PRESS RELEASE The Journal of Clinical Hypertension Selected as an Official Journal of the American Society of Hypertension Inc.

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high-circulation publication platform will permit the Society to reach and
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SAN FRANCISCO----The Public Library
of Science (PLoS) today announces the launch of PLoS Pathogens, an
international open -access, peer-reviewed journal. In addition, the authors retain the copyrights,
and give scientists all over the world immediate free access to all
content."
In order to make important scientific discoveries openly
accessible online within a sustainable publishing model, PLoS believes
that the cost of publication should be treated as an integral
component of the cost of doing research .plospathogens.

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society. The authors of each research
article published in PLoS Pathogens are asked to pay $1,500 from their
grants, or directly from their funders or institutions .

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org, and commences
publication in September 2005. PLoS Pathogens aims to address research
on pathogens including bacteria, fungi, parasites, prions, and
viruses."
PLoS Pathogens emerges as an imperative open-access journal in a
field that has important global medical, agricultural, and economic
consequences . PLoS Pathogens provides an excellent peer-review system and
rapid turnaround, with a team of leading academic editors. Community journals
are a large part of this strategy, and include PLoS Computational
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As an important move to further PLoS's commitment to making the
world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public
resource, PLoS is seeking partnerships, collaborations , and field
expertise within scientific communities and societies to inspire and
facilitate the launch of open-access initiatives.

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"PLoS Pathogens provides a much needed single venue for publishing
outstanding and rigorous papers in the broad field of pathogen
research," states John A. Young , Editor-in-Chief of PLoS Pathogens
and Professor in the Infectious Disease Laboratory at The Salk
Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California.org), published in partnership with the
International Society for Computational Biology, and PLoS Genetics
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"The editors of the JCH are pleased to have been selected by the ASH Board
of Directors to be an official journal to further the Society's and the
Journal's missions to provide unbiased, peer-reviewed, clinically relevant
information to a wide audience of practicing physicians treating
hypertension and cardiovascular disease," said Marvin Moser, MD, Editor in
Chief of the JCH. Authors
from the United States and numerous other countries help disseminate
current research findings including those sponsored by the National Heart,
Lung and Blood Institute, the High Blood Pressure Education Program, and
other national programs involved in the management of hypertension. In many cases,
publication charges are reduced or waived through PLoS Institutional
Memberships and foundation grants. PLoS publishes
open-access journals of original peer-reviewed research, including
PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine , which are available at no cost to
anyone in the world with a connection to the Internet.

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"The Journal of Clinical Hypertension provides ASH with
a strong, clear and focused 'voice' to communicate information regarding
current hypertension research and treatment strategies.

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PLoS Pathogens accepts
outstanding original articles that significantly advance the
understanding of pathogens and how they interact with their host
organisms. Michael Eisen, Co-Founder of
PLoS.

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The Journal publishes original and review articles, editorials,
commentaries, roundtable discussions and special sections devoted to a
broad spectrum of clinically relevant material. Topics include (but are not limited to) adaptive and innate
immune defenses and pathogen countermeasures, emerging pathogens,
evolution, genomics and gene regulation, model host organisms,
pathogen-cell biology, pathogenesis, prions, proteomics and signal
transduction, rational vaccine design, structural biology, and
virulence factors.

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New pathogens are emerging
all the time, and others adapt to treatment efforts. PLoS Pathogens is accessible to all, and immediately
searchable via PubMed.org

The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit organization
of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's
scientific and medical research a public resource.org and
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The Journal of Clinical Hypertension is published by Le Jacq, Ltd.com).
The American Society of Hypertension, Inc.

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American Soc of Hypertension

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension is distributed monthly to
approximately 44,000 physicians in the United States, including
cardiologists, family practitioners and internists, with the primary
objective of bridging the "knowledge-practice gap" between researchers and
practicing clinicians .

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That charge is
waived for any authors who say they cannot afford it, through a
process that cannot influence editorial decisions.

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Understanding pathogens remains one of the most serious scientific
challenges, one of unparalleled complexity.

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The JCH is in its seventh year of continuous
publication and is listed in the National Library of Medicine's Index
Medicus. This includes related
cardiovascular diseases such as the metabolic syndrome, heart failure,
diabetes and obesity.lejacq.

Public Library of Science Launches New Open -Access Journal for the Pathogen Research Community; PLoS Pathogens Accepting Submissions at www.plospathogens .org

We
believe these communities can lead the way in developing innovative
ways to make use of the growing library of freely available scientific
discoveries, and continue to propel the emerging and evolving themes
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The Board of Directors of the American Society
of Hypertension, Inc. The study of
pathogens also provides new insights into fundamental processes such
as cellular and organismal function. "This journal is among a new generation of open-access journals
that serve the scientific community without the subscription barriers
that block access to so many important journals in the field.

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Giles, MD, President of the
American Society of Hypertension .ash-us. The journal is
accepting submissions at www.plos.

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The Journal's leadership
is comprised of a distinguished Editorial Board of national and
international leaders in hypertension and cardiovascular disease. The mission of the Society is "to organize and
conduct educational activities designed to promote and encourage the
development, advancement, and exchange of scientific information in all
aspects of research, diagnosis, and treatment of hypertension and related
cardiovascular diseases ." Currently the society includes more than 4,000
domestic and international members, holds an Annual Scientific Meeting and
has numerous active regional chapters around the country. "The
open-access component of this journal is critical because of the
extensive scientific and public interest in this field.

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"The Public Library of Science is delighted that such an
outstanding group of scientists in the field of pathogen research are
launching PLoS Pathogens," states Dr.