Wolters Kluwer and Orthopaedic Trauma Association launch new journal – OTA International - October 20, 2017
Wolters Kluwer, in partnership with the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) and its International Section, has announced OTA International, a new open access journal published alongside the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. OTA International aims to further knowledge, foster innovation, support research and education, and promote quality and… Read More
SAGE Publishing launches new OA journal – Journal of Textiles and Fibrous Materials - October 6, 2017
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing will begin publishing the Journal of Textiles and Fibrous Materials, a new open access (OA) journal exploring fibrous structures and fiber based materials. Covering the entire lifecycle of textiles and fibrous materials, including clothing, paper and foams, the journal provides a space… Read More
EDP Sciences announces the launch of Emergent Scientist, a new OA publication for science students - October 5, 2017
EDP Sciences has announced the recent launch of Emergent Scientist, an innovative new open access journal that puts young scientists at its heart. The journal was born out of the 2016 International Physicists' Tournament (IPT), and is supported by the French Physics Society and the French… Read More
JAMA Network set to launch new online general medical journal – JAMA Network Open - October 5, 2017
The JAMA Network will launch a new online general medical journal, JAMA Network Open, in early 2018. The new journal will publish peer-reviewed, fully open-access clinical research across all medical disciplines. 'Open access' is free, immediate, online availability of research articles that permits others to access,… Read More
Knowledge Unlatched to open up its central platform for the funding of Open Access models - October 5, 2017
Knowledge Unlatched (KU) has announced its transformation into a central Open Access (OA) platform. Through this platform, KU will support publishers and OA initiatives by managing the funding processes for their OA models. It will also provide libraries and funders all over the world with one… Read More
BMJ launches new open access science journal – BMJ Open Science - October 4, 2017
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has launched BMJ Open Science – a journal applying open science principles to preclinical and basic research. The journal has open access, open peer review, and has an open data policy. BMJ Open Science has a clear focus on methodological rigour with… Read More
Emerald launches new open access programme, Emerald Reach - September 28, 2017
Academic publisher Emerald Publishing has launched Emerald Reach, a new open access programme designed to deliver rigorous high-quality open access content, support authors and extend their impact. Recognising that being open access alone does not necessarily mean content is more discoverable, Emerald Reach works harder… Read More
Oxford University Press provides free journals access through EAI in response to hurricanes, earthquake - September 27, 2017
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) is partnering with the National Library of Medicine (NLM) as they launch their Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) to provide free access to biomedical research for healthcare professionals and aid workers responding to hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria,… Read More
Elsevier provides free online access to health and disaster journals in response to recent hurricanes and Mexico earthquakes - September 25, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, is providing free access online to health and disaster-related journals through the Emergency Access Initiative (EAI), a program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in partnership with the U.S. National Library… Read More
New open-access journal Metabarcoding & Metagenomics joins the lines of publisher Pensoft - September 25, 2017
A new innovative open-access academic journal Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG) has been launched to welcome novel papers from both basic and applied aspects. Focusing on genetic approaches to study biodiversity across all ecosystems, MBMG covers a considerably large scope of research including environmental, microbial and applied metabarcoding and metagenomics… Read More
