BioMed Central and the University of Michigan in deal to publish open access journal Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology - October 1, 2014
Open access publisher BioMed Central and the University of Michigan have announced an agreement to publish a new open access journal, Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology, which is now open for submissions and will begin publishing in the first quarter of 2015. … Read More
SAGE launches open access journal PLEURA to advance knowledge of pleural diseases - October 1, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of PLEURA, an open access journal publishing research on recent advances in pleural diseases. The journal will be published as the official journal of the International Society of Pleural Diseases. PLEURA will promote a multidisciplinary approach to the… Read More
Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi named founding editor-in-chief of ACS Central Science journal - September 29, 2014
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced that internationally renowned chemist Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi will take the helm as editor-in-chief of its first fully open access journal, ACS Central Science, which is set to launch in early 2015. Currently a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator… Read More
De Gruyter Open to convert eight subscription journals to Open Access mega journals - September 29, 2014
Open Access publisher De Gruyter Open has announced that it will publish a group of eight Central European Journals now distributed in subscription model by Springer and turn them to Open Access, starting with volume 2015. This is a move unprecedented for a group of STM… Read More
Elsevier expands OA portfolio with two new journals – Preventive Medicine Reports and Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research - September 25, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new peer reviewed open access journal, Preventive Medicine Reports (PMR). Preventive Medicine Reports will serve as the sister journal to Preventive Medicine, a leading medical journal founded by Dr. Ernst Wynder in 1972. Continuing the legacy… Read More
Research and Markets adds Open Access Journal Publishing Market 2014-2017 report to their offering - September 24, 2014
Market research and data services provider Research and Markets, Ireland, has announced the addition of the "Open Access Journal Publishing 2014-2017" report to their offering. In today's global market, it's more important than ever to understand the changing dynamics of academic… Read More
Nature Communications journal set to become open access only - September 23, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has announced that Nature Communications is to become the first Nature-branded open access only journal. The number one open access journal in multidisciplinary sciences, Nature Communications is NPG's flagship open access title. Nature Communications will accept open access research submissions… Read More
UK medical research charities join forces to support open access - September 18, 2014
A consortium of six leading UK medical research charities will support the costs of making research articles from their funded research immediately and freely openly available to scientists, patients, and donors alike, through the recently announced joint Charity Open Access Fund. David Carr of the Wellcome… Read More
Cogent OA announces major upgrade to its user interface, supports research discovery and impact - September 18, 2014
Cogent OA, an Open Access publisher backed by Taylor & Francis, has released a major upgrade to its user interface. Cogent OA's new platform focuses on assisting authors in ensuring their work gets found and read by the broadest possible audience; and… Read More
Nature Publishing Group partners with The Systems Biology Institute to launch OA journal npj Systems Biology and Applications - September 16, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group has announced a new partnership with The Systems Biology Institute, Tokyo, to launch npj Systems Biology and Applications, an online open access journal dedicated to publishing high quality research. The journal will begin accepting submissions in November 2014 and publish its… Read More
