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Sept.1, 1998.
Openly Informatics, Inc. of Bloomfield, New Jersey has reached an agreementwith the Materials Research Society (MRS), of Warrendale, Pennsylvania, toassist in the publication of the MRS's Internet Journal of NitrideSemiconductor Research.(MIJ-NSR)
Under the one-year agreement, Openly Informatics, Inc. willhost and operate the innovative electronic journal for MRS and will provideautomated submission processing, editorial management, redaction andrendering services. Editorial responsibility for the journal will remainwith MIJ-NSR's Editorial Board, headed by Prof. Cammy Abernathy of theUniversity of Florida.
"We're honored that a dynamic and prestigious organizationsuch as MRS has entrusted us with these responsibilities." said Dr. EricHellman, Openly's President. "Scientific publishing is in the midst ofrevolutionary changes, and MIJ-NSR has been a leading example of the newdirections that journals are taking."
"I hope we can have a long and productive relationship."said Dr. Michael Driver, MRS's Director of Information Services. TheMaterials Research Society, founded in 1973, is a not-for-profit scientificassociation which promotes interdisciplinary goal-oriented basic researchon materials of technological importance. More information is available atits web site at http://www.mrs.org/
MRS began publishing the MRS Internet Journal of NitrideSemiconductor Research in 1995 to provide a rapid, peer-reviewed, archivalforum for the emerging field of nitride semiconductor research. It uses afree-to-read, pay-to-publish business model, and has published more than100 technical articles. The journal is embodied in a web site available athttp://nsr.mij.mrs.org/
Openly Informatics, Inc., was founded in 1998 to develop software, systemsand services for the 21st Century's Information Infrastructure. Openly's web site is at
For more information, contact Openly Informatics, Inc. atnj-info@oclc.org.