‘Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene’ launches pre-publication site - February 13, 2013
The pre-publication site of Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, a new open access journal, has been launched, with an introductory video by John Boswell. The nonprofit journal is supported by BioOne and five collaborating academic institutions: Dartmouth, the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Colorado… 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
OUP adds British Computing Society’s Interacting with Computers journal to computer science portfolio - February 12, 2013
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced that it will publish the journal, Interacting with Computers (IwC), on behalf of the British Computing Society (BCS). OUP currently publishes both The Computer Journal and ITNOW on behalf of BCS. With the addition of IwC to its… Read More
Over 12,000 Wiley Online Books to be made available in developing countries via the Research4Life initiative - February 11, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that its 12,200 Online Books would be made available through the Research4Life initiatives of HINARI, AGORA and OARE, benefitting research and academic communities in 80 low- and middle-income countries including Malawi, Cambodia, and Bolivia. Research4Life provides 6,000… Read More
Cambridge University Press and Chinese Laser Press to launch OA journal – High Power Laser Science and Engineering - February 8, 2013
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press and Chinese Laser Press will be launching a new open access journal from 2013. The new journal, High Power Laser Science and Engineering (HPLaser), will be an online-only (printed version available only in China), international and peer-reviewed journal focusing on… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert announces preview issue of New Space, an international journal dedicated to space innovation and entrepreneurship - February 7, 2013
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced the preview issue of New Space, an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to space innovation and entrepreneurship. This publication facilitates the emerging multidisciplinary opportunities for space-based collaborations of industry, academia, and government agencies. The journal will be available in… Read More
