Elsevier announces inaugural issue of new open access journal – Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications - January 8, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the first issue of its new open access journal - Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. The issue features a new method to make cancer clinical trials more effective, a better way of determining whether a trial was successful and a dashboard that… Read More
New open access journal for African research set to launch in 2016 - December 22, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier is reportedly teaming up with several African organisations to launch an open access journal for African research. The journal, expected to be launched in 2016, is meant to spread the word about excellent African science. According to Marc Chahin, Elsevier's executive publisher… Read More
Elsevier and the Association of Universities in the Netherlands reach agreement in principle on open access and subscription - December 17, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier and the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) recently reached an agreement in principle that marks a milestone in the Netherlands' transition to Open Access scholarly publishing and provides Dutch researchers with continued subscription access to high-quality research. Details of this 3-year… Read More
John Wiley & Sons and the University of Michigan launch new open access journal – Learning Health Systems - December 17, 2015
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the launch of Learning Health Systems (LHS), a new open access journal published in collaboration with the University of Michigan. Learning Health Systems will publish high-quality, peer-reviewed research. The journal represents a new cross-disciplinary science that promotes… Read More
American Chemical Society announces new open access journal serving global and multidisciplinary chemistry, ACS Omega - December 15, 2015
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) will expand its open access program in 2016 with the announcement of ACS Omega, a new open access, multidisciplinary chemistry journal publishing peer-reviewed research of broad impact from around the world. The Society made the announcement at… Read More
STM responds to the Max Planck Digital Library White Paper on the Open Access Transition - December 14, 2015
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has welcomed the Max Planck DL (MPDL) paper on the transition to OA. STM welcomes this contribution to the open access debate and shares the belief that the most sustainable open access… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert launches new peer-reviewed open access journalzine – Healthcare Transformation - December 10, 2015
Healthcare Transformation, a new peer-reviewed open access journalzine published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., released its inaugural issue at the 13th Annual Jefferson University Gala at Jefferson University, Philadelphia. Through authoritative contributions from preeminent thought leaders and decision makers, Healthcare Transformation re-imagines healthcare delivery, education, and… Read More
CHORUS and NSF in deal to advance public access to research - December 1, 2015
CHORUS, a non-profit organisation, has announced an agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF), as part of the agency's continued commitment to expand public access to the results of its funded research. The new agreement is in accordance with the NSF… Read More
Research4Life and DOAJ announce working partnership - November 24, 2015
Research4Life and DOAJ have announced a working partnership that will help to ensure that the users of Research4Life will have access to the largest possible array of open access journals from publishers following a quality standard. The partnership will also help reinforce… Read More
F1000 appoints Rebecca Lawrence as Managing Director - November 20, 2015
F1000, a provider of services to biomedical researchers to support the discovery, writing and publication of new scientific findings, has announced the appointment of Rebecca Lawrence as Managing Director. Lawrence was previously Managing Director of F1000 Research Ltd, the publishing arm of F1000. During the… Read More
