Scholarly Publishing: Versita Launches Largest Ever Open Access Journal Program

From a Versita Announcement:

Academic publisher Versita [recently] announced the launch of a new program of Open Access journals. 100 Emerging Science Journals are being launched in 2012. The program’s focus is on young and rapidly developing fields of science, which have not yet been covered by a designated journal. The emerging topics have been identified in Life Sciences, Chemistry, Medicine, Physics and Mathematics.
The Emerging Science Journals program has already won support in the research community. Many distinguished scientists have become members of the editorial boards of the journals – among them Sir Harold Kroto, Professor at Florida State University, 1996 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry; most recent Medicine or Physiology Nobel Prize Winner – Prof. Jules A. Hoffmann or one of world’s top chemits – prof. Didier Astruc.The journal editors hail from the world’s most prestigious universities and research institutes, such as Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Cambridge, or Max Planck Institute.
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“The emerging topics identified by Versita have all been experiencing growing interest among scientists in recent years. We believe that starting this publishing program in open access format will facilitate dissemination of the latest research results, making the journals the primary publishing options and a default communication hubs for authors writing in these scientific areas.” comments Jacek Ciesielski, founder and CEO of Versita.

See Also: Versita Was Acquired by De Gruyter in January 2012 (via NSR)
Update: Here’s a List of the 100 Titles
BIOLOGY
Animal Migration
DNA Barcodes
Ecological Genomics
Epigenetics in Cancer
Interactome
Invertebrate Immunity
Kinome
Microbial Community
Natural Products Against Cancer
Non-Genetic Inheritance
Ocean Acidification
Plant MicroRNA
Polymicrobial Infections
Protist Genomics
Riparian Ecology and Conservation
Synthetic Genomics
Systems Microbiology
Systems Pharmacology
Transcriptome Profiling
Connectome
Tumor Microenvironment and Therapy
CHEMISTRY
Artificial Photosynthesis
Asymmetric Organocatalysis
Bioorthogonal Chemistry
Catalysis for Sustainable Energy
Click Chemistry
Diversity Oriented Synthesis
Mesomaterials
Metal-Organic Frameworks
Methods in Next Generation Sequencing
Molecular Imprinting
Nanotools and Nanomachines
Peptidomics
Polyoxometalate Chemistry
Recyclable Catalysis
Self-Healing Materials
Single-Molecule Sensors
Sorptive Extraction Techniques
Supramolecular Catalysis
Nanocontainers
Phosphoproteomics
MEDICINE
Addiction Genetics
Cancer Metabolomics
Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Cancers
Epigenetics of Diabetes and Obesity
Epigenetics of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Genetics of Multifactorial Disorders
Hybrid Cardiovascular Technology
Immunometabolism
Microbiome Science and Medicine
MicroRNA Diagnostics and Therapeutics
MicroRNA in Cardiovascular Research
MicroRNAs in Diabetes and Obesity
Nanomaterials and the Environment
Nanotube Therapy
Neuroproteomics
Neuroscience of Decision Making
OncomiRs
Optogenetics
Personalized Oncology
Stem Cells in Oral Medicine
PHYSICS
Nanomagnetism
Quantum Measurements and Quantum Metrology
Optomechanics
Coherent Optical Phenomena
Exoplanets
Graphene Photonics and Electronics
Graphene Spintronics and Nanostructures
Graphene-oxide Frameworks
Multiferroic Materials
Nano Electromechanical Systems (NEMS)
Nanobioimaging
Nanothermoelectrics
Novel Superconducting Materials
Optical Data Processing and Storage
Optofluidics
Organic Photovoltaics
Quantum Interfaces and Memories
Superhydrophobic Surfaces
Topological Order
Ultrafast Science
MATHEMATICS
Nonautonomous and Stochastic Dynamical Systems
Mathematical Models for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Algorithmic Game Theory
Analysis and Geometry in Metric Spaces
Applied Algebraic Geometry
Arithmetic Algebraic Geometry
Backward Stochastic Differential Equations
C*-Algebras and Applications
Cluster Theory and Applications
Combinatorial Commutative Algebra
Commutative Topological Algebras
Composition Operators
Copula Modeling and Copula Functions
Extremal Combinatorics and Applications
Functional Data Analysis
Mathematics of Medical Imaging
Molecular Level Based Mathematical Biology
PDE Constrained Optimization
Quantum Group Theory (Algebraic Methods in QGT)
Topology and Dynamics of Complex Networks

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