board chair for this prestigious new journal will be Mina Bissell from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, US. 

Metallomics will cover the research fields related to metals in biological systems and is expected to be the core publication for the emerging metallomics community. Metallomics is receiving great attention as a new frontier of trace elements in biology and is expected to develop as an interdisciplinary science complementary to genomics and proteomics. Joseph Caruso of the University of Cincinnati/Agilent Technologies Metallomics Center of the Americas and a leading player in this emerging field, will chair the editorial board of this timely new journal.

RSC Publishing boasts an accomplished record in launching new products. With Integrative Biology and Metallomics  set to follow in the footsteps of success stories like Soft Matter and Molecular BioSystems, RSC Publishing again reinforces its position as a world-class scientific publisher.

From launch, the latest issues of both Integrative Biology and Metallomics will be made freely available to all readers via the website. Free institutional access to all issues of each journal published in 2009 and 2010 will be available following a simple registration process.

Scientists wanting to access the latest research linking all aspects of the chemical sciences relating to energy conversion and storage, alternative fuel technologies and environmental science have a new resource at their disposal.

The first Advance Articles for Energy & Environmental Science, the latest journal from RSC Publishing, are now available. The publication of the journal's first issue is anticipated shortly, and will be freely available online.

Enthusiastically welcomed by the community, the first issue will demonstrate the range of subjects included in the scope: from new insights into photovoltaics to the synthesis of important new hydrogen storage materials; from exciting new developments in hydrogen production from biomass to global climate change; from artificial photosynthesis to fuel cells; and from environmental catalysis to nanostructured materials for energy applications - they are all included.

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