Frontiers launches two new OA journals – Frontiers in Medicine and Frontiers in Surgery - April 1, 2014
Open-access publisher and research network Frontiers, part of Nature Publishing Group family, has announced the launch of two new community-driven journals - Frontiers in Medicine and Frontiers in Surgery. Both titles will keep in line with Frontiers' open-access philosophy and make the latest medical and surgical… Read More
Karger Publishers unveils ‘Open Access Gateway’ – an information center with a fast and easy search tool for biomedical publications - April 1, 2014
Biomedical publisher Karger Publishers, Switzerland, has launched its Open Access Gateway, an online platform that puts everything users need in Open Access, from an expansive database of free biomedical articles to information about publishing Open Access articles, at their fingertips. The searchable Gateway has been… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. announces ‘Author Appreciation Month’ with fully open content through April 13 - April 1, 2014
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers has designated April "Author Appreciation Month" to showcase the stellar work of its authors and increase the discoverability and readership of scholarly articles. The company will be announcing a number of special initiatives throughout the month of April that… Read More
First ever Conference on Open Access and Scholarly Publishing in Asia to begin June 2 - March 31, 2014
The first ever Conference on Open Access and Scholarly Publishing in Asia (COASP Asia) will begin June 2, 2014. Discussions will focus on open access publishing as a global industry with a key focus on Asia as an emerging market. The conference aims to provide a… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal – Schizophrenia Research: Cognition - March 31, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, a new open access journal dedicated to publishing original research, concise research reports, brief reports, letters to the editor, and review papers addressing the role of cognitive functioning in schizophrenia. Dr. Philip D. Harvey will… Read More
Australia continues to perform strongly in earth and environmental sciences - March 31, 2014
Australia retained the third place in the Asia-Pacific region, with its greatest strengths still in earth and environmental sciences, according to the Nature Publishing Index 2013 Asia-Pacific released as a supplement to Nature. The country improved its NPI score by almost every measure, with the… Read More
