EMERALD'S BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL SELECTED BY ISI

Emerald Group Publishing's British Food Journal has been accepted into ISI under the Science Citation Index (expanded) and Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences index.

[ClickPress, Wed Jan 04 2006] ISI staff review nearly 2,000 new journal titles annually but only 10-12% of those evaluated are selected.

Vicky Williams, Managing Editor of British Food Journal, said, "Journals go through an extensive evaluation process before being selected by ISI. This is a real breakthrough for British Food Journal and a testament to the hard work of the editor."

Used together with other factors such as peer review, cost, circulation data, and usage statistics, ISI can help librarians make more informed buying decisions. Emerald 's journals are available in hard copy and online. Its 2004 usage statistics showed a 17 percent increase in usage by customers worldwide. On average over 600,000 articles were downloaded each month, affirming market demand for Emerald content in all areas of management information.

Librarians can augment the ISI selection with Emerald's 'Librarian Toolkit', a series of free guides which supports librarians in improving internal marketing of Emerald electronic full text, reviews and abstracts to their faculty and student user base, thereby encouraging optimum use of services. The toolkit comprises modules ranging from training users to monitoring usage and promoting Emerald within the institution. It is available online (http://www.emeraldinsight.com/librariantoolkit) and in hard copy.

About British Food Journal The peer-reviewed British Food Journal is highly respected worldwide for its broad and unique interdisciplinary coverage of food-related research. It is indexed and abstracted in over 20 databases. The title publishes research; reviews of topical or controversial subjects; case studies; book reviews; and special issues. Coverage ranges from food-related health education to nutrition and healthy eating, and to new product development.

Editor: Professor Chris Griffith (Mr), Head of Food Research and Consultancy Unit, and Director of Research and Enterprise at University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. Chris has headed the Research and Consultancy unit for seven years and works with a multidisciplinary research and enterprise team to improve food safety at all points within the food chain from primary production to consumption.

About ISI Visit http://www.isinet.com


NOTES TO EDITORS: About Emerald (http://www.emeraldinsight.com)
Emerald Group Publishing Ltd is the leading English language publisher of academic and professional literature in the fields of management and library & information services and is a globally recognized source of online management information. Emerald is COUNTER-compliant, meeting the international code of practice for reports that allow clients to measure the usage of online information products and services in a more consistent way.

Emerald publishes over 150 titles such as Management Decision, European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Documentation, Library Hi Tech, Journal of Knowledge Management and The TQM Magazine. Emerald's
flagship product, Emerald Management Xtra, is dedicated to the continued development of business schools and management departments world-wide.

About the European Foundation for Management Development (http://www.efmd.org) The European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) is an international membership-driven organization
based in Brussels. With more than 500 member organizations from academia, business, public service and consultancy in 65 countries, EFMD runs the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), the leading international system of quality assessment, quality improvement and accreditation of higher education institutions in management and business administration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Gill Crawford, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Tel: 01274 777700, email: gcrawford@emeraldinsight.com or
Catherine Dhanjal, TheAnswer Ltd, Tel: 0208 655 0953/0794 166 9925, Catherine.dhanjal@theansweruk.com
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