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Latest Impact Factors from Aquatic Sciences Journals

We are pleased to bring you the latest Impact Factors from Elsevier's Aquatic Sciences journals*.  The Aquatic Sciences team would like to thank you, our editors and researchers, for your continued commitment and good work in this field!

Highlights include:

	Water Research 2007 Impact Factor WAS 3.427 2008 Impact Factor NOW 3.587
	Aquatic Toxicology 2007 Impact Factor WAS 2.975 2008 Impact Factor NOW 3.517
	Progress In Oceanography 2007 Impact Factor WAS 2.102 2008 Impact Factor NOW 3.166

* Journal Citation Reports®, published by Thomson Reuters, 2009

Journal of Great Lakes Research celebrates Top Cited Authors

News from the 52nd Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research (May 18-22, Toledo, Ohio, US)

During the 52nd Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, the Elsevier Aquatic Sciences team celebrated the Top 10 Cited Authors*  from the journal. The corresponding authors were awarded with a certificate. Elsevier congratulates all the authors involved on this achievement.

Names listed as the corresponding authors* of the ten top articles published by Scopus 2006-2009.

Stephen Hensler

David J. Jude

Thomas F. Nalepa, Christiane Barranguet (Publisher Journal of Great Lakes Research)

View a list of all winners and corresponding papers here

Elsevier and the International Water Association: Announcing the Water Research Conference  2010 (Lisbon, Portugal, April 11-14, 2010)

The Water Research Conference 2010 will concentrate on one of the major scientific disciplines contributing to the field of water research: Microbiology. In this conference, we will provide a platform for exchange and interaction between microbiological research and its application; the provision of clean water to society.

The conference addresses two major topics:

• Shifting paradigms in the assessment of recreational water quality
• Microbial ecology of drinking water and waste water treatment processes

For more detailed information, speakers, the organizing committee as well as for the Call for Abstracts, click here: www.waterresearchconference.com

Call for Abstracts

Oral and poster abstracts are now invited and should be submitted online by 30th September 2009.

New Journal: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability - Launch expected in October 2009

This year, Elsevier, will be adding a new, groundbreaking Current Opinion title – Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. This new journal was developed out of the recognition that it is increasingly difficult for specialists to keep up to date with the expanding volume of information published in the interdisciplinary research areas of environmental change and sustainability.
The full text of the “Aims and Scope” as well as information on the editorial board and a list of forthcoming articles can be found on the journal homepage.

New in Aquatic Sciences: RSS feed

Elsevier is pleased to bring you the new Elsevier Aquatic Sciences RSS feed

CiteAlert
Elsevier introduces an automated service to notify authors when their articles are cited in Elsevier-published journals - www.elsevier.com/citealert

Upcoming Conferences

Featured Special Issues

Harmful Algae
This issue contains the special section on "Strains
Volume 8, Issue 5, pp. 629-822 (June 2009)

Journal of Hydrology
Transfer of pollutants in soils, sediments and water systems: From small to large scale (AquaTerra)
Volume 369, Issues 3-4, pp. 223-440 (15 May 2009)

Journal of Marine Systems
SPECIAL ISSUE ON MARINE TURBULENCE
Volume 77, Issue 4, pp. 367-528 (June 2009)

Special Issue Round Up View a list of all Aquatic Sciences Special Issues published between April  – July 2009.
Featured Books Nitrogen in the Marine Environment, 2e Douglas G. Capone, et. al. Copyright 2009, online reference, 1668 pp. List Price: $ 250.00 USD / £ xx GBP / € xx EUR Since the first edition published in 1983, it has been recognized as the standard in the field. In the time since the book first appeared, there has been tremendous growth in the field with unprecedented discoveries over the past decade that have fundamentally changed the view of the marine nitrogen cycle. As a result, this Second Edition contains twice the amount of information as contained in the first edition. This updated edition is now available online, offering searchability and instant, multi-user access to this important information. An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology, 4e James R. Holton (deceased) Copyright 2004, Hardcover, 535 pp. List Price: $ 73.95 USD / £ 43.99 GBP / € 65.95 This classic text remains the standard in the field, known for its coverage of climate dynamics and the implications for global change.

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