New open-access journal, Research Ideas & Outcomes, to publish entire research cycles - September 2, 2015
Research Ideas & Outcomes (RIO), a new open access journal, is formally announced. The new journal represents a paradigm shift in academic publishing. For the first time, RIO will publish research from all stages of the research cycle, across a broad suite of disciplines, from humanities… Read More
Elsevier launches OA journal – Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online - August 20, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of open access journal Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online. Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online is an online-only journal focusing on interdisciplinary discussion and debate of the rapidly expanding field of reproductive biomedicine, particularly all of its many societal… Read More
Smithsonian launches public access plan for research - August 19, 2015
The Smithsonian has released its Plan for Increased Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research, based on the principles outlined by the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Through the new plan, all applicable publications and supporting data resulting from federally funded research will be available through the Smithsonian… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry and Royal Society announce journal collaboration - August 18, 2015
The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Society have jointly announced a new collaboration on the Royal Society's multidisciplinary open access journal Royal Society Open Science. The Royal Society of Chemistry will manage the commissioning and peer review processes for… Read More
SPARC joins broad coalition in urging Administration to open up access to federally funded educational resources - August 5, 2015
The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), along with a broad coalition of more than 85 education, library, technology, public interest, and legal organisations, called on the White House to take administrative action to ensure federally funded educational materials are made available as Open Educational… Read More
Elsevier launches new open access journal covering all areas of surgery - August 5, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of the International Journal of Surgery Open (IJS Open), a new open access journal covering all areas of surgery. This peer-reviewed, online-only journal will make significant contributions to knowledge in clinical surgery, experimental surgery, and surgical education and history… Read More
New open access health sciences research repository for Africa to launch during 2015 WLIC in Cape Town - August 5, 2015
BioMed Central, open access publishers and creators of the Open Repository system, and Partnerships for Health Information (PHI) will launch the new open access health sciences research repository for Africa during the Health and Biosciences Libraries section open session during the 2015… Read More
COAR launches draft ‘Resource Type’ vocabulary for open access repositories - August 4, 2015
Open access repositories are evolving in terms of the roles they play and the attributes they aim to express in their records. Users want to know about additional metadata elements used for describing repository items, such as open access status, research funder, institutional affiliation, and so on. Given the truly… Read More
Jisc works with universities and researchers to reap benefits offered from OA practice - August 3, 2015
Jisc is working to help universities and researchers reap the benefits offered from OA practice in response to the recent OA policy review by Research Councils UK (RCUK) and the release of the Higher Education and Funding Council's (HEFCE) updated requirements for next year's Research Excellence… Read More
SAGE launches OA journal Translational Research in Oral Oncology - July 31, 2015
Academic publisher SAGE has today announced the launch of a new open access (OA) journal -Translational Research in Oral Oncology. This international, peer reviewed publication will provide a forum for the dissemination of high- quality oncology research concerning neoplasms in the head and neck. As… Read More
