UK government publishes long awaited science and innovation strategy, leaves many questions unanswered - December 19, 2014
The UK government has published its long awaited science and innovation strategy, but many of the questions asked by the science community will not be answered until the next spending review. The strategy re-iterated capital spending plans set out in the autumn statement, but does not commit to ringfencing the… Read More
Nature Index indicates China’s leading cities for high quality research and status of research collaboration - December 18, 2014
The diversity of Chinese institutions and their growing contribution to global scientific developments and collaborations with other countries have been highlighted in the Nature Index China 2014, published as a supplement in Nature. By 2013 weighted fractional count (WFC), China is currently the country with the… Read More
Wiley and Jisc announce new OA agreement - December 18, 2014
Publisher John Wiley and Sons, Inc. has announced a pilot agreement, brokered by Jisc, for articles published on an open access basis. The agreement follows discussions, between Jisc, Wiley and the UK library community, and will enable greater support for universities during… Read More
SPIE launches new peer-reviewed journal serving the astronomical instrumentation community - December 18, 2014
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced the first issue of the new Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS). All articles will be freely available through the end of 2015 in the SPIE Digital Library. Mark Clampin, SPIE Fellow and James… Read More
Frontiers launches first OA journal in the humanities and social sciences – Frontiers in Digital Humanities - December 18, 2014
Swiss open-access publisher Frontiers, part of the Nature Publishing Group family, has announced the launch of a series of interdisciplinary open access journals across the whole spectrum of the humanities and social sciences. The first journal, Frontiers in Digital Humanities, is now open for submissions. … Read More
The Company of Biologists automates collection and management of APCs with CCC’s RightsLink for Open Access - December 18, 2014
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organisation, has announced that The Company of Biologists has chosen to automate the collection and management of Article Processing Charges (APCs) through RightsLink® for Open Access from within HighWire's Bench>Press™ manuscript submission and tracking system.… Read More
