Higher education institutions in Brazil and Saudi Arabia gain access to Gale’s National Geographic Virtual Library - February 18, 2013
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has announced the signing of license agreements that will enable higher education institutions throughout Brazil and Saudi Arabia to access Gale’s National Geographic Virtual Library. Developed in partnership with the National Geographic Society, the National Geographic Virtual Library comprises National… Read More
Creative Commons License to apply to all OA content published by De Gruyter - February 15, 2013
Academic publisher De Gruyter, Germany, and Versita will be publishing all Open Access content under the uniform application of Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND, effective immediately. This means that publications may now be copied, disseminated, and otherwise made public by users under the conditions that the… Read More
Brill’s Linguistic Bibliography Online migration now complete - February 15, 2013
Online publishing services provider Semantico Ltd., UK, recently migrated Brill's Linguistic Bibliography Online from a stand alone site to the existing Brill bibliography site: bibliographies.brillonline.com. The Linguistic Bibliography Online is a cross-searchable linguistic database with over 300.000 records and 20.000 titles… Read More
PeerJ publishes first articles - February 13, 2013
PeerJ, a new academic journal publisher, founded on the principles of affordability, innovation, and Open Access, has published its first articles. PeerJ, launched by Jason Hoyt (formerly at Mendeley and Stanford University) and Peter Binfield (formerly at PLOS ONE), has been shaped from the premise… Read More
Elsevier announces new journal on forensic radiology and imaging - February 13, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of the Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging (JOFRI). JOFRI is the official new journal of the International Society of Forensic Radiology and Imaging (ISFRI). As a first journal in the field of forensic radiology and imaging, JOFRI… Read More
The IET recruits eight section editors for The Journal of Engineering, reveals APCs for all OA publishing options - February 13, 2013
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has revealed further details of its open access offering, announcing the recruitment of eight section editors to take editorial responsibility for The Journal of Engineering, its open access journal, which is set to start publishing in Q2 2013. The… Read More
