AARC
Science Journal Updates Website, Now Features ePub Articles
Dallas, TX (March 11, 2011)
Respiratory Care , the peer-reviewed
science journal of the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC),
has updated its website to include an online “digimag” format, a new
“ePub ahead of print” feature, and full text papers in HTML format
with cross linking to references.
All of the new features are
available free of charge to AARC members and other subscribers, who
can access them by logging onto the Journal website at www.RCJournal.com
. Content more than a year old is now available to non-subscribers
as well.
The new digimag format allows
subscribers to turn the pages of the Journal much as they would turn
the pages of the print edition of the publication, making it easy
for them to read Respiratory Care on a computer screen in a format
identical to the one they are accustomed to seeing in the print edition.
The addition of “ePub ahead
of print” papers gives subscribers the opportunity to read the latest
research accepted for publication by the Journal months before it
appears in the print edition, ensuring a rapid dissemination of the
most recent scientific evidence in the field. Available in PDF format,
these papers are generally up on the website within a couple of weeks
of acceptance.
The new HTML format with cross-linking
to references is especially designed for readers and researchers who
want instant access to the papers cited in Journal articles. With
this format, each of the references is actually a hypertext link that
will take the reader right to the articles being referenced.
The website changes join other
changes at the Journal, including a marked increase in article submissions,
that have taken place over the past few years and are increasing the
stature of Respiratory Care in the peer-reviewed medical publishing
arena.
About the AARC
The American Association for
Respiratory Care, headquartered in Dallas, is a professional association
of respiratory therapists that focuses primarily on respiratory therapy
education and research. The organization's goals are to ensure that
respiratory patients receive safe and effective care from qualified
professionals as well as supporting respiratory health care providers.
The association continues to advocate on behalf of pulmonary patients
for appropriate access to respiratory services provided by qualified
professionals. Further information about the AARC and how to become
a respiratory therapist are available at www.AARC.org
.