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Thursday, January 07, 2010

Hindawi submissions double in 2009

2009: A Year of Strong Growth for Hindawi, press release, January 6, 2010.

Hindawi is pleased to announce that its collection of open access journals has grown substantially during 2009. The number of submitted manuscripts to Hindawi's journals in 2009 increased by more than 115%, from about 7,600 submitted manuscripts in 2008 to more than 16,500 in 2009. The number of manuscripts accepted for publication increased from about 2,500 in 2008 to roughly 4,400 accepted manuscripts in 2009. ...

"It is clear now more than ever that our open access conversion, which we completed in early 2007, was the best management decision we have taken at Hindawi," said Ahmed Hindawi, the company's co-founder and CEO. ...