COAR and UNESCO publish joint statement about open access - May 11, 2016
COAR and UNESCO have published a joint statement about open access which outlines some of the concerns around the drive towards APCs. The statement is aimed at policy makers and underscores the need for a variety of OA models to be implemented worldwide. Open access is… Read More
DOAJ to remove about 3300 journals - May 10, 2016
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) will remove approximately 3300 journals for failure to submit a valid reapplication before the communicated deadline. The deadline was extended twice to allow more time for reapplications. This batch removal is another step in DOAJ’s two year long project… Read More
The IET, CEPRI and Tsinghua University launch new open access journal, High Voltage - May 5, 2016
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and CEPRI (the China Electric Power Research Institute) have launched the first issue of a new fully open access journal, High Voltage. The first edition includes special issue papers on lightning and lightning protection, which were guest edited… Read More
Springer Nature partners with FCT NOVA, Lisbon and the European Materials Research Society to publish new open access journal - May 3, 2016
Publisher Springer Nature has announced npj 2D Materials and Applications, a new open access journal to be published in partnership with the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT Nova) and supported by the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS). With the new… Read More
Springer Nature and The Hormel Institute launch new OA journal – npj Precision Oncology - April 20, 2016
Global publisher Springer Nature has announced that it will publish npj Precision Oncology, a new open access, international, peer-reviewed journal, in partnership with The Hormel Institute University of Minnesota in Austin, Minnesota, United States. Dr. Zigang Dong, Executive Director of the Hormel Institute and leader of… Read More
SCOAP3 initiative extended for three more years - April 19, 2016
The SCOAP3 collaboration has announced the extension of this Open Access initiative for three more years, from January 2017 through December 2019. Following the success of the first years of operation of SCOAP3, representatives of the 3,000 SCOAP3 partners in 47 countries, ten scholarly publishers… Read More
Cambridge University Press launches new OA journal – Global Sustainability - April 19, 2016
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has announced a major new open-access journal, Global Sustainability, to publish significant research advances and policy-relevant reviews and commentaries addressing Earth-system resilience, sustainability and solutions in the context of rapid global change. Professor Johan Rockström has been named as Editor-in-Chief… Read More
Springer Nature and King Abdulaziz University launch new OA journal – npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - April 15, 2016
Publisher Springer Nature and King Abdulaziz University have launched a new open-access, interdisciplinary journal - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. The journal seeks to provide researchers, policy makers and the public with up-to-date, freely accessible research on weather and climate, atmospheric chemistry and air pollution, and… Read More
CUP and the Association for Clinical and Translational Science to jointly launch new OA title – Journal of Clinical and Translational Science - April 13, 2016
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press and the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) are jointly launching a new Open Access title - Journal of Clinical and Translational Science (JCTS ) - set to start publishing in 2016 and open for submissions… Read More
Canadian Science Publishing launches FACETS, Canada’s first and only multidisciplinary OA science journal - April 13, 2016
Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) has announced that FACETS, Canada’s first and only multidisciplinary open access science journal, has now fully launched. FACETS has been developed on a state-of-the-art online publishing platform and the launch includes two peer-reviewed articles with many more slated to be published in… Read More
