Why publish online?

• As authors, researchers need access to the largest possible audience to disseminate their results; as readers, they need wide access to the relevant literature
• No publishing time lag: an article can be published on the journal website as soon as it has been accepted and prepared for publication
• Faster dissemination of scientific information – peer review, editorial, production work and distribution is all electronic
• Letters to the editor and article discussions can be created online and linked to the articles, increasing interactivity and journal community
• Helpful linking to online information, such as links between reference citations and article abstracts, and between references to material and the sites of origin
• No space or length limitations of text

More than a simple website

• You can conduct extensive searches across the full text of many our journals
• Submit comments on published articles
• Use references and external linking to go to other sites
• Reach this site from a variety of others, such as PubMed, using external links
• We have a good ranking with search engines, so people can find your site quickly and easily
• We use metatags (such as DC metadata), user statistics (similar to COUNTER code), site structure (such as OpenURL), and multiple mirroring, for example archiving at open access compliant servers

Enhanced features

• Mobile / hand-held device optimization
• Linking from sites such as PubMed, DOAJ and CrossRef
• Citation tracking and citation alerts
• Linking for bacterial species names and eponyms
• Revenue generation from AdSense and through sales via secondary aggregating agencies, ALJC, and so on
• Provision of online data to bibliographic agencies such as; PubMed, ISI, CABI, SCOPUS, and DOAJ