Society for General Microbiology to use CCC’s RightsLink® for Open Access to streamline entire author fee transaction process - May 27, 2015
The Society for General Microbiology (SGM) has chosen the RightsLink® for Open Access platform from Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organisation, to manage Article Processing Charges (APCs) for its Open Access publications. RightsLink for Open… Read More
Organisations around the world denounce Elsevier’s new policy that impedes open access and sharing - May 21, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced a new sharing and hosting policy for Elsevier journal articles on April 30, 2015. The policy represents a significant obstacle to the dissemination and use of research knowledge, and creates unnecessary barriers for Elsevier published authors in complying with funders' open… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and Monash University publish new open access journal npj Regenerative Medicine - May 21, 2015
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group has partnered with Monash University to publish npj Regenerative Medicine, a new open access research journal that will explore the potential of organisms to restore and regenerate damaged cells, tissues and organs. The study of regenerative medicine has the potential… Read More
Cambridge unveils open access journal – Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics - May 21, 2015
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has announced a major new open access journal, Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics (GHEG), dedicated to publishing and disseminating research that addresses and increases understanding of global and population health issues through the application of population science, genomics and applied technologies.… Read More
Oxford University Press announces Environmental Epigenetics, a fully open access journal - May 21, 2015
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has launched a new open access journal, Environmental Epigenetics. The field of epigenetics has seen tremendous growth in the last few years, and OUP has Editor-in-Chief Michael K. Skinner leading the journal. The scope of the journal will be… Read More
BioMed Central and the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy announce publishing partnership - May 12, 2015
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced a partnership with the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy to publish open access journal Renal Replacement Therapy. The journal will publish its first articles in late 2015. The journal will be led by Editor-in-Chief, Takashi Shigematsu, Professor and… Read More
Springer launches open access journal Clinical Phytoscience - May 11, 2015
STM publisher Springer has launched a new open access journal Clinical Phytoscience. The international, open access journal will publish high-quality research articles on clinical evidence and use of medicinal plants in the development of efficient and well-tolerated phytotherapy. As part of SpringerOpen,… Read More
Elsevier launches OA journal bridging nutrition and food science – NFS Journal - May 8, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of NFS Journal, a new open access journal. The journal is published by Elsevier in cooperation with the Society of Nutrition and Food Science (SNFS), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to bringing together nutrition and food scientists and to advance… Read More
Alzheimer’s Association launches new OA journal – Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring - May 8, 2015
The Alzheimer's Association and Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association have introduced a new open access journal – creating an additional channel for Alzheimer's and dementia researchers to communicate scientific findings and knowledge. The journal, Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring… Read More
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition transfers to BioMed Central - May 6, 2015
Open access publisher BioMed Central will publish the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. The journal was first published in 1983 and in transferring to the open access publisher it joins the growing number of global health journals within the portfolio. BioMed Central and the… Read More
