De Gruyter consolidates all OA publications under a new imprint: De Gruyter Open - January 24, 2014
Academic publishing house De Gruyter is consolidating all OA publications under a new imprint: De Gruyter Open. The publisher Versita, which was acquired by De Gruyter in 2012, will be fully subsumed under the new imprint. Open Access (OA) is an important and growing aspect… Read More
American Chemical Society implements CCC’s RightsLink for Open Access solution - January 23, 2014
Global licensing and content solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has announced that the world's largest scientific society, the American Chemical Society (ACS), has selected CCC's RightsLink® for Open Access to manage Article Processing Charges (APCs) for its Open Access publications.… Read More
TU Delft Library and IOS Press in deal to publish OA books - January 22, 2014
STM publisher IOS Press, Netherlands, and TU Delft Library, part of the Corporate Office of TU Delft, have signed an agreement to publish at least ten Open Access (OA) books - as ebooks – by authors affiliated with TU Delft. Both parties hope to stimulate the… Read More
Springer expands open access activities in South Korea, in deal for two new SpringerOpen journals with Korean partners - January 22, 2014
STM publisher Springer is intensifying its open access activities in South Korea by signing agreements for two new SpringerOpen journals with the Korean Geotechnical Society (KGS) and the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles (KSCT). Starting in January 2014, both research societies will start publishing their… Read More
Open Access journal Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology accepted for indexing by Thomson Reuters - January 20, 2014
The Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology journal has been accepted for indexing by Thomson Reuters. Following its acceptance by Scopus in 2013, this journal will soon be indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences (CC/PC&ES), beginning with volume 1(1) 2011. … Read More
Society for Neuroscience set to launch new OA journal in the field of neuroscience - January 20, 2014
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has announced plans to launch a new, open access (OA), online-only journal to serve the field of neuroscience. The journal, expected to launch as early as fall 2014, will provide a fully open access, rapid publication option for neuroscientists, adding another… Read More
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health launches nationwide open access to UpToDate - January 16, 2014
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that the Ministry of Health (MOH) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has launched nationwide open access to UpToDate, providing nearly 80,000 physicians and nurses with access to its acclaimed clinical decision support resource. Starting in… Read More
CCC and ALPSP partner to launch new OA Resource Center - January 15, 2014
Global licensing and content solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has launched an Open Access Resource Center in partnership with the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP). The resource center includes links to the latest open access news, reports, whitepapers, webinars and websites.… Read More
Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki is now open for submissions - January 9, 2014
Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki has transferred to publishing with BioMed Central after being self published since 2004, and is now accepting submissions via the new website. All back content can be found in the archive. Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki is a peer-reviewed, open access, international… Read More
NISO seeks comments on the draft recommended practice Open Access Metadata and Indicators - January 7, 2014
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is seeking comments on the draft recommended practice Open Access Metadata and Indicators (NISO RP-22-201x). Launched in January 2013, the NISO Open Access Metadata and Indicators Working Group was chartered to develop protocols and mechanisms for transmitting the access status… Read More
