Royal Society Open Science launches on HighWire - October 10, 2014
The Royal Society has announced the launch of Royal Society Open Science, a new open access journal publishing high quality original research on the basis of objective peer review. The journal will publish original research articles that are scientifically sound, leaving judgement of importance and impact… Read More
Dental Science & Surgery journals celebrate Open Access Week - October 6, 2014
Open Access publisher OMICS Group Incorporation invites researchers, authors, medical practitioners, academicians, and students across the globe to participate in the 'Open Access Week' by actively contributing their research outcome as articles to OMICS Group Dental and Surgery Journals from October 20-26, 2014. Oral health… Read More
De Gruyter offers access to all of its scholarly content to top Wikipedia editors - October 2, 2014
Academic publisher De Gruyter will give access to all of its scholarly content to 1.000 highly active Wikipedia editors and will allow them to use it for their encyclopedia research. The editors are offered the opportunity to read ebooks, journals and database entries on De Gruyter… Read More
Wellcome Trust launches charity fund to support open access research publications - October 1, 2014
Six medical research charities recently launched the Charity Open Access Fund (COAF) to cover open access, article-processing charges. Robert Kiley is Head of Digital Services at the Wellcome Library and is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Trust's open access policy.… Read More
BioMed Central and the University of Michigan in deal to publish open access journal Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology - October 1, 2014
Open access publisher BioMed Central and the University of Michigan have announced an agreement to publish a new open access journal, Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology, which is now open for submissions and will begin publishing in the first quarter of 2015. … Read More
SAGE launches open access journal PLEURA to advance knowledge of pleural diseases - October 1, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of PLEURA, an open access journal publishing research on recent advances in pleural diseases. The journal will be published as the official journal of the International Society of Pleural Diseases. PLEURA will promote a multidisciplinary approach to the… Read More
Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi named founding editor-in-chief of ACS Central Science journal - September 29, 2014
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced that internationally renowned chemist Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi will take the helm as editor-in-chief of its first fully open access journal, ACS Central Science, which is set to launch in early 2015. Currently a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator… Read More
De Gruyter Open to convert eight subscription journals to Open Access mega journals - September 29, 2014
Open Access publisher De Gruyter Open has announced that it will publish a group of eight Central European Journals now distributed in subscription model by Springer and turn them to Open Access, starting with volume 2015. This is a move unprecedented for a group of STM… Read More
Elsevier expands OA portfolio with two new journals – Preventive Medicine Reports and Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research - September 25, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new peer reviewed open access journal, Preventive Medicine Reports (PMR). Preventive Medicine Reports will serve as the sister journal to Preventive Medicine, a leading medical journal founded by Dr. Ernst Wynder in 1972. Continuing the legacy… Read More
Research and Markets adds Open Access Journal Publishing Market 2014-2017 report to their offering - September 24, 2014
Market research and data services provider Research and Markets, Ireland, has announced the addition of the "Open Access Journal Publishing 2014-2017" report to their offering. In today's global market, it's more important than ever to understand the changing dynamics of academic… Read More
