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
NLM and FDA launch public access to Global Unique Device Identification Database - May 5, 2015
The FDA, in partnership with the National Library of Medicine (NLM), has announced that data submitted to FDA's Global Unique Device Identification Database (GUDID) is now publicly available through a website called AccessGUDID. Through AccessGUDID, anyone can search or download information that… Read More
Elsevier provides free online access to disaster and international health information in Nepal - May 4, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier is providing free access to its primary online clinical information tool, ClinicalKey, and to more than 90 publications through the NIH's Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) to support the health and disaster professionals responding to the Nepal earthquake. ClinicalKey provides evidence-based clinical answers… Read More
Oxford University Press provides free online access to biomedical journals for healthcare professionals responding to earthquake in Nepal - May 4, 2015
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) is partnering with the National Library of Medicine (NLM) as they launch their Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) to provide free access to biomedical research for healthcare professionals and aid workers responding to the recent earthquake in Nepal. As part of… Read More
UK’s first collaborative publishing consortium makes open access transition easier - May 1, 2015
Humanities scholars will now be able to benefit from a collaborative open access (OA) consortium agreement which means that authors will not have to pay to make their research open access. The publishing model – the first of its type in the UK – is being offered by the Open… Read More
