Directory of Open Access Journals introduces new standards to help community address quality concerns - March 6, 2015
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), a comprehensive international database of more than 10,000 Open Access journals, recently implemented a rigorous new vetting process that aims to raise the bar of quality for the journals it lists and filters out publications that are tarnishing the… Read More
SCOAP3 enters second year of operation, celebrates publication of first 5,000 articles - March 4, 2015
The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) started its second year of operation and celebrates the publication of the first 5,000 articles. More than 18,000 scientists from 86 countries have benefited from this Open Access initiative, publishing articles at no direct costs.… Read More
Springer launches new open access journal – International Journal of Implant Dentistry - March 3, 2015
STM publisher Springer has launched a new open access journal, the International Journal of Implant Dentistry. Sponsored by the German Association of Dental Implantology (DGI) and the Japanese Socieities of Oral Implantology (JSOI), and published by SpringerOpen, the journal is dedicated to… Read More
Future Science Group launches new OA journal – Concussion - February 25, 2015
Publisher Future Science Group (FSG) has launched Concussion, a new open access journal that publishes original research, reviews and commentaries addressing the assessment, management and short and long term implications of this subset of traumatic brain injury, which is gaining increasing attention. Topics covered by… Read More
NASA public access plan available, uses NIH’s PMC platform - February 13, 2015
NASA has announced its plan for a policy ensuring public access to articles and data resulting from the approximately $3 billion it invests annually in basic and applied research, as required by the February 2013 White House directive. NASA has provided a detailed timeline for the… Read More
Nature Publishing Group partners with CEGMR, King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia, to publish npj Genomic Medicine - February 12, 2015
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group is partnering with the Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (CEGMR), King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia to publish npj Genomic Medicine. npj Genomic Medicine will be a high quality open access research journal which will publish the most important… Read More
Submissions now open for new OA journal, Virus Evolution - February 9, 2015
Academic publisher Oxford University Press has announced that submissions are now open for new Open Access journal Virus Evolution. The field of virus evolution has never been more dynamic or more relevant. Recent epidemics of Ebola, MERS, avian influenza and other viruses have highlighted how… Read More
John Wiley & Sons announces transition of three journals to Wiley Open Access publishing program - February 5, 2015
Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the transition of three journals to the Wiley Open Access publishing program, bringing the total number of Wiley's open access titles to 47. From January 1, 2015, all published articles in Conservation Letters, Thoracic Cancer and The… Read More
PeerJ launches new OA journal – PeerJ Computer Science - February 3, 2015
Open access publisher PeerJ has announced the launch of PeerJ Computer Science, a cross-disciplinary open access journal publishing articles across all fields of computer science. The journal will start accepting preprints on February 3rd and peer-review articles on February 12th, which is also PeerJ's two-year anniversary… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and The University of Queensland launch new OA journal – npj Science of Learning - January 30, 2015
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group has partnered with The University of Queensland (UQ) to publish npj Science of Learning, a new open access research journal that will explore the neurobiology of learning in experimental and educational environments. UQ researcher Professor Pankaj Sah of the Queensland Brain… Read More
