PRESS RELEASE FROM NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
28 January 2009

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In April 2009, the eight Nature Clinical Practice journals will be rebranded Nature Reviews, increasing the size of the Nature Reviews portfolio from seven to fifteen titles.

Alongside the name change, the Nature Clinical Practice journals will be given a 'facelift' in print and online. The journals will be printed in full colour and the websites will be redesigned with improved navigation. Thanks to the improved design each issue will contain 25% more content, providing customers with more high-quality articles each month. Prices for personal subscriptions and institutional site licenses will be unchanged for 2009.

The existing Nature Reviews series of seven life science journals are firmly established as the leading monthly review journals in their fields. "Including the eight clinical journals as part of the Nature Reviews series will enable us to bring to the clinical sciences the qualities that have made the life science Nature Reviews journals so successful," says Dr James Butcher, Publisher of the clinical Nature Reviews titles. "No other publishing company is able to offer high quality monthly review journals covering advances in medical research from bench to bedside."

"The clinical Nature Reviews journals will retain the high quality content that practising clinicians rely on from the Nature Clinical Practice titles," continues Dr Butcher. "We hope that the journals will now also become indispensable resources for clinical academics working in research settings who are familiar with the look and feel of the life science Nature Reviews titles."

Content will include Editorials, Research Highlights, News & Views, Reviews, Case Studies, and Perspectives articles. The journals will not alter their editorial scopes or commissioning strategies and will retain their distinguished external Editors-in-Chief and international Advisory Boards.

Nature Publishing Group has created an information page with further information and answers to frequently asked questions, including implications for cataloging and impact factors. This will be available from the 28 January at: www.nature.com/clinicalpractice. More information about the existing Nature Reviews portfolio is available at: www.nature.com/reviews.

Launched in 2004 and 2005, the Nature Clinical Practice journals cover the fields of cardiology, clinical oncology, endocrinology, gastroenterology & hepatology, nephrology, neurology, rheumatology and urology. Individual titles are endorsed by prestigious societies and organizations such as the Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology, the American College of Gastroenterology, the European School of Oncology, the International Society of Endocrinology, the International Society of Nephrology and the World Heart Federation.

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The clinical Nature Reviews journals (as of April 2009):

Nature Reviews Cardiology
Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
Nature Reviews Endocrinology
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Nature Reviews Nephrology
Nature Reviews Neurology
Nature Reviews Rheumatology
Nature Reviews Urology

The life science Nature Reviews journals (first journals launched in 2000):

Nature Reviews Cancer
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
Nature Reviews Genetics
Nature Reviews Immunology
Nature Reviews Microbiology
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
Nature Reviews Neuroscience

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