OpenAIRE2020 assures open access to H2020 results for all - December 29, 2014
Starting in January 2015, OpenAIRE2020 will monitor H2020 research outputs and help to spread H2020's scientific publications. Over the years, OpenAIRE has become an essential component of EU research. The collaborative network has identified over 100 000 FP7 publications and has made them openly accessible… Read More
UNESCO unveils Open Access Curricula for Researchers and Librarians - December 29, 2014
Within the overall framework of UNESCO Strategy on Open Access to scientific information and research and to take forward UNESCO's leadership role in diffusing knowledge amongst its Member States, UNESCO has developed a set of manuals to facilitate capacity building of library and information professionals and… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy announce new OA journal, Molecular Therapy – Oncolytics - December 23, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) have announced a new online open access journal, Molecular Therapy – Oncolytics. Molecular Therapy - Oncolytics is an international, online-only, open access journal focusing on… Read More
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation set to introduce new open access policy in January 2015 - December 22, 2014
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is set to introduce an open access policy next month for the studies it funds that goes further than most other research funders. According to Trevor Mundel, the foundation's president of global health, the policy will enable other researchers… Read More
University of Alberta Libraries opens access to published research in Canada - December 19, 2014
University of Alberta Libraries is offering its open access e-journal hosting services to any Canadian scholarly journal, effective immediately. U of A Libraries already hosts more than 30 scholarly journals using Open Journal Systems software. It has offered the free service for eight years, but… Read More
Frontiers launches first OA journal in the humanities and social sciences – Frontiers in Digital Humanities - December 18, 2014
Swiss open-access publisher Frontiers, part of the Nature Publishing Group family, has announced the launch of a series of interdisciplinary open access journals across the whole spectrum of the humanities and social sciences. The first journal, Frontiers in Digital Humanities, is now open for submissions. … Read More
Oxford University Press launches new OA journal – Virus Evolution - December 12, 2014
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced the launch of a new open access journal, Virus Evolution. The journal is led by Editors-in-Chief, Professor Oliver Pybus, University of Oxford, and Professor Santiago Elena, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (CSIC-UPV). According to… Read More
Nature Publishing Group partners with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation to launch npj Breast Cancer journal - December 10, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group is joining forces with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) to publish npj Breast Cancer, an open access research journal which will help understand, prevent, treat and cure the world's second most common cancer. npj Breast Cancer will publish high quality… Read More
OUP announces January 2015 launch of new OA journal, Neuroscience of Consciousness - December 8, 2014
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced the launch of a new Open Access journal, Neuroscience of Consciousness, in partnership with the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC). Professor Anil Seth of the University of Sussex will serve as the Editor-in-Chief. Neuroscience… Read More
Gates Foundation may call for immediate free access for journal articles - November 24, 2014
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a major funder of global health research, plans to require that the researchers it funds publish only in immediate open-access journals. The policy is expected to be initiated by January 2017. Until then, grantees can publish in subscription-based journals… Read More
