Five Wiley journals become open access - January 25, 2016
Publisher John Wiley and Sons, Inc. has announced the conversion of five of its leading journals to the Wiley Open Access Program. All articles in Plant Biotechnology Journal, GCB Bioenergy, Health Expectations, Atmospheric Science Letters, and Clinical and Translational Science will be free to read, download… Read More
Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research journal to be published in collaboration with the International Cannabinoid Research Society - January 22, 2016
Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, the new peer-reviewed open access journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, has announced a new partnership with The International Cannabinoid Research Society. This new collaboration promotes the missions of the Journal and Society to further the advancement of cannabis and cannabinoid-related… Read More
American Sociological Association launches new OA journal – Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World - January 22, 2016
The American Sociological Association (ASA) has launched Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, a new open access journal, which published its inaugural articles earlier this month. A first of its kind for the ASA, the journal is free to anyone, appears online only, and can… Read More
Atypon supports public access to reports on federally funded research, joins CHORUS - January 22, 2016
Atypon has joined CHORUS as an Affiliate Member in support of its mission to provide a sustainable solution for agencies and publishers to deliver public access to articles reporting on funded research in the United States. Literatum, Atypon's online publishing platform… Read More
Three Yorkshire universities join forces to launch new digital publishing platform - January 14, 2016
Three Yorkshire universities have joined forces to set up a new open access digital platform to publish research across academic disciplines. Established by the universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York, the White Rose University Press (WRUP) is now open for submissions. It will publish peer-reviewed academic papers, books, textbooks,… Read More
Publishers and librarians give green light to continue Access to Research initiative - January 11, 2016
The Access to Research initiative, which gives users in public libraries free access to over 10 million academic articles, has been given the green light by publishers and librarians to continue. The service was originally launched as a pilot by the Universities and Science Minister… Read More
Elsevier announces inaugural issue of new open access journal – Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications - January 8, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the first issue of its new open access journal - Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. The issue features a new method to make cancer clinical trials more effective, a better way of determining whether a trial was successful and a dashboard that… Read More
New open access journal for African research set to launch in 2016 - December 22, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier is reportedly teaming up with several African organisations to launch an open access journal for African research. The journal, expected to be launched in 2016, is meant to spread the word about excellent African science. According to Marc Chahin, Elsevier's executive publisher… Read More
Elsevier and the Association of Universities in the Netherlands reach agreement in principle on open access and subscription - December 17, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier and the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) recently reached an agreement in principle that marks a milestone in the Netherlands' transition to Open Access scholarly publishing and provides Dutch researchers with continued subscription access to high-quality research. Details of this 3-year… Read More
John Wiley & Sons and the University of Michigan launch new open access journal – Learning Health Systems - December 17, 2015
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the launch of Learning Health Systems (LHS), a new open access journal published in collaboration with the University of Michigan. Learning Health Systems will publish high-quality, peer-reviewed research. The journal represents a new cross-disciplinary science that promotes… Read More
