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
Wolters Kluwer to publish International Federation of Fertility Societies’ OA journal – Global Reproductive Health - October 6, 2016
Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has been selected by the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS) to publish their official journal, Global Reproductive Health. The journal aims to further knowledge, foster innovation, support research… Read More
COAR releases ‘Resource Type’ Controlled Vocabulary for Open Access Repositories - October 5, 2016
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has announced the public release of the 'Resource Type' Controlled Vocabulary for Open Access Repositories, version 1.1. The vocabulary articulates the different types of content available in repositories (and other scholarly systems) in a standardised way. The vocabulary will… Read More
Open-access journal eLife to start charging fees for all accepted papers - October 3, 2016
The open-access journal eLife is dropping one of its most distinctive features - free publishing. From 2017, it will charge a fee of $2,500 for all accepted papers. Most open-access journals already charge for publishing, because they have few other ways to bring in cash.… Read More
Canadian Science Publishing and East China Normal University partner to launch OA journal – Anthropocene Coasts - September 28, 2016
Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) has signed an agreement with East China Normal University (ECNU) as the first official step in launching both a new international partnership and a new open access international journal, Anthropocene Coasts. This peer-reviewed international journal will explore multidisciplinary studies on the regime… Read More
