SAGE Publishing and the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Foundation launch new OA journal – OTO Open - September 22, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced the launch of OTO Open, the official open access journal of the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Foundation. OTO Open covers research on diseases and disorders affecting the ears, nose, throat, and related areas of the head and… Read More
CHORUS announces pilot initiative to aid academic community effectively comply with the US Funder Public Access requirements - September 22, 2016
Non-profit organisation CHORUS has announced a pilot initiative to help the academic community effectively comply with the US Funder Public Access requirements. CHORUS signed a letter of agreement with the University of Florida (UF) and Scopus to explore how their services can be extended to institutions… Read More
CERN in deal with leading scientific publishers and learned societies to extend SCOAP3 initiative for three more years - September 21, 2016
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, and the 'host organisation' of SCOAP3 has announced that it has signed contracts with 10 leading scientific publishers and learned societies to extend this Open Access initiative for three more years. This was the last step for this unique… Read More
Wolters Kluwer to publish new OA journal – Progress in Preventive Medicine - September 16, 2016
Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has been chosen by The European Society of Preventive Medicine and its partner organisations to publish a new open access journal, Progress in Preventive Medicine. Dr. Ross Arena and Dr.… Read More
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
