1. New Journal of Physics: A SPARC ‘Leading Edge’ Journal John Haynes Journal Publisher, IoP Publishing JISC/CNI Conference; Stratford UK 15 June 2000 john.haynes@ioppublishing.co.uk, www.iop.org

2. New Journal of Physics l Who needs another journal l The story so far l How you can support the venture

3. Who needs another journal? l The future is uncertain l Role of E-prints l New start-ups, e.g. Journal of High Energy Physics l Current journal model l Author / Reader / Library concerns l Parallel world l Transition from print to electronic

4. NJP: Key benefits l High impact and visibility for authors l free access to readers l Communicate to wide audience l High quality l Broad coverage across all physics l Hot topics l Dark Matter, Slow Light, Quantum Computation l ‘E-only’ content l moving pictures, data, simulation l Progressive copyright policy

5. NJP: Current Status (I) l International reputation and standing l 25 Editors l IOP and German Physical Society l Associate members: Poland, Australia, The Netherlands, China, Russia l SPARC Leading Edge programme l Utah Academic Library Consortium

6. NJP: Current Status (II) l 100 papers submitted l 33 papers on-line; 45 rejected l International authorship l 9 with multimedia l 16 with colour l Immense visibility l ca 38,000 full-text downloads! l Average downloads per article: >1300 l Several articles accessed 2-3000 times l Total accesses to njp.org: >250,000 l Publication times: shortest 52 days!

7. NJP: How can you help? l Link to NJP (www.njp.org) l Ground-breaking peer reviewed all- electronic journal l Promote to faculty and students l As authors and readers l Encourage their support of an innovative and responsible way forward from learned societies at a time of rapid change l Join NJP l Follow lead of Utah Academic Library Consortium

8. Thank you - any questions? For more info please contact: njp@ioppublishing.co.uk or john.haynes@ioppublishing.co.uk