PLOS and Iowa State University Library announce APC-free Open Access publishing deal - April 30, 2020
Iowa State University Library and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) have announced a three-year Open Access agreement that allows researchers to publish in PLOS’ suite of journals without incurring Article Processing Charges (APCs). This partnership brings together two organisations that believe researchers should be able… Read More
Jisc, AoC, UUK, and ucisa seek parity of online access for learners during the coronavirus crisis - April 27, 2020
Leaders at Jisc, the UK’s education and technology not-for-profit, the Association of Colleges (AoC), Universities UK (UUK), and ucisa, the professional body for digital practitioners in education, have sought parity of online access for UK further education (FE) and higher education (HE) students during the coronavirus crisis.… Read More
SPIE set to launch new gold OA journal – Journal of Optical Microsystems, JM3 to be renamed - April 24, 2020
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced the launch of a new Gold Open Access journal, the Journal of Optical Microsystems (JOM), which will publish cutting-edge research of optical and photonic microsystems. Hans Zappe, co-editor-in-chief of SPIE's Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS… Read More
Elsevier offers free special issue for Earth Day 2020 - April 23, 2020
Elsevier, a global leader in information analytics specialising in science and health, is releasing an Earth Day special issue collection in honour of Earth Day’s 50th anniversary. Thirty journal articles and 20 book chapters on various related topics will be freely available on Elsevier’s ScienceDirect, starting… Read More
IOP Publishing and CERN sign open access publishing agreement - April 16, 2020
Researchers from CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, can now publish open access with IOP Publishing at no cost, after the two organisations struck a new ‘publish and read’ agreement. The agreement enables authors from CERN to publish open access… Read More
IET releases access to COVID-19 related research to support researchers in fight against virus - April 16, 2020
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has released free access to research on areas relating to COVID-19, respiratory viruses, ventilators and ventilator components to help guide research efforts in the fight against the global pandemic. By collating relevant content from across the IET’s journals… Read More
MIT Press publishes its first open access monographs on the MIT Press Direct platform - April 15, 2020
The MIT Press has announced the publication of its first open access (OA) monographs on the MIT Press Direct platform. Supported by a grant from the Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, the project is part of a larger initiative to… Read More
The MIT Press expands access to a variety of free content during the Covid-19 pandemic - April 13, 2020
To address the increased need for digital content and distance learning during the Covid-19 pandemic, the MIT Press is rapidly expanding access to a variety of free content. From making select books freely available on their open-source platform to granting libraries complimentary access to its institutional… Read More
OUP and American Physiological Society launch new OA journal – Function - April 13, 2020
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) and the American Physiological Society (APS) have announced that the new journal, Function, is now accepting submissions. Function will provide an open access multidisciplinary home for cutting edge research describing major advances… Read More
IEEE provides free access to COVID-19 relevant research articles and Standards in IEEE Xplore® Digital Library - April 8, 2020
Technical professional organisation IEEE is committed to supporting the global response to COVID-19. The organisation is providing free, direct access to a collection of various COVID-19 related research articles and standards to help researchers understand, manage and combat the different aspects of the pandemic. IEEE… Read More
