University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to celebrate Open Access Week, October 20–27 - October 16, 2014
The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa will be celebrating Open Access Week, October 20–27. Throughout the week, the UH Mānoa community is invited to learn about open educational resources at the Outreach College, to navigate the impact of copyright on teaching and… Read More
John Wiley & Sons’ new online tool simplifies management of open access funds for institutions and funders - October 15, 2014
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the launch of the Wiley Open Access Account Dashboard, an online tool that simplifies management of open access funds for institutions and funders. The Account Dashboard is now available for all Wiley Open Access Account holders. The Wiley… Read More
SCOAP3 webinar to discuss status of the initiative and future plans - October 15, 2014
The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) recently marked the publication of its 3333rd article. The Consortium will host an online conversation on November 18th to discuss its first months of operation. Starting January 2014, SCOAP3 has supported publication of Open… Read More
Nobel Laureates’ publications now open for free access in SPIE Digital Library - October 13, 2014
Research papers published by six 2014 Nobel Prize recipients whose accomplishments in physics and chemistry have been enabled by photonics are being made freely available in the SPIE Digital Library through the end of 2014. The innovations recognized for this year's Nobel prizes in Physics and… Read More
New AERA open access journal now accepting article submissions - October 13, 2014
AERA Open, a new scholarly journal from the American Educational Research Association (AERA), is now accepting article submissions. The publication is among the first open access journals to be launched by a scholarly social science society. The journal is edited by an inaugural team of… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University launch new OA journal – npj Microgravity - October 10, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group and the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University have announced the launch of npj Microgravity, a new open access journal. The journal is specifically dedicated to publishing research that enables space exploration and research that is enabled… Read More
Royal Society Open Science launches on HighWire - October 10, 2014
The Royal Society has announced the launch of Royal Society Open Science, a new open access journal publishing high quality original research on the basis of objective peer review. The journal will publish original research articles that are scientifically sound, leaving judgement of importance and impact… Read More
Dental Science & Surgery journals celebrate Open Access Week - October 6, 2014
Open Access publisher OMICS Group Incorporation invites researchers, authors, medical practitioners, academicians, and students across the globe to participate in the 'Open Access Week' by actively contributing their research outcome as articles to OMICS Group Dental and Surgery Journals from October 20-26, 2014. Oral health… Read More
De Gruyter offers access to all of its scholarly content to top Wikipedia editors - October 2, 2014
Academic publisher De Gruyter will give access to all of its scholarly content to 1.000 highly active Wikipedia editors and will allow them to use it for their encyclopedia research. The editors are offered the opportunity to read ebooks, journals and database entries on De Gruyter… Read More
Wellcome Trust launches charity fund to support open access research publications - October 1, 2014
Six medical research charities recently launched the Charity Open Access Fund (COAF) to cover open access, article-processing charges. Robert Kiley is Head of Digital Services at the Wellcome Library and is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Trust's open access policy.… Read More
