AMMAN, Jordan, June 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Elsevier, a world-leading healthcare and scientific publisher, announced today that it is open to submission for medical papers on cutting edge medical topics.

Elsevier Middle East is quickly expanding to fill a void by publishing and distributing books and journals aimed at medical and healthcare professionals across the region. Aiming at setting the standards so that authors immediately gain prestige and recognition as authorities thought-leaders in their fields.

Haifa Mughrabi, Elsevier Middle East's Business Development Manager expressed her excitement about the goals the company has achieved. She remarked, The response has been amazing; we expected our region-specific books and journals to be popular, but we were completely taken by surprise at the size and speed of growth of demand for our products.

Elsevier's Middle East journals are collectively calling for article submissions from experts worldwide in an extensive spectrum of specialties.

Submission deadline is December 31, 2010. Click on the appropriate link for submission of manuscripts

Arab Journal of Gastroenterology http://ees.elsevier.com/ajg/ International Journal of Diabetes Mellitus http://ees.elsevier.com/ijdm/ Journal of Infection and Public Health http://ees.elsevier.com/jiph/ Journal of the Saudi Heart Association http://ees.elsevier.com/jsha/ Middle East Fertility Society Journal http://ees.elsevier.com/mefs/ Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology http://ees.elsevier.com/sjo/ The Saudi Dental Journal http://ees.elsevier.com/sdentj/

Submission of manuscript does not guarantee publication.

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com) and Cell (http://www.cell.com), and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com), Scopus (http://www.scopus.com), Reaxys (http://www.reaxys.com), MD Consult (http://www.mdconsult.com) and Nursing Consult (http://www.nursingconsult.com), which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite (http://www.scival.com) and MEDai's Pinpoint Review (http://www.medai.com), which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier ( http://www.elsevier.com) employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC (http://www.reedelsevier.com), a world-leading publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

Name Anne Marie Pordon Phone +962-6-533-3321 E-mail a.pordon@elsevier.com

SOURCE: Elsevier Middle East

CONTACT: Name Anne Marie Pordon, Phone +962-6-533-3321, E-maila.pordon@elsevier.com