PeerJ is an open access, online publication that includes two peer-reviewed journals as well as a "preprint server" called PeerJ Preprints. The two journals are PeerJ, a journal of biology and medicine, and PeerJ Computer Science. A large, international team of expert scholars edits both journals, and new articles are published frequently. Visitors can browse for past articles by a number of...

Pitt Med Magazine is a quarterly publication from the University of Pittsburgh. While aimed explicitly at "alumni, students, staff, faculty, and friends of the School of Medicine," this accessible and engaging magazine may appeal more broadly to people interested in news and research developments in the areas of health and medicine. In the Fall 2017 edition of the magazine, visitors will find an...

The Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE is a peer-reviewed, open-access and online publication that publishes articles from all the branches of science and medicine. Their progressive decision not to limit papers based on subject matter "facilitates the discovery of the connections between papers whether within or between disciplines" and allows for a richer site. Visitors will find that one of...

The field of psychiatry is one that is vast and rather complex, and fortunately for academics and practitioners in the field, the Psychiatry On-Line Web site provides a well-conceived international forum for the discipline. Edited and maintained since 1994 by Dr. Ben Green (a licensed psychiatrist in the United Kingdom), the site features peer-reviewed articles, papers, and case reports from...

After almost a year of sometimes contentious debate, the National Institutes of Health has officially opened PubMed Central, a free online archive of full-text, peer-reviewed research papers in the life sciences. While the majority of the major scientific publishers have declined to participate, a number of respected journals will be featured at the site. The first of these are Molecular Biology...

The "New England Journal of Medicine," a weekly journal reporting the results of important medical research worldwide, is provided by the Massachusetts Medical Society and has recently established a presence on the Web. The site provides full text of selected sections of the Journal, including "Images in Clinical Medicine," "Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital," "Molecular...

The Scientist magazine is written for life science professionals, but promises it to be "concise, accurate, accessible, and entertaining." The magazine's online version has a great Multimedia section on its website that has "Videos," "Slideshows," and "Infographics." Visitors shouldn't miss the story titled "Bat Hunt" from the January 2012 issue, which profiles a mammologist working in the South...