patientINFORM is a collaborative effort by trusted and experienced patient health organizations, medical societies, health information professionals, and scholarly and medical publishers. The participating voluntary health organizations provide consumers with links to the full text of selected journal articles as soon as they are published, as well as materials created by these groups to help the patient or family member more fully understand the implications of the research. Publishers provide the organizations with online access to their peer-reviewed biomedical journals, immediately upon publication.
Participating Voluntary Health Organizations
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community- based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.
No matter who you are, we can help. Contact us anytime, day or night, for information and support. 1-800-ACS-2345 www.cancer.org
American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association is the nation's leading nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the American Diabetes Association conducts programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, reaching hundreds of communities. The mission of the Association is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. To fulfill this mission, the American Diabetes Association funds research, publishes scientific findings, provides information and other services to people with diabetes, their families, health professionals and the public. The Association is also actively involved in advocating for scientific research and for the rights of people with diabetes. For more information visit: www.diabetes.org.
American Heart Association
Since 1924 the American Heart Association has helped protect people of all ages and ethnicities from the ravages of heart disease and stroke. These diseases, the nation's No. 1 and No. 3 killers, claim more than 930,000 American lives a year. The association invested more than $407 million in fiscal year 2002-03 for research, professional and public education, advocacy and community service programs so people across America can live stronger, longer lives. For more information visit http://www.americanheart.org.
Arthritis Foundation
For more information visit http://www.arthritis.org
Participating Publishers
The American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world's largest general scientific society, and publisher of the journal, Science. AAAS was founded in 1848, and includes some 262 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. Science has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world, with an estimated total readership of one million. The non-profit AAAS is open to all and fulfills its mission to "advance science and serve society" through initiatives in science policy; international programs; science education; and more. For the latest research news, log onto EurekAlert!, www.eurekalert.org, the premier science-news Web site, a service of AAAS.
American Association for Cancer Research
The American Association for Cancer Research is a professional society of more than 24,000 laboratory and clinical scientists engaged in basic, translational, and clinical cancer research in the United States and more than 60 other countries. Founded in 1907, the AACR has as its mission to accelerate the prevention and cure of cancer through research, education, communication, collaboration and advocacy. Among the means to that end, the association publishes five major peer-reviewed scientific journals: Cancer Research – the most frequently cited cancer journal in the world – as well as Clinical Cancer Research; Molecular Cancer Therapeutics; Molecular Cancer Research; and Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. For more information visit: www.aacr.org.
American Physiological Society
The American Physiological Society (APS) is a nonprofit organization devoted to fostering education, scientific research, and dissemination of information in the physiological sciences. The Society was founded in 1887 and now has over 10,500 members. Most members have doctoral degrees in physiology and/or medicine (or other health professions). APS publishes 14 scholarly journals covering all aspects of physiology as well as the Society's newsletter. APS journals are among the best in the world in their specialized fields of research and are published both online and in print. APS is proud to provide the legacy content of its journals going back to 1898.
American Roentgen Ray Society
The American Roentgen Ray Society, founded in 1900, is the first and oldest radiology society in the United States. The society has been a forum for progress in radiology since shortly after the discovery of the X-ray and is dedicated to the goal of the advancement of medicine through the science of radiology and its allied sciences. The goal of the ARRS is maintained through an annual scientific and educational meeting and through publication of the American Journal of Roentgenology. The monthly American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) is a highly respected peer-reviewed journal with a worldwide circulation of more than 25,000. For almost 100 years the AJR has been recognized as one of the best specialty journals in the world. For more information visit: www.arrs.org.
American Society of Hematology
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) is the world's largest and most prestigious professional society concerned with the causes and treatments of blood disorders. ASH has a membership of more than 13,000 clinicians and scientists in the United States and more than 90 countries around the world. For the past four decades, ASH has sponsored its annual meeting, the premier annual education and scientific event in the field of hematology, and has published Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology, which is the most cited peer-reviewed publication in the field. The mission of the American Society of Hematology is to further the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders affecting the blood, bone marrow, and the immunologic, hemostatic and vascular systems, by promoting research, clinical care, education, training, and advocacy in hematology. For more information visit: www.hematology.org.
Annals of Internal Medicine
Annals of Internal Medicine publishes original research reports, review articles, clinical guidelines, policy articles, and commentaries related to the care of adults and adolescents. The mission of the journal is to promote excellence in the practice of medicine and in clinical research. Because Annals of Internal Medicine supports the belief that physicians should be well-informed citizens of both the medical community and society at large, the journal also offers discussion of issues that influence physicians and their patients. In response to burgeoning public interest in health science, Annals of Internal Medicine began to publish Summaries for Patients in 1999. The summaries are non-technical synopses of original research articles and other selected journal content intended to make content more accessible to non-physician readers. The American College of Physicians, the largest medical specialty organization in the United States, established Annals of Internal Medicine in 1927.
Blackwell Publishing
Blackwell Publishing is the world's leading society publisher, partnering with more than 550 academic and professional societies. Blackwell publishes over 750 journals and 600 text and reference books annually, across a wide range of academic, medical, and professional subjects. The company remains independent with over 900 staff members in offices in the US, UK, Australia, China, Denmark, Germany, and Japan. Blackwell's mission as an expert publisher is to create long-term partnerships with our clients that enhance learning, disseminate research, and improve the quality of professional practice. For more information on Blackwell Publishing, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com or www.blackwell-synergy.com.
BMJ Publishing Group
The BMJ Publishing Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association. The Group's mission is to publish intellectually sound material that will serve the needs of doctors, members, other health professionals, the scientific community and the public.
Elsevier
Elsevier is a world leading, multiple-media publisher of scientific, technical and health information products and services, with 7,000 employees in 99 locations around the globe. Publisher of more than 20,000 products and services, including journals, books, electronic products, services, databases and portals serving the global scientific, technical and medical (STM) communities. Located in North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Australia, Africa and Latin America. Its mission is to fuel a continuous cycle of exploration and discovery and inspire meaningful action. Elsevier is part of the Reed Elsevier Group plc, a leading international publisher and information provider. For more information visit: www.elsevier.com.
The Endocrine Society
The mission of The Endocrine Society is excellence in hormone research and care of patients with endocrine disease. To achieve this mission, the Society will continue to be the prime advocate and integrative force for clinicians and investigators, and will maintain a leadership role in providing endocrine education and information to the diverse professional endocrine community, the broader medical community, policy-makers, patients, and the public.
Massachusetts Medical Society/The New England Journal of Medicine
Founded in 1781, the Massachusetts Medical Society is the oldest continuously operating medical society in the United States. Its mission is to advocate for the shared interests of patients and physicians by encouraging the development of standards for high quality health care. In recent years, the Society has assumed a leadership role in public health, health system reform, and patient safety. With membership that has grown from 70 members in 1781 to more than 18,000 members today, the Massachusetts Medical Society continues to serve the citizens and the physician community of Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts Medical Society also serves the world community of researchers and physicians through its publications. The New England Journal of Medicine is the oldest continuously published medical journal in the world. The Journal's mission "to bring physicians the best research at the intersection of biomedical science and clinical practice and to present the information in an understandable and clinically useful format” is synchronous with the Society's mission "to do all things as may be necessary and appropriate to advance medical knowledge.” For more information on the Society's mission of education and advocacy, visit www.mms.org or www.nejm.org.
Nature Publishing Group
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is the scientific publishing arm of Macmillan Publishers Ltd, combining the excellence of: Nature, Nature Research Journals, Nature Reviews, NPG Academic Journals and NPG Reference publications, to provide the world's premier information resource for the basic biological and physical sciences. NPG is a global company, with headquarters in London and offices in New York, San Francisco, Washington DC, Tokyo, Paris, Munich and Basingstoke. More than half of the company's business activity is in North America; it is also a market leader in Europe and Japan. For more information visit: www.nature.com.
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. It is the world's largest university press. It publishes more than 4,500 new books a year, has a presence in over fifty countries, and employs some 3,700 people worldwide. It has become familiar to millions through a diverse publishing program that includes scholarly works in all academic disciplines, bibles, music, school and college textbooks, children's books, materials for teaching English as a foreign language, business books, dictionaries and reference books, and journals. For more information visit: www.oup.co.uk.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) is the official journal of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences based in Washington, D.C., and publishes weekly in print and daily online. All papers have the seal of approval of an Academy member who is an expert in that area.
With its breadth of content and the quality of its papers, PNAS is the best way to keep up with current research broadly spanning the biological, physical, and social sciences. In addition to high-impact original scientific research, PNAS publishes incisive commentaries, in-depth member profiles, thorough perspectives, exciting special features and timely reviews. PNAS also offers authors an open access option that improves scientific communication by providing immediate and barrier-free distribution of research results.
Society of Nuclear Medicine
The Society of Nuclear Medicine is an international scientific and professional organization founded in 1954 to promote the science, technology and practical application of nuclear medicine. Its 15,000 members are physicians, technologists and scientists specializing in the research and practice of nuclear medicine. In addition to publishing journals, newsletters and books, the Society also sponsors international meetings and workshops designed to increase the competencies of nuclear medicine practitioners and to promote new advances in the science of nuclear medicine. The Society maintains an active advocacy program to promote and encourage research and the advancement of nuclear medicine science and produces a number of programs to help physicians and technologists remain current with the latest advances. The Society also sponsors education programs for consumers to help them understand nuclear medicine and the constructive role it can play in both diagnostic and therapeutic therapies. The Society, which is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, maintains strong relationships with international societies of nuclear medicine, universities, independent laboratories and suppliers of both equipment and radiopharmaceuticals. It plays an important role in creating forums within which medical professionals from all medical disciplines collaborate on improving patient care. For more information visit: www.snm.org.
Springer
Springer is one of the most renowned scientific publishing companies in the world. Its publications cover subjects ranging from the natural sciences, mathematics, engineering and computer science to medicine and psychology. In the fields of economics and law, Springer offers an increasing number of books in management science. Since the merger with the Dutch scientific house Kluwer Academic Publishers (KAP) in February 2004 the range of products has increased further; it now includes publications on the arts and social sciences. Under the new brand "Springer" the worldwide publishing houses in Berlin, Heidelberg, Dordrecht, Paris, Milan, New York, Boston and New Delhi produce more than 3,500 new books each year and 1,250 journals, most of which are also available in electronic form.
Springer is a leading publisher in Germany, and also counts among the largest in the world. The publishing company's main markets are the German-speaking countries, the USA and Asia. Eighty percent of the company's publications appear in English. Since 2003 Springer is a company of the specialist-publishing group Springer Science+Business Media, which now ranks second in the world in the science, technology and medicine (STM) sector. For more information visit: www.springer-ny.com.
Taylor and Francis
Taylor and Francis is the Academic division of T&F Informa. Building on two centuries' experience, Taylor & Francis has grown rapidly over the last two decades to become a leading international academic publisher.
It offers a world-class portfolio of publications, events and data services for researchers, students, lecturers and professionals in the academic, scientific and medical communities worldwide. This includes more than 1,000 journals and around 1,800 new books each year, with a books backlist in excess of 20,000 specialist titles. Taylor and Francis offers content in a range of print and online formats to suit the needs of different markets and has a tradition of customer-focused innovation.
Thieme
Thieme's strong reputation for quality stretches back more than 100 years to the company's founding. Thieme publishes more than 130 medical and scientific journals, in traditional print as well as electronically through Thieme-connect.com. More than 60 of these journals are published on behalf of professional societies, and they are central to the missions of these organizations. Each year, Thieme brings out more than 500 new books — more than 125,000 printed pages — and dozens of online products. With more than 700 staff worldwide, Thieme maintains offices in New York, Stuttgart and Singapore. For more information, please visit: www.thieme.com.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., provides must-have content and services to customers worldwide. Our core businesses include scientific, technical and medical journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products and services; professional and consumer books and subscription services; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley has publishing, marketing, and distribution centers in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb. Wiley's Internet site can be accessed at www.wiley.com.
Wolters Kluwer Health
A leading global provider of information for medical and health professionals, Wolters Kluwer Health is part of Wolters Kluwer nv, a multi-national information services company based in Amsterdam. They provide the health market with top quality information via traditional and interactive delivery methods. Their customers rely on our textbooks, medical journals, bibliographic, reference and pharmaceutical databases, not to mention their proprietary drug information software, clinical assistance systems, web-based information systems and online continuing education products.
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STM
STM is a broad and welcoming organization, which includes large and small companies, not for profit organizations and learned societies, traditional primary and secondary publishers and new players. Members have the opportunity to participate in a body central to the well being of our industry. The mission of STM is to create a platform for exchanging ideas and information and to represent the interest of the STM publishing community in the fields of copyright, technology developments, and end user / library relations. For more information visit: www.stm-assoc.org.
Other Participating Organizations
Welch Medical Library
The Welch Medical Library was founded in 1929 through a merger of libraries throughout the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Over its 75-year history, the Welch Library and its directors have played a leadership role in the management and delivery of health sciences information, with a particular focus on the development of innovative applications of new technologies. In addition to providing access to the published literature, print and electronic, and numerous scientific databases, the Welch Library offers educational and liaison programs to assist faculty, staff and students throughout the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in using information resources to access critical scientific information and to analyze and communicate their research findings. It has recently received funding for several patient information initiatives. The library collection includes over 400,000 print volumes, as well as more than 3,000 electronic journal titles. The Johns Hopkins University Libraries Catalog provides a shared catalog system throughout Johns Hopkins.
CrossRef
CrossRef is an independent membership association, founded and directed by publishers. CrossRef's mandate is to connect users to primary research content by enabling publishers to do collectively what they can't do individually. CrossRef is also the official DOI registration agency for scholarly and professional publications. It operates a cross-publisher citation linking system that allows a researcher to click on a reference citation on one publisher's platform and link directly to the cited content on another publisher's platform, subject to the target publisher's access control practices. Our citation-linking network today covers millions of articles and other content items from several hundred scholarly and professional publishers. For more information, please visit www.crossref.org.
HighWire Press
HighWire Press, a division of the Stanford University Libraries, hosts the online versions of nearly 900 high-impact, peer reviewed journals and other scholarly content. HighWire is the world's the largest repository of free, full-text, peer-reviewed content, with nearly one million free articles online. With its partner publishers HighWire produces 73 of the 200 most-frequently-cited journals.
HighWire Press was founded by Stanford in 1995 with a mission of ensuring that its partners — scientific societies and responsible publishers — would remain strong and able to lead the transition to the newest technologies for scientific communication.
The online sites that HighWire hosts reach more than 17 million users per month, who download about 56 million articles per month, resulting in 1,500,000,000 "hits" to the HighWire-hosted publisher Web sites.