Note from the publisher

Citation

(2002), "Note from the publisher", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 15 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2002.06215aaa.002

Note from the publisher

Literati Club – the benefits of writing for The International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

In addition to achieving wide dissemination of your work by publishing with Emerald, our author relations service – the Literati Club – provides services and support for those authors who publish with an Emerald journal. It is a tangible expression of commitment by a publisher to its authors and editors – we offer support and resources for all Emerald contributors worldwide.

The Literati Club offers the following benefits.

A "thank you" to outstanding authors and editors

The Literati Club hosts an annual Awards for Excellence, which celebrates outstanding contributors among club members in the following categories:

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  Best Paper Award for each participating journal.

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  Editor of the Year.

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  Leading Editor Awards.

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  Research Award.

Regular Literati Club Newsline

All major developments occurring within the Literati Club and Emerald as a whole are reported and guidance is given on publishing, writing and editing.

Privileged personal subscriptions to home address

Any Literati Club member may at any time take out a personal subscription to an Emerald journal at one-third of the published price for delivery to a home address.

Complimentary personal subscription

You will personally receive a complimentary subscription to any Emerald journal in your area of interest if your library takes out a full-price subscription.

Calls for papers

All editors' calls for papers in your areas of interest and previous article keywords will be mailed or e-mailed to you personally.

Future publications and new journal ideas

Editors give priority consideration to all articles you submit yourself, or on behalf of colleagues you wish to commend, and to new ideas for journal launches.

Photocopying rights

You are authorized to make up to 25 copies of any single article published by Emerald, without seeking prior permission, provided they are not for re-sale.

Liberal copyright principles

Emerald seeks to retain copyright of the articles it publishes, without the author giving up their rights to use their own material. This enables us to:

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  work unencumbered in our development of electronic publications and their delivery to meet customer and end user needs and create maximum dissemination of authors' work;

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  protect our authors' moral rights and their work from plagiarism and other infringement;

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  recoup 100 per cent of copyright fees from reproduction rights organisations to reinvest in new initiatives (dependent on 90 per cent or more of copyrights being assigned to Emerald in 90 per cent of journals);

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  provide an efficient "one-stop-shop" for permissions.

Authors' charter

A unique charter detailing your rights as a contributor to an Emerald journal.

For further information about the Literati Club, please see www.emeraldinsight.com/literaticlub. For further information about how to submit material to The International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance please see www.emeraldinsight.com/ijhcqa.htm

Forthcoming articles in issue 2

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  D. Griffith, P. Diggory, V. Jones and A. Mehta "Improving prescribing practice through pharmacy audit".

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  Karin Newman and Uvanney Maylor "Empirical evidence for 'the nurse satisfaction, quality of care and patient satisfaction chain"'.

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  Kay Downey-Ennis and Denis Harrington "In search of excellence in Irish healthcare".

Also in issue 2, conference proceedings from the 2nd Annual Excellence in Action Conference: Leading Edge Practice hosted by the Centre for Excellence Development, University of Salford that was held on Friday 9 November 2001 at Manchester Airport.