AFRO-NETS> Announcing Filaria Journal

[Michael Brown <m.brown@liverpool.ac.uk>]

Announcing Filaria Journal
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Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to introduce the new free and open access online jour-
nal, Filaria Journal (http://www.filariajournal.com/) and to invite 
you to submit your next paper to it.

Filaria Journal (published by BioMed Central) accepts original papers 
on filarial infections including onchocerciasis and guinea worm 
(dracunculiasis). Papers dealing with all aspects of parasite and 
vector biology (including molecular biology and immunology), diagno-
sis, clinical medicine, pathology, disease control, health policy, 
socio-economic and environmental issues will be accepted. Although 
the publication of original research articles is the main focus of 
the journal, review articles (usually commissioned) and short papers 
will also be considered for publication.

When you publish with Filaria Journal (or with any of the other Bio-
Med Central journals) your article will be:

- made freely available to anyone with Internet access - more people 
than ever will have the ability to read the results of your work;

- peer reviewed in the normal way but our online peer review proc-
esses mean average faster publication times (our peer review policy 
is available at: http://www.filariajournal.com/info/about/#Review );

- published immediately on the day of acceptance;

- indexed in PubMed and immediately and permanently archived in Pub-
Med Central, the NIH?s central research repository;

- drawn to the attention of the readers of the two other BioMed Cen-
tral journals that you deem to be most appropriate, by including it 
in their tables of contents as ?related papers?.

A world-class editorial board for Filaria Journal has been assembled 
that includes some of the most respected researchers in the field 
(for a complete list of the editorial board members visit: 
http://www.filariajournal.com/edboard/ )

- Instructions on how to submit a paper are at: 
http://www.filariajournal.com/manuscript/checklist.asp

If you have any questions about the journal?s policies please contact 
me by e-mail at: <filariajournal@filariasis.org.uk>

Yours sincerely,

Professor David Molyneux
Editor-in-Chief
Filaria Journal Editorial Office
Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Pembroke Place
Liverpool, United Kingdom, L3 5QA
Tel: +44-151-705-3243
Fax: +44-151-709-0354
mailto:filariajournal@filariasis.org.uk
http://www.filariajournal.com/

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