BioMed Central unveils new OA journal – Research Integrity and Peer Review - April 2, 2015
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced the launch of a new open access journal - Research Integrity and Peer Review, which will act as an academic forum where these discussions can take place. All aspects of integrity in research publication will be covered by… Read More
Submissions now open for new OUP OA journal – Journal of Urban Ecology - April 2, 2015
Academic publisher Oxford University Press has announced that submissions are now open for a new Open Access journal - Journal of Urban Ecology. As of 2009 the number of people living in urban areas surpassed those living in rural areas, a trend that is only… Read More
Springer and Jisc reach agreement on a model to reduce the total cost of ownership of open access and journal subscriptions - April 1, 2015
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media and Jisc have agreed on a new arrangement which takes into account UK scientists' need to comply with multiple funders' open access policies and to have access to the vast library of scientific articles published by Springer,… Read More
Wiley launches new open access journal spanning entire breadth of the dentistry field - March 31, 2015
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the launch of a new open access journal spanning the entire breadth of the dentistry field, Clinical and Experimental Dental Research (CEDR). CEDR will publish quality, peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of dentistry… Read More
Cogent OA launches Freedom APCs, an experimental model designed to test affordability in the uptake of Open Access - March 30, 2015
Cogent OA, an Open Access publisher backed by the Taylor & Francis Group, has announced the launch of Freedom APCs – an experimental new model designed to help match article publishing charges (APCs) to an author's ability to pay. Through Cogent OA's Freedom APC model,… Read More
RCUK publishes first independent review of its open access policy - March 27, 2015
Research Councils UK (RCUK) has published the first independent review of the implementation of the RCUK Policy on Open Access. Chaired by Professor Sir Bob Burgess, former University of Leicester Vice-Chancellor, the review received an excellent response from the research community, with over 85 submissions of… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences launch first Nature Partner Journal in China - March 26, 2015
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS) has signed an official agreement with Nature Publishing Group to launch the first Nature Partner Journal in China, npj Computational Materials. The open access Nature Partner Journals (NPJ) publish high-quality research in collaboration… Read More
Wiley launches interdisciplinary OA journal, Inside the Cell - March 25, 2015
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the launch of Inside the Cell as part of the Wiley Open Access publishing program. Inside the Cell publishes research covering a broad range of areas within cell and molecular biology and seeks to… Read More
The National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and IOP Publishing sign new MoU to support OA publications - March 24, 2015
The National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSCL) and non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP) have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to support open access publications for Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) researchers. The Memorandum indicates the commitment of both organisations… Read More
Penn State librarians approve OA policy for scholarly work - March 23, 2015
Penn State University Libraries faculty recently voted to embrace open access principles when publishing their scholarly articles. The Open Access Policy, passed into legislation at the February 11, 2015, Library Faculty Organization meeting, preserves the right of library faculty to publish where they wish, but encourages… Read More
