Future Neurology to follow fully open access model from January 2019 - October 23, 2018
Future Medicine, an imprint of Future Science Group, has announced that Future Neurology will be following a fully open access model, effective January 2019. The transition means that all the content published from January 2019 onwards will be open access on www.futuremedicine.com.… Read More
Frontiers launches innovative, new open access journal – Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence - October 16, 2018
Frontiers has launched an innovative, new open access journal, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. The journal will open for submissions on October 30, 2018. It seeks to provide a home for research and collaborations in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence is a… Read More
De Gruyter and Jisc Collections sign journal and open access agreement - October 4, 2018
Academic publisher De Gruyter and Jisc Collections have signed an agreement tailored to the needs of UK educational and research institutions. The agreement provides access to De Gruyter journals and allows participating institutions to transition all of their publishing with De Gruyter… Read More
ALPSP member briefing on Plan S - September 24, 2018
Science Europe recently announced Plan S, a proposal for the transition of European-funded research to a fully open access environment, in line with the principles of open science. The plan is supported by 11 European national funding councils, joined by the European Commission and the
IET launches three OA journals to its Energy, Manufacturing and Cognitive Systems collection - September 18, 2018
The Institution of Engineering and Technology's (IET) Open Programme has added three fully Gold Open Access journals to its collection spanning the subjects of Energy, Manufacturing and Cognitive Systems. Showcasing the best of engineering science, Gold Open Access allows researchers to publish their most innovative… Read More
The Optical Society launches first issue of its new gold OA journal, OSA Continuum - September 13, 2018
The Optical Society (OSA) has published the first issue of its newest peer-reviewed, Gold Open-Access journal, OSA Continuum. OSA Continuum joins OSA’s diverse portfolio of 17 peer-reviewed journals and provides a home for work that meets OSA’s high standards for technical accuracy, scientific rigour and… Read More
SPARC Europe supports new funder-driven mandate on researchers to publish OA - September 7, 2018
A new initiative aimed at greatly accelerating the migration to a fully Open Access research environment in Europe was recently announced: Plan S. Backed by 11 national funding organisations joined together in the guise of cOAlition S, and with the support of the European Commission and the European Research Council,… Read More
Microbiology Society launches new Open Science journal, Access Microbiology - September 7, 2018
The Microbiology Society has announced the launch of their new Open Science journal, Access Microbiology. The journal introduces a new service to members of the community allowing the publication of replication studies, negative or null results, research proposals, data management plans, additions to established methods, and… Read More
Frontiers and King’s College London form OA publishing agreement - September 7, 2018
King's College London (KCL) has established an institutional agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. King's College London supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this support, King's Library Services has entered into an institutional… Read More
MDPI and Qatar National Library establish OA agreement - August 31, 2018
Academic open-access publisher Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) has established an Open Access (OA) agreement with Qatar National Library (QNL). QNL is committed to supporting and helping Qatar authors publish OA at no cost. Through this national agreement, QNL will cover the Article Processing Charges (APC)… Read More
