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
Genes & Nutrition moves to BioMed Central - March 24, 2016
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced that the Genes & Nutrition journal will publish exclusively open access articles and move to BioMed Central. The journal, which is published with The Nutrigenomics Organization (NuGO), examines the relationship between genetics and nutrition, with the ultimate goal… Read More
SCOAP3 publishes 10,000th Open Access article - March 22, 2016
SCOAP3 has announced the publication of its 10,000th Open Access article. Since the start of its operation in 2014, the initiative has supported Open Access publication of High-Energy-Physics articles in 10 high-quality peer-reviewed journals. More than 18,000 scientists from over 90 countries have benefited from… Read More
Oxford University Press now publishing Current Zoology - March 18, 2016
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) is now publishing the fully Open Access journal, Current Zoology. OUP officially took over publication of the journal in January 2016. The first issue published by OUP was in February. Current Zoology (formerly Acta Zoologica Sinica, founded in 1935)… Read More
Elsevier publishes inaugural issue of peer-reviewed open access journal – JACC: Basic to Translational Science - March 17, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of the inaugural issue of JACC: Basic to Translational Science, a new open access peer-reviewed journal. Published on behalf of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), this new bi-monthly journal focuses on the critical interface between laboratory and clinical… Read More
BioMed Central to publish Marine Biodiversity Records as an Open Access journal - March 17, 2016
Open access publisher BioMed Central will publish Marine Biodiversity Records, the official journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, as an Open Access journal. The journal was launched as a subscription journal in 2008, however from 2016 onwards it will be publishing wholly… Read More
First version of JRC Data Catalogue now online - March 15, 2016
Research data produced by the JRC or in cooperation with other partners is now publicly available, in support of the European Commission's strategy on Open Science for improved circulation of knowledge and thus innovation for generating growth. The first version of the JRC Data Catalogue is… Read More
Oxford University Press launches new journal – Biology Methods & Protocols - March 14, 2016
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has launched a new open access journal, Biology Methods & Protocols. The journal has an international and multidisciplinary editorial board led by Dr. Silvia Ayora, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC) as Editor-in-Chief. In the tradition of other Oxford University… Read More
The IET in deal with CEPRI to co-publish new, open access engineering journal – High Voltage - March 11, 2016
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has signed an agreement with the China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI) to co-publish a new, open access engineering journal, High Voltage. High Voltage will publish original research papers and review articles covering high-voltage power engineering and applications, including… Read More
