Carbon Balance and Management names Prof. Burke Hales as co-Editor-in-Chief - October 29, 2012
Carbon Balance and Management, published by open access publisher BioMed Central, has announced the appointment of Prof. Burke Hales from Oregon State University College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, as co-Editor-in-Chief. Prof. Hales will be taking on the role alongside Georgii Alexandrov, and will now… Read More
Springer adds 100th title to SpringerOpen family of OA journals - October 26, 2012
STM publisher Springer recently celebrated the addition of its 100th title to the SpringerOpen family of open access (OA) journals, in addition to its existing BioMed Central portfolio. The launch of the Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development not only secures Springer’s position at the… Read More
ISSCR set to launch OA journal, Stem Cell Reports - October 26, 2012
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has announced the launch of a new online, open-access journal - Stem Cell Reports. With a focus on shorter, single-point articles, Stem Cell Reports will publish high-quality, peer-reviewed research presenting conceptual or practical advances across the breadth of… Read More
BMJ launches six specialty editions of ‘BMJ Open’ for Open Access Week - October 25, 2012
Medical publisher BMJ Group has launched six specialty editions of its online journal, BMJ Open, to coincide with Open Access Week. The editions are meant to showcase BMJ Open's specialist research, and will initially cover dermatology, HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases, neurology, obstetrics & gynaecology and oncology. … Read More
BioMed Central, Chinese institution to launch new journal ‘Infectious Diseases of Poverty’ - October 25, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, in partnership with China's National Institute of Parasitic Diseases (NIPD), is set to launch a new journal, Infectious Diseases of Poverty, in Beijing on November 2, 2012 at the Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. NIPD is an initiative of… Read More
SAGE’s three new open access journals now open for submissions - October 25, 2012
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that all three of their latest open access journals are now open for submission. The journals are: SAGE Open Medicine, SAGE Open Medical Case Reports and SAGE Open Engineering. All three titles complement SAGE's rapidly expanding portfolio of over 200 titles… Read More
