EBSCO Information Services joins OASPA - October 2, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has joined the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). OASPA represents the interests of Open Access (OA) journals publishers globally in all scientific, technical, and scholarly disciplines through an exchange of information, setting of industry standards, advancing business and… Read More
OMICS Group acquires African Journal of Psychiatry - September 26, 2013
OMICS Group Incorporation, a scientific organisation that drives the progress of research through scholarly open access journals, has announced the acquisition of the African Journal of Psychiatry. The African Journal of Psychiatry, under the umbrella of OMICS Group open access journals, is bound to fulfill the… Read More
New Open Access publisher, Cogent OA, launches - September 18, 2013
An innovative new Open Access publisher, Cogent OA has launched. Cogent OA is backed by the Taylor & Francis Group – a major global publisher with over 200 years experience. Cogent OA brings a new impetus to Open Access publishing – building on established processes… Read More
University Library and campus partners jump-start OA publishing at IUPUI - September 18, 2013
The University Library and key campus partners have started a fund to support the publication of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis scholarship in peer-reviewed open access journals. A pilot program that encourages diverse participation across schools on the campus will make $47,000 available to IUPUI faculty over… Read More
The UK House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee Report on OA - September 17, 2013
The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee has published a Report welcoming the UK Government's commitment to increasing access to published research findings, and its desire to achieve full open access. However, while Gold open access is a desirable ultimate goal, focusing on it during the transition to a fully open… Read More
Umeå School of Education selects Co-Action Publishing to publish Education Inquiry - September 17, 2013
Open access scholarly publisher Co-Action Publishing, Sweden, has been selected by the Umeå School of Education, Umeå University, Sweden, to publish the School's peer reviewed Open Access journal, Education Inquiry. The new journal moves to the Co-Action Publishing portfolio as of September 16. Current content… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA research publication – Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology - September 13, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new open access research publication — Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology (JCTE). The scope of this new journal is patient-oriented research in a variety of disciplines in endocrinology, including diabetes, metabolic bone disease and osteoporosis,… Read More
CCC joins Gold Open Access Infrastructure program - September 12, 2013
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a not-for-profit organisation creating global licensing, content and Open Access (OA) solutions that make copyright work for everyone, has joined the Gold Open Access Infrastructure program, based in the UK. The aim of the program is to establish dialogue and… Read More
CAB International provides free access to 77 recently published CABI books through Research4Life - September 11, 2013
CAB International (Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International) has announced that they will be providing free access to 77 recently published CABI books through Research4Life, a global UN-publisher initiative providing free and low cost access to researchers in developing countries. The recent editions… Read More
UC Berkeley and the University of Cambridge enter institutional arrangements for PeerJ memberships - September 11, 2013
PeerJ is pleased to announce that two research institutions UC Berkeley and the University of Cambridge have entered into new institutional arrangements to provide PeerJ memberships to their faculty. By doing so, any faculty member from these institutions who chooses to publish in PeerJ will have… Read More
