Nature Publishing Group and Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences launch first Nature Partner Journal in China - March 26, 2015
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS) has signed an official agreement with Nature Publishing Group to launch the first Nature Partner Journal in China, npj Computational Materials. The open access Nature Partner Journals (NPJ) publish high-quality research in collaboration… Read More
Wiley launches interdisciplinary OA journal, Inside the Cell - March 25, 2015
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the launch of Inside the Cell as part of the Wiley Open Access publishing program. Inside the Cell publishes research covering a broad range of areas within cell and molecular biology and seeks to… Read More
The National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and IOP Publishing sign new MoU to support OA publications - March 24, 2015
The National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSCL) and non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP) have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to support open access publications for Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) researchers. The Memorandum indicates the commitment of both organisations… Read More
Penn State librarians approve OA policy for scholarly work - March 23, 2015
Penn State University Libraries faculty recently voted to embrace open access principles when publishing their scholarly articles. The Open Access Policy, passed into legislation at the February 11, 2015, Library Faculty Organization meeting, preserves the right of library faculty to publish where they wish, but encourages… Read More
SPARC applauds reintroduction of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act - March 19, 2015
SPARC, an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication, has applauded the reintroduction of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act, which would ensure that public access to research articles becomes the law… Read More
National Science Foundation announces plan for comprehensive public access to research results - March 19, 2015
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced its continued commitment to expand public access to the results of its funded research through the publication of its public access plan, Today's Data, Tomorrow's Discoveries. NSF's public access is intended to accelerate the dissemination of fundamental research results… Read More
The Ecological Societies of America and China launch new international, interdisciplinary, open access journal - March 18, 2015
The Ecological Society of America (ESA) and the Ecological Society of China (ESC) have jointly launched a new open access scholarly research journal to foster communication of applied ecological research across national and disciplinary boundaries. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability features international collaborations, interdisciplinary research, and… Read More
Elsevier unveils new open access journal – Reviews in Physics - March 17, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new open access journal Reviews in Physics. Reviews in Physics claims to be the first open access journal publishing only review papers in all areas of (applied) physics. The journal provides a platform for researchers who… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and the British Dental Association launch new open access journal, BDJ Open - March 12, 2015
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the British Dental Association (BDA) have announced the launch of BDJ Open, a new open access journal which will publish dental and oral health research from all disciplines. BDJ Open will publish scientifically sound,… Read More
HHS releases plans for public access to federally funded research - March 9, 2015
On February 27, 2015, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released implementation plans for five HHS agencies based on a common policy approach in response to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) 2013 memorandum regarding public access to federally funded research.… Read More
