SME Journals reach online audience with Elsevier agreement.
Press Release Summary:
Via ScienceDirect electronic platform, Elsevier will publish SME's Journal of Manufacturing Systems and Journal of Manufacturing Processes online to international audience. Journals publish relevant literature for manufacturing industries, research and development organizations, and SME membership on underlying theory and application methodologies of integrating established and developing manufacturing processes, equipment, and software into systems.
Original Press Release:
SME Journals to Reach Online Audience Through Elsevier Agreement
DEARBORN, Mich., October 23, 2007 - The Society of Manufacturing Engineers announces that Elsevier will publish its Journal of Manufacturing Systems and Journal of Manufacturing Processes online to an international audience via the market-leading, electronic platform ScienceDirect, which currently reaches more than 15 million users worldwide.
The two journals publish relevant literature for manufacturing industries, research and development organizations and SME membership on the underlying theory and application methodologies of integrating established and developing manufacturing processes, equipment and software into systems. Papers encourage the dissemination of scientific methods to shop-floor personnel on systems and process concepts with the potential of decreasing manufacturing costs, increasing productivity and assuring product quality. Peer-reviewed contributions are received from researchers and practitioners on current and future directions of manufacturing systems and processes research, development and implementation.
"The e-publishing arrangement with Elsevier makes possible flawless service to authors and worldwide Web-based access to the SME journals' content to improve their immediacy and impact. This is the stimulus needed for increased vitality and robust growth of the journals," said Shiv G. Kapoor, PhD, FSME, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, editor of the Journal of Manufacturing Processes.
Elsevier publisher Christopher Greenwell added, "We have been working with SME for many years distributing the hard copy of these titles, and I am delighted to be able to expand our relationship and to make our expertise and resources available to allow SME's journals to reach the global online audience of ScienceDirect. It will both complement and expand our portfolio in the field, and I am looking forward to exceeding SME's expectations."
About the Society of Manufacturing Engineers
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers is the world's leading professional society supporting manufacturing education. Through its member programs, publications, expositions and professional development resources, SME promotes an increased awareness of manufacturing engineering and helps keep manufacturing professionals up to date on leading trends and technologies. Headquartered in Michigan, SME influences more than half a million manufacturing practitioners and executives annually. The Society, which celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2007, has members in more than 70 countries and is supported by a network of hundreds of technical communities and chapters worldwide.
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the global science and health communities, Elsevier's 7,000 employees in over 70 offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such as ScienceDirect, MD Consult, Scopus, bibliographic databases and online reference works. Elsevier is a global business headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and has offices worldwide. Elsevier is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc, a world-leading publisher and information provider. Operating in the science and medical, legal and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. Reed Elsevier's ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
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