Association for Laboratory Automation Extends Publishing Agreement with Elsevier

Elsevier is extremely pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached with the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) to extend publication of the Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation (JALA) through 2012.

“We are very proud to continue our relationship with the Association for Laboratory Automation. JALA is one of the ’jewels in the crown’ in our society-partnership publishing portfolio and has recently been recognized by Association TRENDS magazine for excellence in scientific publishing,” states Lynelle Korte, Associate Publisher at Elsevier.

“JALA is fortunate to be aligned with such a progressive publishing partner,” says Douglas Gurevitch, P.E., JALA Executive Editor. “Elsevier and ALA share a similar vision, to contribute to the progress and application of science by delivering superior information products and tools that build insights and enable advancement in research. Elsevier’s growing menu of innovative electronic resources, including ScienceDirect, Scopus, Scirus, Author Gateway and other editorial management systems, alerts and historical archives, make the journal more accessible to authors and readers throughout the world and thus contribute to the wider and more rapid dissemination of information,” Gurevitch continues.

Greg Dummer, ALA executive director, adds that “ALA, the JALA editorial team and its publishing partner, Elsevier, have worked hard over the past four years to raise the quality bar and exceed ALA member expectations. It is evident that the information in JALA is in high demand and scientists embrace its unique role in published literature.”