Academic Senate of University of California passes Open Access policy - August 5, 2013
The Academic Senate of the University of California has passed an Open Access Policy, ensuring that future research articles authored by faculty at all 10 campuses of UC will be made available to the public at no charge. Articles will be available to the public… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert offers complimentary online access to Breastfeeding Medicine journal - August 2, 2013
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, US, has announced complimentary online access to 2012 and 2013 published issues of the journal Breastfeeding Medicine for the entire month of August, in recognition of World Breastfeeding Week. Breastfeeding Medicine is the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding… Read More
Wiley and American Neurological Association partner to launch new OA journal - July 31, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. US, and the American Neurological Association (ANA) have announced a partnership to launch Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, a new online-only, open access journal. The journal will publish original research and scholarly reviews focused on the mechanisms and… Read More
New Zealand’s Lincoln University opens access to research outputs - July 31, 2013
In a first for a New Zealand university, Lincoln University has implemented an open access policy, allowing staff and postgraduate students to make their research outputs including research data, teaching materials and public records, openly and freely accessible on the web. The decision by Lincoln… Read More
SpringerPlus journal passes 1,000 article submissions mark - July 30, 2013
STM publisher Springer has announced that its SpringerPlus journal has passed an important milestone – more than 1,000 submissions by authors wishing to be published in the journal. SpringerPlus is published under the SpringerOpen brand, and is an interdisciplinary, fully open access (OA) publication. SpringerPlus was… Read More
GigaScience journal unveils new features and functionality at ISMB meeting - July 22, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central and the Beijing Genome Institute (BGI) have announced that the journal GigaScience will unveil new features and functionality at the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) meeting. The move comes one year on from the launch of the journal. As… Read More
Open-access platform Libre set for October launch, academics invited to publish papers and solicit reviews - July 15, 2013
Three academics are set to launch a new open-access platform that they hope will allow researchers to wrest control of peer review from journals and remove academic publishers' justification for charging high prices for their titles. The Libre platform, slated for launch in October, will host open reviews of… Read More
Karger Publishers expands Open Access programme with several initiatives - July 2, 2013
Biomedical publisher Karger Publishers, Switzerland, has announced the expansion of its Open Access programme with several initiatives to benefit researchers, readers, authors, funding organisations and other partners. With market demand increasing for Open Access in scientific and medical publishing, the Switzerland- based, international biomedical publisher… Read More
British Academy publishes series of 8 newly commissioned articles debating future of open access - July 2, 2013
The British Academy has published a series of 8 newly commissioned articles reflecting on the challenges and opportunities for humanities and social sciences open access publishing practices. Debating Open Access - edited by British Academy Vice-Presidents Professor Nigel Vincent and Professor Chris Wickham - demonstrates… Read More
Encyclopedia of Life Open Access Support Project begins next phase with new eligibility criteria - July 2, 2013
The new phase of the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) Open Access Support Project (EOASP) started July 1, 2013, with some slight changes in eligibility criteria. The aim of the EOASP project is to increase the data flow into EOL, promulgate the open access publishing model… Read More
