Elsevier launches new Open Access journal – JPRAS Open - November 12, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new, online-only open access journal, JPRAS Open. As a sister journal of Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, JPRAS Open is similarly dedicated to publishing case reports, short communications, and full-length research papers on… Read More
Elsevier unveils new OA journal – EBioMedicine - November 5, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that two of its leading brands, Cell Press and The Lancet, have now joined forces to launch a new open access journal, EBioMedicine. The broad-spectrum journal will publish research papers covering the entire breadth of life… Read More
SAGE launches new open access journal, Translational Epigenomics - November 3, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of Translational Epigenomics, a new open access journal publishing research on epigenetic alterations in gene expression. Translational Epigenomics will cover diverse aspects of this new and emergent field such as DNA methylation, posttranslational histone modifications, and non-mutational RNA… Read More
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness journal offers free access to special collection of articles on Ebola - October 31, 2014
The Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health recently launched a special collection of articles on the Ebola virus. These, and subsequent articles will remain freely available to all readers. The Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness (DMPHP) Special Edition on Ebola has been designed… Read More
NTIS expands free access to federal technical reports - October 31, 2014
The National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) is now offering the American public free public access to a searchable online database of approximately three million federal science and technology reports. The library is a service of the U.S. Commerce Department's National Technical Information… Read More
New Open Access Button launched - October 30, 2014
A brand new version of the Open Access Button was launched recently at an event in London. The new Open Access Button can be downloaded from openaccessbutton.org. The apps work by harnessing the power of search engines, research repositories, automatic contact with authors, and other strategies… Read More
Free global access to Ebola resources from Oxford University Press extended and updated - October 28, 2014
Academic publisher Oxford University Press has announced that it is extending and updating global free access to Ebola resources through the end of 2015 as the crisis has deepened. Following the World Health Organization's declaration of an international public health emergency in August, the Press… Read More
Elsevier launches Open Access journal Biomolecular Detection and Quantification - October 28, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new open access journal Biomolecular Detection and Quantification (BDQ). Published quarterly online and open access, BDQ is dedicated to championing excellence in molecular biology-based study design, measurement, data analyses and reporting. The journal includes qualitative and… Read More
University of California Press enters open access space, announces plans to roll out two open access products - October 27, 2014
University of California Press is entering into the Open Access space with the launch of two new products - a mega journal focused on three core disciplines (life and biomedical sciences, ecology and environmental science, and social and behavioral sciences) and a monograph program designed to… Read More
Thieme expands open access publishing program, unveils Ultrasound International Open journal - October 27, 2014
Medical and scientific publisher Thieme has announced the latest addition to their open access publishing program, Ultrasound International Open (UIO). Edited by an international group of ultrasound experts, this open access journal covers the field of interdisciplinary ultrasound in medicine and biology and will publish four… Read More
