IFLA signs open letter calling on Members of the European Parliament to ensure Open Access remains open in Europe - September 11, 2017
The transition towards Open Access is gaining momentum. It promises to deliver a major step forward in giving access to the results of science and research, allowing new ideas to emerge and spread more quickly than ever before. However, it is still a work in progress. Not only business… Read More
Nature Research expands OA portfolio, adds three new multidisciplinary journals - September 7, 2017
Nature Research is expanding its portfolio of open access titles to include a family of three new, high quality, selective, open access multidisciplinary journals - Communications Biology, Communications Chemistry and Communications Physics. The journals will be online-only and publish open access content under a CC-BY license. The launch is part… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health and the European Society of Oncology Pharmacy launch new OA journal – European Journal of Oncology Pharmacy - September 5, 2017
Information services and solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health and the European Society of Oncology Pharmacy (ESOP) have announced the launch of a new open access journal, the European Journal of Oncology Pharmacy (EJOP). The official journal of the ESOP will join the… Read More
Partnership between IET and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to provide greater global access to The Journal of Engineering - September 5, 2017
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have announced a new partnership to promote the IET's open access journal, The Journal of Engineering. As a result of this new partnership, researchers across the globe will… Read More
Wolters Kluwer and the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology launch Environmental Epidemiology - August 22, 2017
Wolters Kluwer Health, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, in partnership with the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE), has announced the launch of a new open access journal, Environmental Epidemiology, published as part of the Lippincott portfolio.… Read More
Gale offers free access to science resources to commemorate total solar eclipse - August 17, 2017
Gale, a Cengage company and provider of library resources, is offering free, open access to its Science In Context, Student Resources In Context, and Research In Context products through September 15, 2017 to support the thousands of libraries across the U.S. commemorating the total solar eclipse… Read More
The Czech Republic National Strategy of Open Access to Scientific Information and Data gets government approval - August 3, 2017
The Czech Republic National Strategy of Open Access to Scientific Information for 2017-2020 was approved by the Government on June 14, 2017. The strategy includes open access to publications and data (Data Management Plans) requirements for publicly funded research projects. Interoperable and OpenAIRE compatible open… Read More
FASTR legislation to ensure permanency of public access to scientific research - July 27, 2017
SPARC, an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication, has applauded the introduction of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act, which would ensure that public access to research articles becomes the law… Read More
New Phytologist Trust partners with John Wiley & Sons to launch new OA journal – Plants, People, Planet - July 25, 2017
The New Phytologist Trust, in partnership with publisher John Wiley & Sons has announced the launch of a new cross disciplinary Open Access journal - Plants, People, Planet, led by Professor Simon Hiscock (University of Oxford, UK and Director of the Oxford Botanic Garden and Harcourt… Read More
BMJ launches new open access healthcare improvement journal – BMJ Open Quality - July 18, 2017
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has launched BMJ Open Quality, an open access journal dedicated to publishing high quality, peer reviewed healthcare improvement work. The journal welcomes articles covering original research, local, national and international quality improvement (QI) projects, value-based healthcare improvement initiatives and educational improvement… Read More
