BioMed Central and Publicon

BioMed Central has collaborated with Wolfram Research (makers of Mathematica) in developing Publicon, a new authoring tool specifically designed for scientific researchers.

Publicon, launched by Wolfram Research in August 2004, offers researchers a variety of benefits, including powerful features for handling mathematical formulae, and built in reference management tools.

Publicon provides an easy-to-use graphical interface for creating publication-quality technical documents that integrate text, searchable typeset equations, graphics, hyperlinks, endnotes, and references. Built-in palettes, templates, and style sheets simplify the creation of documents that conform to established formats but also allow for complete customization. Designed for engineers, physicists, chemists, bioscientists, and anyone else who needs to create or publish technical documents, Publicon allows files to be exported to HTML, XML, or LaTeX, or saved in Wolfram Research's platform-independent notebook file format.

Publicon also offers a BioMed Central article template, and supports export in BioMed Central's native XML format, which makes it an ideal tool for BioMed Central authors. Publicon notebook files authored using the BioMed Central template can be submitted directly to BioMed Central, and offer authors the following benefits:

• a template which streamlines the process of creating a correctly formatted manuscript
• full support for complex mathematical formula and equations
• automatic conversion to XML within BioMed Central's production system, leading to:
  • faster manuscript processing
  • avoidance of typographical errors introduced during XML markup
• a £30 discount on the Article Processing Charge payable when the article is published

Detailed instructions are available, which describe how to prepare a manuscript for submission to a BioMed Central journal using Publicon.

Special Offer - save 34% on the regular price of Publicon

Publicon is available for both Windows and Mac OS X. BioMed Central users can claim a special discounted price of £66, US$99 (regular price £99, US$149). To take advantage of this discount, you must either use the link given below, or alternatively, enter the discount code 'BMC' when prompted on the Wolfram Research site.

Purchase Publicon from Wolfram Research for immediate download.

Try before you buy

A time-limited free trial version of Publicon is now available for Windows and Mac OS X users to download - give it a try and let us know what you think.

For more information about Publicon visit the Wolfram Research website.