Nature Communications journal set to become open access only - September 23, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has announced that Nature Communications is to become the first Nature-branded open access only journal. The number one open access journal in multidisciplinary sciences, Nature Communications is NPG's flagship open access title. Nature Communications will accept open access research submissions… Read More
UK medical research charities join forces to support open access - September 18, 2014
A consortium of six leading UK medical research charities will support the costs of making research articles from their funded research immediately and freely openly available to scientists, patients, and donors alike, through the recently announced joint Charity Open Access Fund. David Carr of the Wellcome… Read More
Cogent OA announces major upgrade to its user interface, supports research discovery and impact - September 18, 2014
Cogent OA, an Open Access publisher backed by Taylor & Francis, has released a major upgrade to its user interface. Cogent OA's new platform focuses on assisting authors in ensuring their work gets found and read by the broadest possible audience; and… Read More
Nature Publishing Group partners with The Systems Biology Institute to launch OA journal npj Systems Biology and Applications - September 16, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group has announced a new partnership with The Systems Biology Institute, Tokyo, to launch npj Systems Biology and Applications, an online open access journal dedicated to publishing high quality research. The journal will begin accepting submissions in November 2014 and publish its… Read More
SAGE launches new OA journal – Multiple Sclerosis Journal – Experimental, Translational and Clinical - September 10, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has launched Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental, Translational and Clinical as an open access (OA) peer reviewed journal. The OA companion to Multiple Sclerosis Journal, this new publication publishes across the broad spectrum of MS related issues including experimental, translational and clinical… Read More
Publisher Adam Matthew to release 3D Energy Data Visualization Tool for 30-day free access - September 8, 2014
Adam Matthew, an award winning publisher of digital primary source collections for the humanities and social sciences, is enabling free public access for one month to its innovative ‘Energy Data Visualisation Tool’, which uses the latest web-based information visualisation techniques to represent a vast array of… Read More
Elsevier launches Open Access Journal – Analytical Chemistry Research - September 5, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of open access journal - Analytical Chemistry Research. Published as a quarterly journal and adding to Elsevier's expanding Analytical Chemistry portfolio of journals, Analytical Chemistry Research will publish papers detailing fundamental research on all aspects of analytical theory… Read More
SAGE launches new open access journal, Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal - September 3, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of a new open access journal, Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal (APN). The only scholarly publication dedicated exclusively to Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander healthcare, APN provides an international forum for the exchange of knowledge among researchers, educators, and… Read More
Jisc offers over 400 colleges free access to e-text books - September 3, 2014
Jisc has announced that it offers over 400 colleges free access to a new collection of curriculum focused e-text books through e-books for Further Education (FE). E-books for FE will be benefiting UK further education providers by offering access to additional new suite of 162 e-text… Read More
Society for Neuroscience is now accepting submissions for its new open-access journal, eNeuro - August 29, 2014
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has announced that it is accepting submissions for eNeuro, its new open-access journal. The Society also revealed the journal’s founding editorial board. Featuring a wide range of content, eNeuro will provide an innovative venue for publishing excellent science across the neuroscience… Read More
