Dear Colleagues,
Kluwer Academic Publishers is considering the launch of a new journal,
entitled the Journal of Aging and Longevity. Since this publication is
aimed at the readers of this newsgroup, we would be grateful if you
would spare a few minutes to read the following and to answer the
survey. Please return your comments directly to me.
Many thanks,
Peter Butler
Publishing Editor
Kluwer academic publishers
e-mail: peter.butler at wkap.nlhttp://www.wkap.nl
Aims and Scope
Biogerontology has now developed a solid scientific base with respect to
the understanding of the phenomenon of aging. A spectrum of new and
innovative strategies and approaches are being increasingly applied to
modulate the process of aging at the level of cells, tissues, organs and
organisms. The Journal of Aging and Longevity (JAL) represents this step
in research which aims primarily at achieving healthy old age
accompanied by improved longevity. The focus is on attempts to prevent,
cure or minimize age-related impairments.
The science of healthy old age requires its own platform to bring
forward new ideas, and to encourage the scientific publication of
innovative and bold experimental manipulations in this regard.
The JAL, therefore provides a peer-reviewed forum for publishing
original research data, new ideas and discussions about:
* Modulating the aging process by physical, chemical and biological
means, including transgenic and knockout organisms
* Human cell culture systems to develop new approaches and health
care products for maintaining and/or recovering the lost
biochemical functions
* Immunology, autoimmunity and infection in aging
* Vertebrates, invertebrates, micro-organisms and plants for
experimental studies on genetic determinants of aging and longevity
* Biodemography and theoretical models linking aging and survival
kinetics.
JAL will publish:
* original research reports;
* reviews and discussions;
* special issues on specific topics relating to aging, health and
longevity.
Rationale:
The field of aging and longevity is subject to intensive investigation
at the molecular/cellular/genetic level. The Journal of Aging and
Longevity will be unique in that it will publish articles on both aging
and longevity from the molecular/cellular/genetic perspective.
Currently, articles in this field are either published in general
molecular/cellular/genetics journals or in aging journals, which are
much broader in scope, (i.e. not molecular in their focus). The field of
aging research is entering a new critical phase of active modulation of
the process, and there is a definite need of a high standard
peer-reviewed journal dealing with those issues in newer and inspiring
manners. That is where the proposed structure of Journal of Aging and
Longevity offers to fulfill many gaps and be an attractive option for
both researchers and consumers.
Editors and Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Suresh I.S. Rattan, PhD, DSc
Danish Center for Molecular Gerontology
Denmark
Associate Editors
Alexander Bürkle (Germany)
Robin Holliday (Australia)
Gordon Lithgow (UK)
Leo Luckinbill (USA)
Jay Olshansky (USA)
Graham Pawelec (Germany)
Renu Wadhwa (Japan)
Editorial Board
Bruce Ames (Berkeley, CA, USA)
Richard Aspinall (London, UK)
Steven Austad (Idaho USA)
Jan Barciszewski (Poznan, Poland)
J. Carl Barrett (North Carolina, USA)
Ettore Bergamini (Pisa, Italy)
Vilhelm Bohr (Baltimore MD USA)
Kuang Yu Chen (Piscataway, NJ, USA)
Jim Cummins (Murdoch Australia)
Leonid A. Gavrilov (Chicago USA)
Sataro Goto (Chiba, Japan)
Calvin Harley (Menlo Park, CA USA)
Leonard Hayflick (S. Ranch CA, USA)
Alan Hipkiss (London UK)
Lily Huschtscha (Sydney, Australia)
S.M. Jazwinski (New Orleans, USA)
Moustapah Kassem (Aarhus, Denmark)
Sunil Kaul (Ibaraki, Japan)
Edward Masoro (USA)
Heinz D. Osiewacz (Frankfurt, Germany)
Lucio Piantanelli (Ancona, Italy)
Russel J. Reiter (San Antonio TX, USA)
Suraj P. Sharma (Amritsar India)
Eline Slagboom (Leiden The Netherlands)
Mahendra K. Thakur (Varanasi, India)
James Vaupel (Odense, Denmark)
Roy L. Walford (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
1. Do you think the proposed journal would fill a
need?
yes/no
2. Do you agree with the Aims & Scope and the Rationale of the
Journal?
yes/no
(If not, please comment)
3. Do you agree with the proposed Editors and Editor-in-Chief of the
Journal? yes/no
(If not, please comment)
4. Do you think that there is enough high quality material to fill such
a quarterly yes/no
journal?
5. Would you be willing to submit papers to the
journal?
yes/no
6. Do you think the title is
appropriate?
yes/no
7. Would you be interested in subscribing personally to the
journal?
yes/no
8. Would you recommend your library to
subscribe?
yes/no
9. Which Journals are your first choice, when publishing papers within
the
Aims & Scope of this proposed Journal?
10. Approximately how many professionals at your institution or company
would
be likely readers of the journal?
11. Please indicate on a scale of 1 to 10 how strongly you advise Kluwer
to launch this journal,
(1 = don’t advise, 10 = strongly advise)
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