Nature Publishing Group and Fudan University, Shanghai, partner to publish npj Molecular Phenomics - July 8, 2015
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group and Fudan University, Shanghai, will partner to publish npj Molecular Phenomics, a new open access journal. The partners signed an agreement during a ceremony at the campus of Fudan University. The journal will open for submissions in October 2015. The journal… Read More
Cambridge University Press launches new Open Access subscription policy to prevent double-dipping - July 7, 2015
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press is launching a new policy to prevent charging both authors and subscribers for Open Access journal content (so-called double-dipping). The new policy discounts 2016 subscription prices for journals that have received Open Access (OA) Article Processing Charges (APCs) from authors… Read More
High ranking OA publications in OpenAIRE, Russia tops the list - July 7, 2015
The scientific open access library CyberLeninka recently provided OpenAIRE with their data to about half a million articles stored in its database. According to updated data storage, Russia entered the top five European countries by the number of articles published in open access. OpenAIRE indexed… Read More
Wiley and the British Society for Nanomedicine launch new OA publication, the Journal of Interdisciplinary Nanomedicine - July 6, 2015
Publisher John Wiley and Sons, Inc., and the British Society for Nanomedicine have announced the launch of a new open access publication, the Journal of Interdisciplinary Nanomedicine. The Journal of Interdisciplinary Nanomedicine (JOIN) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that aims to provide truly interdisciplinary nanomedicine research.… Read More
SICOT‐J publishes first articles - June 23, 2015
The first articles of the new open access journal SICOT‐J are now available. SICOT‐J is a fully Gold open access journal in orthopaedics and traumatology. The journal places a high priority in rapid publication and seeks to publish a broad range of research study types… Read More
Nature Publishing Group unveils new open access journal – Cell Death Discovery - June 22, 2015
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group together with the Cell Death and Differentiation Association (ADMC) and the editorial team of Cell Death & Differentiation, and Cell Death & Disease recently launched a new open access journal, Cell Death Discovery. Cell Death Discovery provides… Read More
COAPI welcomes wave of institutional OA policies - June 17, 2015
As evidence of the continued importance of open access in contemporary research culture, several prominent colleges and universities have recently adopted open access policies or resolutions, maximising the reach and impact of their faculty's scholarship: Pennsylvania State University, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, University… Read More
BioMed Central to publish Genes and Environment - June 17, 2015
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced a partnership with the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society in publishing the open access journal Genes and Environment. Takashi Yagi from Osaka Prefecture University, Japan, will serve as the Editor-in-Chief. Genes and Environment has been running since 2006 on… Read More
Elsevier provides free online access to medical information to help contain MERS outbreak in South Korea - June 16, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier will provide free access to its primary online clinical information and reference tool, ClinicalKey, for 30 days to all users within South Korea. This initiative was launched to support healthcare professionals and quarantine aid-workers in South Korea, which has been plagued with the… Read More
SAGE set to launch the Journal of Connectivity - June 16, 2015
Academic publisher SAGE is set to launch the Journal of Connectivity in partnership with the Institute of Measurement and Control. An interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access (OA) publication, the Journal of Connectivity is designed to facilitate the exploration of the Internet of Things. The Internet of… Read More
