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(Elsevier) Elsevier announced the launch of PeerChoice, a new pilot peer review program for Chemical Physics Letters where reviewers now have the freedom to choose which articles they would like to review. By choosing articles matching their expertise and interest, efficiency and effectiveness of the peer review process will be increased. The PeerChoice pilot will initially run for three months, starting in June.

(Elsevier) Elsevier, a leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services announced today, that the editors of Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice, the foremost publication of information about evidence-based dental practice, will begin offering continuing education units to its recognized experts and valued peer reviewers.

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by Jeffrey T. Leek, Margaret A. Taub, Fernando J. Pineda

(Elsevier) Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the availability of a new tool in its expertise management solution SciVal Experts. The tool seamlessly links opportunities within SciVal Funding, Elsevier's funding intelligence solution, to researcher profiles within SciVal Experts, automating the process of matching expertise with grants.

(Elsevier) Final and citable articles are published without needing to wait until a journal issue is complete, speeding the publication process by an average of 7 weeks.

(Elsevier) Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is pleased to announce newly acquiring the Ocular Surface, a peer-reviewed journal focusing on the external eye and vision. As per January 2012 Elsevier will continue the publication of the quarterly journal.

(Cell Press) Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced that the innovative research tool "Reflect," winner of Elsevier's Grand Challenge 2009, will be piloted on the research articles in the November 12 issue of Cell. The "Reflect" tool identifies the proteins, genes and small molecules mentioned in the Cell articles, and generates pop-up windows containing relevant contextual information, with additional links, about those entities.

(Elsevier) Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today the launch of a variety of new Article of the Future prototypes. The new discipline-specific, three-pane article design sets a new standard for both the presentation and the content of the scientific article. The prototypes, available in seven disciplines, are based on feedback from researchers with whom Elsevier cooperated throughout the development of the Article of the Future format.