Cambridge University Press launches new OA journal – Global Sustainability - April 19, 2016
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has announced a major new open-access journal, Global Sustainability, to publish significant research advances and policy-relevant reviews and commentaries addressing Earth-system resilience, sustainability and solutions in the context of rapid global change. Professor Johan Rockström has been named as Editor-in-Chief… Read More
Springer Nature and King Abdulaziz University launch new OA journal – npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - April 15, 2016
Publisher Springer Nature and King Abdulaziz University have launched a new open-access, interdisciplinary journal - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. The journal seeks to provide researchers, policy makers and the public with up-to-date, freely accessible research on weather and climate, atmospheric chemistry and air pollution, and… Read More
CUP and the Association for Clinical and Translational Science to jointly launch new OA title – Journal of Clinical and Translational Science - April 13, 2016
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press and the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) are jointly launching a new Open Access title - Journal of Clinical and Translational Science (JCTS ) - set to start publishing in 2016 and open for submissions… Read More
Canadian Science Publishing launches FACETS, Canada’s first and only multidisciplinary OA science journal - April 13, 2016
Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) has announced that FACETS, Canada’s first and only multidisciplinary open access science journal, has now fully launched. FACETS has been developed on a state-of-the-art online publishing platform and the launch includes two peer-reviewed articles with many more slated to be published in… Read More
SAGE set to publish OA journal Methodological Innovations - April 8, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing will begin publishing Methodological Innovations, an international, open access journal, focused on debating and considering innovation within, and the wider issues around, innovative research methods. In a time of great advancement in the production and study of innovation and practice of… Read More
MIT Press launches new open access journal – Network Neuroscience - April 8, 2016
The MIT Press has announced the forthcoming launch of a new open access journal Network Neuroscience. The new journal will feature innovative scientific work that significantly advances our understanding of network organisation and function in the brain across all scales, from molecules and neurons to circuits… Read More
The Endocrine Society set to launch first OA journal – Journal of the Endocrine Society - April 5, 2016
The Endocrine Society will launch its first open-access journal to speed the process of sharing endocrine research breakthroughs with scientists, healthcare providers and the public, the Society announced at its annual meeting. The peer-reviewed publication will be called Journal of the Endocrine Society (JES), and… Read More
SAGE Publishing launches new OA journal publishing research pertaining to rheumatic diseases and their treatment - March 30, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced the launch of Rheumatology Practice and Research, a peer-reviewed, open access journal publishing research pertaining to rheumatic diseases and their treatment. Rheumatology Practice and Research provides a unique forum for the dissemination of high quality content applicable to researchers,… Read More
Wellcome Trust criticises publishers over failure to deposit papers in the right OA repository and properly attribute them with a creative commons licence - March 29, 2016
The Wellcome Trust has reportedly warned big publishers that it could refuse to provide researchers with funds to publish in certain types of their journals unless they improve their service and lower their costs. Publishers Elsevier and Wiley have been singled out as often failing to… Read More
American Society of Hematology launches new cutting-edge publication, Blood Advances - March 28, 2016
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) will launch an open-access journal to complement Blood, its flagship publication and the most-cited journal in hematology. Blood Advances™ will offer a unique focus on scholarly and educational content that complements and expands on topics beyond the scope addressed in… Read More
