Three Yorkshire universities join forces to launch new digital publishing platform - January 14, 2016
Three Yorkshire universities have joined forces to set up a new open access digital platform to publish research across academic disciplines. Established by the universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York, the White Rose University Press (WRUP) is now open for submissions. It will publish peer-reviewed academic papers, books, textbooks,… Read More
Publishers and librarians give green light to continue Access to Research initiative - January 11, 2016
The Access to Research initiative, which gives users in public libraries free access to over 10 million academic articles, has been given the green light by publishers and librarians to continue. The service was originally launched as a pilot by the Universities and Science Minister… Read More
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
