MIT Press selects Editorial Manager to support submission and peer review workflows for two new OA journals - February 26, 2016
The MIT Press has selected Editorial Manager to support the submission and peer review workflows of two new Open Access journals - Open Mind and Computational Psychiatry. Computational Psychiatry (CPSY) will be the first journal solely dedicated to research in its… Read More
NPG partners with Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals to launch npj Clean Water journal - February 25, 2016
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group has announced a partnership with King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, to launch npj Clean Water, a new open access research journal dedicated to solving the global challenge of ensuring clean water supplies. The journal… Read More
MIT Media Lab and MIT Press launch new OA journal – Journal of Design and Science - February 25, 2016
The MIT Media Lab and the MIT Press have announced the launch of the Journal of Design and Science (JoDS). This online, open-access journal provides a new model for academic publishing by encouraging broad-ranging discourse that challenges traditional academic silos and publishing practices. It will be… Read More
Florida State University Faculty Senate passes university wide open access policy - February 23, 2016
The Florida State University Faculty Senate, in consultation with its Library Committee and staff of the FSU Libraries, voted unanimously this week to adopt a university-wide Open Access (OA) policy. FSU joins a growing list of major universities with similar policies designed to create a safe… Read More
International Union of Crystallography launches new open-access data publication, IUCrData - February 22, 2016
The International Union of Crystallography has announced the launch of a new open-access data publication, IUCrData. This innovative publication aims to provide short descriptions of crystallographic datasets and datasets from related scientific disciplines, as well as facilitating access to the data. The first phase of… Read More
Elsevier launches new peer-reviewed, online-only journal serving the international transplant community - February 15, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of Transplantation Reports, a new online-only open access journal covering all areas of transplantation. This peer-reviewed journal will contribute to knowledge in clinical and experimental surgery, and will make patient education and history widely available to the transplant community.… Read More
Wiley and ASLO launch new open access journal to integrate limnology and oceanography - February 10, 2016
Publisher John Wiley and Sons, Inc., and the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) have announced the launch of a new short-format, open access publication, Limnology and Oceanography Letters. Limnology and Oceanography Letters (L&O Letters) is a short-format, peer-reviewed journal that aims… Read More
European University Association publishes ‘Roadmap on Open Access to Research Publications’ - February 8, 2016
European University Association (EUA) has published its 'Roadmap on Open Access to Research Publications' after an endorsement from the EUA Council at its meeting on January 29, 2016. The main objective of the roadmap is to assist universities in the transition to Open Access (OA). More… Read More
Dove Medical Press and Library Journal collaborate to launch year-long program exploring issues in Open Access - February 5, 2016
Open access publisher Dove Medical Press, in collaboration with Library Journal, has announced the launch of a year-long program exploring issues in Open Access. The program, which will be called Open Access in Action, will commence in February 2016. Open Access in Action will take an… Read More
Swiss patients and healthcare practitioners gain access to the Cochrane Library - February 3, 2016
Swiss patients and healthcare practitioners will now have access to over 6500 published systematic reviews in healthcare interventions through one-click access to the Cochrane Library. The Cochrane Library is a leading resource in evidence-based research across areas including pregnancy, mental health, surgical procedures and preventive care.… Read More
