SPARC applauds reintroduction of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act - March 19, 2015
SPARC, an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication, has applauded the reintroduction of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act, which would ensure that public access to research articles becomes the law… Read More
National Science Foundation announces plan for comprehensive public access to research results - March 19, 2015
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced its continued commitment to expand public access to the results of its funded research through the publication of its public access plan, Today's Data, Tomorrow's Discoveries. NSF's public access is intended to accelerate the dissemination of fundamental research results… Read More
The Ecological Societies of America and China launch new international, interdisciplinary, open access journal - March 18, 2015
The Ecological Society of America (ESA) and the Ecological Society of China (ESC) have jointly launched a new open access scholarly research journal to foster communication of applied ecological research across national and disciplinary boundaries. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability features international collaborations, interdisciplinary research, and… Read More
Elsevier unveils new open access journal – Reviews in Physics - March 17, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new open access journal Reviews in Physics. Reviews in Physics claims to be the first open access journal publishing only review papers in all areas of (applied) physics. The journal provides a platform for researchers who… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and the British Dental Association launch new open access journal, BDJ Open - March 12, 2015
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the British Dental Association (BDA) have announced the launch of BDJ Open, a new open access journal which will publish dental and oral health research from all disciplines. BDJ Open will publish scientifically sound,… Read More
HHS releases plans for public access to federally funded research - March 9, 2015
On February 27, 2015, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released implementation plans for five HHS agencies based on a common policy approach in response to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) 2013 memorandum regarding public access to federally funded research.… Read More
Directory of Open Access Journals introduces new standards to help community address quality concerns - March 6, 2015
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), a comprehensive international database of more than 10,000 Open Access journals, recently implemented a rigorous new vetting process that aims to raise the bar of quality for the journals it lists and filters out publications that are tarnishing the… Read More
SCOAP3 enters second year of operation, celebrates publication of first 5,000 articles - March 4, 2015
The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) started its second year of operation and celebrates the publication of the first 5,000 articles. More than 18,000 scientists from 86 countries have benefited from this Open Access initiative, publishing articles at no direct costs.… Read More
Springer launches new open access journal – International Journal of Implant Dentistry - March 3, 2015
STM publisher Springer has launched a new open access journal, the International Journal of Implant Dentistry. Sponsored by the German Association of Dental Implantology (DGI) and the Japanese Socieities of Oral Implantology (JSOI), and published by SpringerOpen, the journal is dedicated to… Read More
Future Science Group launches new OA journal – Concussion - February 25, 2015
Publisher Future Science Group (FSG) has launched Concussion, a new open access journal that publishes original research, reviews and commentaries addressing the assessment, management and short and long term implications of this subset of traumatic brain injury, which is gaining increasing attention. Topics covered by… Read More
