European Psychiatry set to become fully open access in 2020 - July 23, 2019
European Psychiatry, the official journal of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA), is set to become fully open access in 2020. The announcement coincides with that of the journal’s move to Cambridge University Press and means anyone will be able to read the research it publishes online… Read More
MIT Press journals achieve historically high Impact Factors - July 23, 2019
In a year that saw the launch of pioneering new journals in fields ranging from scientometrics and informetrics to the neurobiology of language, the MIT Press has achieved some of its best ever Impact Factor results. Highlights in the data release of the 2018 Journal… Read More
COAR releases Resource Type Vocabulary, Version 2 - July 23, 2019
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has announced the release of the Resource Type Vocabulary, Version 2. This vocabulary, which is now available in 15 languages, provides standardised terms for different types of content contained in a repository. Controlled vocabularies ensure… Read More
Frontiers and the University of Exeter form open access publishing agreement - July 23, 2019
The University of Exeter has established an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. The University of Exeter Library supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this support, the University of Exeter has entered an institutional agreement… Read More
Dr. Hirokazu Kobayashi named Section Editor-in-Chief for ‘Microwave and Wireless Communications’ in Electronics - July 23, 2019
Dr. Hirokazu Kobayashi has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for the section "Microwave and Wireless Communications" in Electronics. Dr. Kobayashi joined Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, and worked with the Fujitsu System Integration Laboratories as a researcher on Space and Defense Division, where he developed micro/millimeter wave… Read More
Cornell University joins Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem initiative - July 22, 2019
The Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Association of University Presses (AUPresses) welcomed Cornell University to the Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem initiative. This pilot effort aims to support the digital publication of peer-reviewed scholarly books by participating university… Read More
