Past Announcements

Editor search: Journal of Oncology Practice

ASCO is seeking candidates for the position of Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Oncology Practice. JOP includes articles on quality of care, practice organization and management, health services, legislative and legal issues, and business-related concerns for practicing oncologists. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for oversight of six issues of approximately 58 editorial pages each. Candidates must be ASCO members.

The Editor-in-Chief’s five-year term will begin in September 2008. Members of the Clinical Practice Committee and the Publications Committee will recommend a candidate for approval by the ASCO President and Board of Directors.

By May 23, 2008, interested candidates should submit a curriculum vitae and letter of interest that includes a brief statement of their vision for JOP. ASCO members may also nominate candidates for the position. Submit letters of interest and nominations to:

Terry Van Schaik
Director of Journal Publications
ASCO
330 John Carlyle St., Suite 300
Alexandria, VA 22314

JOP Institutes Delayed Open Access

JOP articles older than one year will now be freely available to the public at large under JOP’s delayed open-access policy. This policy guarantees free access to archival JOP articles in keeping with the Washington D.C. Principles for Free Access to Science, of which ASCO is a signatory. A subscription to JOP is still needed for access to articles less than one-year old. All current ASCO members qualify for free access to JOP online. See the easy activation instructions in the following announcement.


JOP Free Trial Period Has Ended. Please See Easy Access Instructions.

As of April 2, 2007, the free access period to Journal of Oncology Practice (JOP) has ended. Beginning on April 2, all visitors will now be prompted for a username and password to access JOP. Here’s what you do:

ASCO Members:

1) ASCO members who have already activated their Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) personal subscription online at www.jco.org will simply enter their current JCO username and password to also access JOP online.

If you have forgotten your JCO username or password please visit www.ascopubs.org/cgi/recnamepwd to have your current username and a new password emailed to the address we currently have on file.

2) ASCO members who have yet to activate their JCO personal subscription online will simply use their current ASCO member number as both username and password to access JOP.

3) Active-Allied, Affiliate, and Associate members who have not subscribed to JCO will continue to have full access to JOP online and can login using their current ASCO member ID number for both the username and password.

If you have any further questions please feel free to contact ASCO Member Services Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET at (888) 282-2552, (703) 299-0158 or via e-mail at membermail{at}asco.org for assistance.

ASCO Nonmembers:

1) JOP nonmember subscribers who also have a personal subscription to JCO and have activated their personal subscription online at www.jco.org will simply enter their current JCO username and password to also access JOP online.

2) JOP nonmember subscribers who do not have a personal subscription to JCO or have not activated their personal subscription to JCO will simply use their current JOP customer number (account number) as both username and password to access JOP online. You may find your 5-digit customer number or account number in the upper left hand corner of your JOP mailing label.

If you encounter any difficulty accessing JOP online, or if you forget your username, password, or customer number, please contact JOP Customer Service at (888) 273-3508 or (703) 519-1430 or jopservice{at}asco.org.

Institutional Subscriptions:

ASCO members or nonmembers who access JCO through an institutional subscription and wish to access JOP the same way should encourage their institutional librarian to contact JOP Customer Service at (888) 273-3508 or (703) 519-1430 or jopservice{at}asco.org.

Welcome to the new Journal of Oncology Practice Online

The Journal of Oncology Practice Editors are pleased to welcome you to the new online home of JOP. Now hosted on the well known and highly respected HighWire Press platform, JOP provides readers with an intuitive and efficient browsing and searching experience.

• JOP joins more than 1,000 other scholarly journals hosted on HighWire Press that are linked together by sophisticated searching functionality.
• Readers may now search across the entire JOP archive by citation, author, topic, issue, keyword, or DOI number and continue their search across the entire list of HighWire Press hosted journals, which include 76 of the 200 most frequently cited journals in the world.
• Readers may browse JOP by topic and issue.
• Readers may now benefit from customizing their reading and research by utilizing e-mail alerts, PDA downloads of JOP content, and PowerPoint downloads of figures.

JOP will continue to serve as the authoritative resource for practicing oncologists. JOP explores issues the entire oncology team cares about, to help sustain a safe and successful oncology practice—enhancing quality of care, improving patients’ access to clinical trials, ensuring patient safety, leveraging electronic health records for better accountability, and demonstrating the value you provide so that you are reimbursed appropriately.