EDP Sciences to use CCC’s RightsLink® for Open Access to streamline entire author fee transaction process - October 14, 2015
International STM society publisher EDP Sciences has chosen to manage Article Processing Charges (APCs) for its Open Access publications by using the RightsLink® for Open Access platform from Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organisation. RightsLink… Read More
Karger Publishers launches new OA journal – Biomedicine Hub - October 13, 2015
Medical and scientific publisher Karger Publishers has announced the launch of Biomedicine Hub, a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal dedicated to intersecting high-quality basic, translational and clinical research as well as public global health issues across all biomedical fields. With its focus on interdisciplinary work at… Read More
SPARC applauds introduction of the Affordable College Textbook Act of 2015 - October 12, 2015
SPARC, an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to broaden access to academic knowledge, has applauded the introduction of the Affordable College Textbook Act of 2015, which would reduce the cost of college textbooks by expanding the use of open educational resources. The bill… Read More
Public access to results of NSF-funded research - October 9, 2015
The National Science Foundation (NSF or Foundation) has developed a plan outlining a framework for activities to increase public access to scientific publications and digital scientific data resulting from research using the foundation funds. The plan, entitled 'Today's Data, Tomorrow's Discoveries,' is consistent with the objectives… Read More
De Gruyter to publish open access journal Innovative Surgical Sciences - October 8, 2015
Academic publisher De Gruyter will publish the open access journal Innovative Surgical Sciences, beginning in 2016. This newly founded journal is a publication of the German Surgical Association (DGCH). Dr. Joachim Jähne will act as editor-in-chief, heading an international editorial board. The journal will appear… Read More
EDP Open and French Nuclear Energy Society launch fully Open Access Journal – EPJ N Nuclear Sciences & Technologies - October 6, 2015
EDP Open, the Open Access imprint from EDP Sciences, has announced the launch of a fully Open Access Journal - EPJ N Nuclear Sciences & Technologies. The journal will be edited in partnership with the French Nuclear Energy Society (SFEN). EPJ N will be a… Read More
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press launches Molecular Case Studies, a new OA journal in the field of precision medicine - September 25, 2015
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press has announced the launch of Cold Spring Harbor Molecular Case Studies (MCS), a new open-access, peer-reviewed journal in the field of precision medicine. Dr. Elaine Mardis serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. Dr. Mardis currently also serves as Robert E.… Read More
New journal covering all research disciplines publishes its first papers - September 22, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that Heliyon, its new open access journal publishing research across all disciplines, has published its first eight papers since the journal opened for submissions earlier this year. Covering topics as diverse as Yard-long beans in Sri… Read More
Future Science Group announces new partnership, ensures free access to eight key oncology journals - September 15, 2015
Publisher Future Science Group has officially partnered eight cancer management journals with their key online resource Oncology Central, offering all members unparalleled free access to peer-reviewed content. In a move that highlights their continued commitment to providing accessible high-quality content to the oncology community, Future… Read More
BMJ launches new OA journal on global health – BMJ Global Health - September 10, 2015
Global healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has launched a new open access online journal on global health. BMJ Global Health reflects the overarching aspiration of the company—to create a healthier world in which everyone, wherever they live, has access to the information they need to protect their… Read More
