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
Frontiers and University College London continue open-access publishing agreement - July 11, 2014
UCL joins a growing number of institutions that support authors to publish with Frontiers, including the Max Planck Society, Bielefeld University, University of Nottingham, University of Stuttgart and others. Swiss open-access publisher and research network, Frontiers, part of the Nature Publishing… Read More
COAR responds to STM Publishing Association’s statement on embargo periods - July 9, 2014
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has published a reply to STM Publishing Association's statement on embargo periods (May 28, 2014). In May 2014, the Confederation of Open Access Repositories and several international organisations published a statement supporting the… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal – New Negatives in Plant Science - July 9, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of an open access, online-only journal - New Negatives in Plant Science. The journal will publish research focusing on negative, unexpected or controversial results in fundamental plant sciences. Published work will include research articles and short communications, as… Read More
Zoological Letters joins BioMed Central’s open access publishing platform - July 3, 2014
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced that Zoological Letters, the official academic journal of The Zoological Society of Japan (ZSJ), will be launched from BioMed Central's open access publishing platform. Zoological Letters considers original contributions relevant to zoology and related fields in the form… Read More
