Two thousand OA articles published with SCOAP3 funding since January 2014 - July 2, 2014
The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) has announced that two thousand Open Access articles have been published with SCOAP3 funding since January 2014 in 10 journals from 11 publishers and learned societies. These articles are released under a CC-BY license, and… Read More
Springer and the Japan Geoscience Union to collaborate on new open access journal - June 24, 2014
STM publisher Springer and the Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU), the organisation that represents most of the earth and planetary science societies in Japan, have launched the new open access journal Progress in Earth and Planetary Science (PEPS). The first articles have already… Read More
SAGE unveils new Open Access journal – Digital Health - June 20, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of a new, interdisciplinary Open Access (OA) journal, Digital Health. A fully peer-reviewed journal, Digital Health will present universally accessible and digestible content on the latest developments in the rapidly emerging field of digital health practices. A unique… Read More
Springer launches new open access journal in Mathematics – Research in the Mathematical Sciences - June 19, 2014
STM publisher Springer has launched a new open access journal in Mathematics - Research in the Mathematical Sciences. The journal will be part of the SpringerOpen portfolio and can be read without subscription charges or registration barriers on www.resmathsci.com and on Springer's… Read More
Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica journal Nota Lepidopterologica goes advanced open access with Pensoft Publishers - June 17, 2014
The Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica has joined forces with Pensoft Publishers to bring the Society's journal Nota Lepidopterologica on the way to open access and innovation. The first issue of the journal published in Pensoft Publishers advanced open access format is now a fact. Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and JAAM announce 2015 launch of open access journal – npj Aging and Mechanisms of Disease - June 9, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the Japanese Society of Anti-Aging Medicine (JAAM) have announced the 2015 launch of npj Aging and Mechanisms of Disease. The online open access journal will go live on nature.com in Q1 2015, and will begin accepting submissions in September… Read More
PLOS ONE witnesses 25 percent fall in submissions - June 9, 2014
The number of papers published by one of the world's largest open-access journal, PLOS ONE, has plunged over the past few months after rising fairly steadily for years, notes Phil Davis, a scholarly publishing blogger. According to Davis, PLOS ONE may have become a less attractive… Read More
Elsevier to publish OA journal Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal on behalf of the Research Network of Computational and Structural Biotechnology - June 5, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Research Network of Computational and Structural Biotechnology (RNCSB) have announced their collaborative relationship in publishing open access journal, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (CSBJ). The journal will publish its first issue with Elsevier in June 2014. Computational and Structural… Read More
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift goes advanced open access with Pensoft - June 4, 2014
One of the oldest entomological journals Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift has announced a new collaboration with Pensoft Publishers to step right into the future with an innovative publishing platform. The first issue for 2014 is now available in a novel open access, semantically… Read More
Michigan Publishing unveils Ergo, an Open Access journal on Philosophy - June 4, 2014
Academic publisher Michigan Publishing has announced the launch of Ergo, an Open Access journal on Philosophy. According to the editors, Ergo responds to a need for general philosophy journals that are efficient, open access, inclusive, and transparent. While maintaining very high standards for acceptance (since… Read More
