<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div><font face="Arial">**** apologies for cross posting *****</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial">I hope the following is of interest to readers of ERIL-L. </font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial">EDP Sciences and <span style="line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">SICOT (International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology) have just announced the launch of a new fully open access journal, </span><em style="line-height: 19px;">SICOT-J</em><span style="line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. The journal will be part of the EDP Open portfolio and will cover the entire field of orthopaedics and traumatology. </span></font></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><i style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">SICOT-J </span></i><span style="line-height: 16px;">will publish articles under a CC-BY license, allowing authors to be fully compliant with open access requirements of funding organizations where applicable. Authors are now able to submit their manuscripts and importantly, <b>during the first year of publication article processing charges will be waived.</b> The website is now live at </span><span lang="FR"><a href="http://www.sicot-j.org" style="line-height: 18px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 16px;"><span lang="EN-US">www.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 16px;"><span lang="EN-US">sicot-j.org</span></span></a><span style="line-height: 16px;">.</span></span></font></p></div><div><div><font face="Arial">Full details in the Press Release below or online at <a href="http://www.sicot-j.org/news">http://www.sicot-j.org/news</a>; do get in touch with me, or with Claus Roll at EDP Sciences (contact info given at the end) if you need any more information.</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><font face="Arial">Kind Regards<br>Charlotte</font></div></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div>Charlotte Van Rooyen<br>TBI Communications Limited<br>Tel: +44 (0) 7980287824<br>Web: <a href="http://www.tbicommunications.com">www.tbicommunications.com</a><br>Linkedin Profile: <a href="http://uk.linkedin.com/in/charlottevanrooyen/">uk.linkedin.com/in/charlottevanrooyen/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>PRESS RELEASE</b></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 12px;"><br><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14px;">EDP Sciences and SICOT announce the launch of a new Open Access journal in orthopaedics: SICOT-J</span><span style="font-size: 11px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px;"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">Paris, France - January 12, 2015. EDP Sciences <span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">and SICOT (</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 16px;">International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology</span><span style="line-height: 16px; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">) are pleased to </span><span style="line-height: 16px;">announce the launch of a new open access journal, <i>SICOT-J</i>. The journal will be part of the EDP Open portfolio and </span><span style="line-height: 16px;">will cover the entire field of orthopaedics and traumatology.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px;"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;"><i><span style="line-height: 16px;">SICOT-J </span></i><span style="line-height: 16px;">will place a high priority on rapid publication and seeks to publish a broad range of research study types including</span><span style="line-height: 16px;"> original clinical, basic and translational research</span><span style="line-height: 16px;">. In addition, the journal will publish editorials, review articles, surgical technique papers, and case reports as well as the latest congress proceedings and letters to the editors.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 11px;"><font face="Arial">“We are extremely pleased to partner with EDP Sciences to offer a journal that will be at the forefront of many of the exciting developments within orthopaedics and traumatology’ said Prof. Jochen Eulert, SICOT Secretary General. ‘By offering an open access journal in addition to the society’s successful International Orthopaedics Journal, SICOT is further strengthening its key mission to promote the advancement of the science and art of orthopaedics and traumatology at an international level.”<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 11px;"><font face="Arial">Professor Hatem Said, of Assiut University, Egypt and Professor Jacques Caton, of Clinique Orthopedique Emilie de Vialar, Lyon, France, are co-Editors of the new journal working with a global team of associate and section editors to manage the journal and its peer review process. ‘The drive for openness in surgery at present provides both exciting opportunities and significant challenges for clinical research’, said Professor Caton, ‘One of the reasons I am so pleased to be editing this new open access journal will be the broadening of access to the developments in the orthopaedics and traumatology field to researchers and clinicians with limited access to subscription journals.’<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 11px;"><font face="Arial">“At EDP we have a commitment to Open Access and supporting our society partners in this arena”, said Jean-Marc Quilbé, President of EDP Sciences. “We are delighted to be partnering with SICOT on the launch of this new open access journal, to expand their international reach and coverage. Working with a highly regarded editorial board, we look forward to developing a longstanding and influential relationship as the scope and research of the journal continues to expand”.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px;"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;"><i><span style="line-height: 16px;">SICOT-J </span></i><span style="line-height: 16px;">will publish articles under a CC-BY license, enabling authors to be fully compliant with open access requirements of funding organizations where they apply. Authors are now invited to submit their manuscripts and during the first year of publication article processing charges will be waived. The website is now live at </span><span lang="FR"><a href="http://www.sicot-j.org"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 16px;"><span lang="EN-US">www.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 16px;"><span lang="EN-US">sicot-j.org</span></span></a></span><span style="line-height: 16px;"> .<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">—</span><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"> ends---</span></font></p><div><p style="line-height: 13px;"><b><u><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;">For more informations:</font></u></b></p><p style="line-height: 13px;"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;">Claus ROLL<br><span lang="EN-US">Publishing editor</span><br>EDP Open : <span lang="FR"><a href="http://www.edp-open.org"><span lang="EN-US">www.edp-open.org</span></a></span><br>Email : <span lang="FR"><a href="mailto:sicot-j@edp-open.org"><span lang="EN-US">sicot-j@edp-open.org</span></a></span></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 11px;"><font face="Arial">About SICOT<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">SICOT</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: justify; background-color: white;"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;"><span lang="EN-US">SICOT, <em>Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie</em>, is an international non-profit association incorporated under Belgian law with the aim to promote the advancement of the science and art of orthopaedics and traumatology at international level in particular for the improvement of patient care, and to foster and develop teaching, research and education. In 2014, SICOT celebrates its 85th anniversary.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: justify; background-color: white;"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;"><span lang="EN-US">SICOT’s commitment to education in orthopaedics is reflected by its various activities in diploma examinations, publishing of scientific journals, newsletters and books as well as organizing world congresses , regional scientific meetings and courses and the creations of multiple fellowships and Orthopaedic Education Centres.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p style="line-height: 13px;"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;"><strong>About EDP Sciences and EDP Open</strong><o:p></o:p></font></p><p style="line-height: 13px;"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;">EDP Sciences (<span lang="FR"><a href="http://publications.edpsciences.org"><span lang="EN-US">http://publications.edpsciences.org</span></a></span>) is a not-for-profit publisher, established in 1920, belonging to learned societies with a mission to participate in the dissemination of important research that accelerates scientific progress and cross-fertilisation of ideas of the society in general. EDP Open (<span lang="FR"><a href="http://www.edp-open.org"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.edp-open.org</span></a></span>) is the Open Access arm of EDP Sciences. EDP Sciences is located in Paris and London and publishes over 55 scientific journals in the physical sciences, mathematics, life and environmental sciences, energy, materials and engineering, health and biomedical sciences. It also publishes 20 professional magazines, conference proceedings (<span lang="FR"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.webofconferences.org">www.webofconferences.org</a></span></span></span>) and books.</font></p></div>
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