Thomson Scientific Hosts First ScholarOne European Manuscript Central User Conference

Philadelphia, PA USA, London UK , November 28, 2006

Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, today announced that it successfully hosted its first ScholarOne European Manuscript Central User Conference on November 27, 2006 at the Royal College of Physicians in London. Over 100 publishers, editors and administrators representing over 50 different journals and publishers from the U.S. and Europe were in attendance.
                         
Key members of the Thomson Scientific staff and representatives from John Wiley & Sons and PrePress Projects presented a host of topics including: core features and advantages of the Manuscript Central (MC) integration with Web of Science®, future direction of Manuscript Central, MC University and other training opportunities, running an efficient editorial office and establishing a digital workflow. An extensive Q&A session was held at the end of the day to answer various user product inquiries.

"I learned about features of Manuscript Central I had not used before and got new ideas about how to improve our editorial office," said an attendee, "It was very useful to meet other users and see how they use the product and to be able to put faces to names of Thomson Scientific employees."

"The European User Conference was a great opportunity for us to meet and have open discussion with our users. The feedback we received will have a direct impact on new and improved features in future product releases." said Bill Carden, ScholarOne president and CEO. "We look forward to meeting with our users again in London next year."

About ScholarOne
Acquired by Thomson in August 2006, ScholarOne, Inc. provides comprehensive workflow management systems for scholarly journals, books, and conferences and serves more than 2.7 million registered Manuscript Central users worldwide. Its Web-based applications enable publishers and meeting managers to manage the submission, peer review, production, and publication processes more efficiently.

Clients of ScholarOne include prestigious, nonprofit societies, university presses, government agencies, and the world’s leading commercial publishers. The company employs 76 people at its Charlottesville, Virginia, headquarters and in Washington, DC; Boston, MA; London, UK; and Bielefeld, Germany.

About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com) is a global leader in providing essential electronic workflow solutions to business and professional customers.  With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Thomson provides value-added information, software tools and applications to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, scientific research and healthcare.  The Corporation’s common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).

Thomson Scientific is a business of The Thomson Corporation.  Its information solutions assist professionals at every stage of research and development—from discovery to analysis to product development and distribution. Thomson Scientific information solutions can be found at scientific.thomson.com.