%0 Journal Article
%T Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition: a new era begins
%A Richard B Kreider
%J Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
%D 2007
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1550-2783-4-1
%X The Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (JISSN) is the official journal of the ISSN. The goal of the JISSN is to keep ISSN members, the scientific and medical community, and the general public up to date on the latest advances in exercise and sports nutrition in a well referenced but easy to understand format. In addition, to provide a quality publication outlet for exercise and sport nutrition related research. The JISSN has published reviews, original research manuscripts, case-reports, and editorials related to the role of exercise and nutrition on health, disease, rehabilitation, training, and performance.For the first three years of publication, the JISSN was published as a peer-reviewed open access electronic journal accessible through the ISSN's website. While this format has been successful, the ISSN's Board of Directors [2] sought to increase the visibility, credibility, and impact of the JISSN. As a result, the ISSN decided to convert the JISSN from a society-based electronic journal to a BioMed Central journal. BioMed Central [3] is an independent publishing house committed to ensuring peer-reviewed biomedical research is open access ¨C immediately and permanently available online without charge or any other barriers to access. Publishing the JISSN through BioMed Central provides an automated online submission and peer-review process; publication preparation services; the ability to publish articles online within a few days of acceptance; and, automatic indexing through PubMed [4], PubMed Central [5], Scirus [6], Google [7], Citebase [8], and OAIster [9]. Additionally, it allows for citation tracking through Thomson Scientific (ISI) [10] which will help establish and build a strong impact factor for the JISSN. While there is an article-processing charge [11] associated with publishing through BioMed Central, the ISSN Board of Directors believes that converting JISSN to a BioMed Central journal will make it more convenient for authors t
%U http://www.jissn.com/content/4/1/1