Elsevier launches new Open Access journal – Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Cases - July 29, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Cases, an open access, surgical journal. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Cases is a surgical journal dedicated to publishing case reports and case series only which must be original, educational, rare conditions or findings,… Read More
Wiley and Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) partner to launch new Open Access journal - July 23, 2014
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc. and the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) have announced the launch of the Society's first fully open access journal - Geo: Geography and Environment. Geo positions the RGS-IBG and Wiley as world leaders in the publication of geographical research. Geo… Read More
The Optical Society unveils new OA journal for highest-impact research in the science of light - July 23, 2014
The Optical Society (OSA) has published the first issue of Optica, its new open-access, online-only journal dedicated to rapidly disseminating the highest-impact peer-reviewed research across the entire spectrum of optics and photonics. The journal will join a portfolio of publications published by OSA, whose scientific journals… Read More
SCOAP3 repository now open for the community to harvest content through OAI-PMH feeds - July 21, 2014
The SCOAP3 repository is now open for the community to harvest content through OAI-PMH feeds. The SCOAP3 repository hosts Open Access articles published under the SCOAP3 initiative. It is built on Open Source software and has been recently featured at the Open Repository 2014 conference. The… Read More
Elsevier launches Open Access journal Burnout Research - July 18, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of open access journal Burnout Research. Professor Christina Maslach of the University of Berkeley, California, serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. Burnout has proven its global significance and impact over the last years,… Read More
First articles published in new fully Open Access journals from EDP Open - July 18, 2014
EDP Open, the new Open Access imprint from EDP Sciences, has announced the publication of the first articles in its newly launched fully Gold Open Access journals Manufacturing Review and EPJ Applied Metamaterials. Manufacturing Review is a forum for presenting the latest advances, developments and… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal – Bone Reports - July 17, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new open access journal - Bone Reports. Prof. Peter R. Ebeling from Monash University serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. Prof. Ebeling is also Senior Editor for sister journal Bone. As sister publication to the highly… Read More
IDS to re-launch IDS Bulletin as a gold open access publication in 2016 - July 17, 2014
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) has announced that its journal, the IDS Bulletin, is to be re-launched in 2016 as a gold open access publication. The IDS flagship journal is currently published in partnership with Wiley Blackwell, but with the expiry of the current agreement… Read More
SAGE launches new OA journal – Big Data & Society - July 16, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has launched Big Data & Society, an open access (OA), peer reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to exploring the implications of Big Data for societies. Big Data & Society aims to move beyond the usual notions of Big Data and provide a platform for… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry’s flagship journal Chemical Science goes Gold open access - July 16, 2014
The Royal Society of Chemistry's flagship journal, Chemical Science, is going Gold open access from 2015 - making it the world's first high-quality open access chemistry journal. Outgoing UK Science Minister, David Willetts, has applauded the move as a 'bold step.' With an Impact Factor… Read More
