VGTU Press and Pensoft launch joint pilot project for open access peer-reviewed journal Business: Theory and Practice - November 3, 2016
In a new joint pilot project, the open access peer-reviewed journal Business: Theory and Practice (BTP), issued by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) Press since 2000, runs on the new journal publishing platform ARPHA, developed by Pensoft. ARPHA provides end-to-end technological solution… Read More
Healthcare Technology Letters to publish under gold open access model from 2017 - November 3, 2016
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced that from 2017, its rapid-publication journal Healthcare Technology Letters (HTL) will publish under a gold open access model. The journal will also increase in frequency from 4 issues to 6 issues per year. Launched in 2014,… Read More
Ringgold to open access to ISNI Identifiers and data for organisations - November 3, 2016
Ringgold, an ISNI Registration Agency, has released a free service to provide open access to the ISNI Identifiers and data for organisations. This includes an API to obtain and resolve existing ISNIs for organisations; a complete dataset download of ISNIs, organization names, locations, alternate names, and… Read More
Oxford University Press to publish GigaScience - October 31, 2016
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced its partnership with BGI. Beginning January 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP) will publish the open-access, open-data journal, GigaScience. The journal has an international and multidisciplinary editorial board led by Dr. Laurie Goodman as Editor-in-Chief and Dr. Scott Edmunds… Read More
CABI’s first open access book tackles global health - October 27, 2016
Scientific publisher CABI, has published its first open access book - Global Health Research in an Unequal World: Ethics case studies from Africa. Written by Gemma Aellah, Tracey Chantler and P. Wenzel Geissler, this book is a collection of fictionalised case studies of everyday ethical dilemmas… Read More
Ingenta launches Ingenta Open, a new Open Access platform - October 20, 2016
Ingenta, a software provider to the publishing industry, has announced the launch of Ingenta Open, a new hosting platform solution and discovery portal designed exclusively for Open Access content. With an increasing amount of Open Access content being published, much of which is indexed across… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. launches OA platform, LiebertOpenAccess.com - October 19, 2016
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, has announced the launch of its LiebertOpenAccess.com platform, featuring the company's open access publications and services in one online destination. Using the latest technology, LiebertOpenAccess.com offers an intuitive interface and tools to help… Read More
ALPSP publishes special OA issue of Learned Publishing journal - October 13, 2016
The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has announced the publication of a special open access issue of their journal Learned Publishing. The University Press Redux comprises articles arising from the conference of the same name held in March and hosted by Liverpool University… Read More
SCOAP3 journals double downloads - October 12, 2016
The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) has announced that the four largest journals participating in SCOAP3, two published by Elsevier and two by SpringerNature in partnership with the Italian Physical Society (SIF), and the Italian Institute for Advanced Studies (SISSA) have… Read More
Wolters Kluwer and The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc. launch new OA journal – JBJS Open Access - October 7, 2016
Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, in partnership with the Editorial Board and Board of Trustees of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc., has announced the launch of the new open access journal, JBJS… Read More
