Rockefeller University Press (RUP) signs Jisc transitional open access agreement for UK higher education - February 19, 2020
Non-profit publisher Rockefeller University Press (RUP), a department of The Rockefeller University, has agreed to a deal with Jisc that negotiates open access (OA) agreements with publishers on behalf of all UK universities. RUP is the first US–based university press to sign… Read More
HBKU Press launches re-designed bilingual academic publishing platform - February 19, 2020
HBKU Press has launched its re-designed academic publishing platform, QScience.com, with improved discoverability features and the latest in Open Access academic publishing options. The bilingual user interface supports the publication of scholarly content in both Arabic and English. The platform boasts… Read More
New journal to publish discoveries in biophysics - February 19, 2020
A new open access journal from Cambridge University Press - QRB Discovery - will provide an outlet for new discoveries in the burgeoning field of biophysics. Its launch this week coincides with the annual conference of the Biophysical Society and promises those working in the field… Read More
Compuscript launches new OA journal – BIO Integration (BIOI) - February 19, 2020
The publications division of Compuscript Ltd has announced the launch of its newest open access journal, BIO Integration (BIOI). The journal represents a bold new step toward open science for the global medical community. The fully open access journal will allow for… Read More
Irish Higher Education Institutions and Elsevier sign a pilot transformative agreement to support open access for research in Ireland - February 18, 2020
A consortium of publicly-funded Irish higher education institutions and Elsevier, a global leader in information analytics specialising in science and health, have agreed to the country's first open access program with a major scientific publisher towards the goal of full open access to Irish research publications.… Read More
AIP Publishing names Dr. Chennupati Jagadish as new Editor-in-Chief of Applied Physics Reviews - February 18, 2020
AIP Publishing, a not-for-profit scholarly publisher in the physical sciences, has named Dr. Chennupati Jagadish as Editor-in-Chief of Applied Physics Reviews (APR), effective January 1, 2020. APR is an online-only, peer-reviewed journal covering important and current topics in experimental or theoretical research in applied physics and… Read More
