IOP Publishing’s Materials Research Express to become fully gold OA journal from 2020 - May 10, 2019
IOP Publishing has announced that Materials Research Express (MRX) will become a fully gold open access journal from 2020 to reflect increasing demand for more accessible and open science. All articles published in MRX from volume 7 (2020) onwards will be immediately free to read… Read More
Springer Nature sets out new approach to accelerate transition to OA - May 8, 2019
Springer Nature is seeking views on a new approach aimed at accelerating the transition to open access. In a recently published blog, Springer Nature sets out a new approach with the goal of increasing the demand from authors to immediately publish their… Read More
UKRI Open Access Review update: welcomes input from across the sector through public consultation - May 7, 2019
As part of the ongoing Open Access Review, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will welcome input from across the sector later this year through public consultation. Open Access aims to make the findings of publicly-funded research freely available online as soon as possible, in ways… Read More
CRKN launches new CRKN Open Access Journals List - May 7, 2019
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) has announced the launch of the new CRKN Open Access Journals List. This list includes over 400 open access journals hosted at CRKN member institutions and covers a variety of disciplines. According to Patricia Pang, Chair of CRKN’s Serials… Read More
Plan S drafters urged to ‘stand their ground’ in advance of a revised proposal - May 3, 2019
European research funders are being urged to stay true to their original objective and make all journal papers published with their support free to read by 2020, when they present revised proposals later this month. The new draft of Plan S, now being coordinated by Robert Kiley of the
New OA policy at Penn State to expand reach of University research - May 3, 2019
A new open access policy at Penn State, recently endorsed by the University Faculty Senate, will greatly increase public availability of original, peer-reviewed Penn State scholarly research in support of the University’s land-grant mission. Under the policy — expected to be implemented by Penn State… Read More
De Gruyter provides permanent open access to 270 treasures from DGBA - May 2, 2019
Academic publisher De Gruyter is providing permanent open access to 270 selected treasures from the De Gruyter Book Archive (DGBA), to celebrate the 270th anniversary of the its publishing house. Over the space of 10 months, 27 titles per month will be made available to anyone,… Read More
Oxford University Press to publish OA journal – in silico Plants - May 1, 2019
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced the launch of in silico Plants, an open access, peer-reviewed, international journal dealing with all aspects of computational plant science. Published on behalf of The Annals of Botany Company, a not-for-profit educational charity established to promote plant science… Read More
Gale and the Office of Commonwealth Libraries partner to provide free access to new digital resources throughout Pennsylvania - April 24, 2019
The Office of Commonwealth Libraries has partnered with Gale, a Cengage company, to provide more than 2,600 public, school (K-12) and intermediate unit libraries throughout Pennsylvania with free access to Gale digital resources through POWER Library, the state’s electronic library. These new resources provide Pennsylvania residents,… Read More
Oxford University Press to publish NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics - April 18, 2019
Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced that submissions are now open for the new open access title NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, a sister journal to Nucleic Acids Research (NAR). NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics is an open access and online-only journal that publishes high quality research… Read More
