BMJ launches new open access ophthalmology journal - September 7, 2016
Global healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has added a new journal, BMJ Open Ophthalmology, to its expanding portfolio of 60 specialist journals. BMJ Open Ophthalmology is a fully open access international journal that aims to cater for both clinicians and scientists working in ophthalmology and vision… Read More
Wellcome initiates open access requirements for publishers - September 6, 2016
Wellcome has published a set of requirements for open access publications, which will come into force next spring. The policy outlines what is required of publishers in order to receive article processing charges (APCs) from the charity. These include uploading articles to PubMed Central (PMC), making… Read More
Elsevier provides free access to ClinicalKey to support earthquake relief efforts in Italy - September 1, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier is providing free access to its primary online clinical information and reference tool, ClinicalKey, to support healthcare professionals across Regione Lazio, Italy. The region was struck by a devastating earthquake on Aug. 24, 2016. Italy has declared a state of emergency in the… Read More
Springer’s LOD platform offers new service for authors and conference organisers - September 1, 2016
Publisher Springer Nature is offering a new feature on its Linked Open Data (LOD) platform. It allows users to check if their conference papers published in proceedings are indexed in Scopus. Conference organisers, authors or the research community in general can access Springer's LOD platform free… Read More
BioMed Central expands BMC-series portfolio with the launch of BMC Zoology - August 29, 2016
Open access publisher BioMed Central recently launched BMC Zoology, a new open access, peer-reviewed journal within the BMC series. BMC Zoology will increase and disseminate zoological knowledge through the publication of original research, methodology, database, software and debate articles. All launch articles are openly and… Read More
SAGE Publishing launches new OA journal Toxicology Research and Application - August 25, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced that it is launching Toxicology Research and Application, a new open access (OA) journal publishing original research within the field of toxicology. Although the scope is deliberately broad, including biomarkers, modes/mechanisms of toxicity, systems toxicity… Read More
Future Science Group offers free access to top Zika-related articles - August 22, 2016
Publisher Future Science Group is making some top review and commentary articles freely available to aid the Zika research effort. In a bid to aid the ongoing effort to develop effective treatments, and ultimately a preventative vaccine, for Zika infection, Future Science Group is making… Read More
KU Select 2016 announced - August 22, 2016
Knowledge Unlatched (KU) has announced KU Select 2016, its third collection of specialist scholarly books in the Humanities and Social Sciences. KU hopes to make this collection available on an Open Access basis. As KU moves out of its Pilot phase, it has expanded its… Read More
IET launches new journal, IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications - August 18, 2016
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has launched a new, open access engineering journal, IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications. The new journal will cover emerging issues including security, privacy issues and data analytics techniques in addition to classical cyber-physical systems (CPS) research topics such… Read More
NASA unveils new public web portal for research results - August 18, 2016
NASA has launched a new agency public access portal. The creation of the NASA-Funded Research Results portal on NASA.gov reflects the agency's ongoing commitment to providing broad public access to science data. NASA now requires articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals and papers in juried conference… Read More
