Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research announces collaborative partnership with the International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines - May 24, 2016
Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, the peer-reviewed open access journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, has announced a new collaborative partnership with the International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines. This new collaboration promotes the missions of the Journal and Association to further the science of clinical cannabis,… Read More
The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons announces OA option - May 23, 2016
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), the preeminent provider of musculoskeletal education to orthopaedic surgeons and others in the world, and its publishing partner of the AAOS, Wolters Kluwer, have announced that the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons… Read More
Elsevier’s new OA journal dedicated to publishing surgical protocols - May 13, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of the International Journal of Surgery Protocols (IJS Protocols), an open access journal covering all areas of surgery. The journal will be the first in the surgical field to accept research protocols and related articles and correspondence for publication.… Read More
SAGE to begin publishing OA journal Autism & Developmental Language Impairments - May 12, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced that it will begin publishing Autism & Developmental Language Impairments (ADLI), a peer-reviewed open access journal supporting and shaping research in the growing field of developmental communication disorders, as of summer 2016. ADLI seeks to… Read More
COAR and UNESCO publish joint statement about open access - May 11, 2016
COAR and UNESCO have published a joint statement about open access which outlines some of the concerns around the drive towards APCs. The statement is aimed at policy makers and underscores the need for a variety of OA models to be implemented worldwide. Open access is… Read More
DOAJ to remove about 3300 journals - May 10, 2016
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) will remove approximately 3300 journals for failure to submit a valid reapplication before the communicated deadline. The deadline was extended twice to allow more time for reapplications. This batch removal is another step in DOAJ’s two year long project… Read More
The IET, CEPRI and Tsinghua University launch new open access journal, High Voltage - May 5, 2016
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and CEPRI (the China Electric Power Research Institute) have launched the first issue of a new fully open access journal, High Voltage. The first edition includes special issue papers on lightning and lightning protection, which were guest edited… Read More
Springer Nature partners with FCT NOVA, Lisbon and the European Materials Research Society to publish new open access journal - May 3, 2016
Publisher Springer Nature has announced npj 2D Materials and Applications, a new open access journal to be published in partnership with the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT Nova) and supported by the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS). With the new… Read More
Springer Nature and The Hormel Institute launch new OA journal – npj Precision Oncology - April 20, 2016
Global publisher Springer Nature has announced that it will publish npj Precision Oncology, a new open access, international, peer-reviewed journal, in partnership with The Hormel Institute University of Minnesota in Austin, Minnesota, United States. Dr. Zigang Dong, Executive Director of the Hormel Institute and leader of… Read More
SCOAP3 initiative extended for three more years - April 19, 2016
The SCOAP3 collaboration has announced the extension of this Open Access initiative for three more years, from January 2017 through December 2019. Following the success of the first years of operation of SCOAP3, representatives of the 3,000 SCOAP3 partners in 47 countries, ten scholarly publishers… Read More
