Elsevier to flip 7 subscription journals to Open Access in 2014 - December 18, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it will flip seven established subscription journals to a gold open access model starting January 1, 2014. These titles include Physics Letters B and Nuclear Physics B as part of Elsevier's participation in the SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consortium for Open… Read More
Sciedu Press launches International Journal of Diagnostic Imaging - December 16, 2013
Sciedu Press, a Canada-based research publication agency in Canada, has announced the launch of the International Journal of Diagnostic Imaging. Sciedu Press handles the promotion and publication of all scientific research and education. The goal is to spread and increase awareness of scientific knowledge all… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal – Operations Research Perspectives - December 10, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of an open access journal - Operations Research Perspectives. Rubén Ruiz García of Universitat Politècnica València, Spain, will serve as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. Operations Research Perspectives is a new open access journal in the field of… Read More
New OA journal from the American Geophysical Union and Wiley publishes first articles - December 9, 2013
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) and publisher Wiley have announced that Earth's Future, a new open access journal, has published its first group of articles. Created to reflect the risks and opportunities associated with environmental changes and challenges, the journal features primary research across disciplines… Read More
Wellcome Library signs up for new OA pilot project, Knowledge Unlatched - December 9, 2013
The Wellcome Library has signed up to a new open access pilot project, Knowledge Unlatched (KU). KU aims to make a collection of books, covering a wide range of humanities and social science topics, available on open access licenses through funding from hundreds of libraries. … Read More
SCOAP3 to begin January 1, 2014 - December 6, 2013
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, has announced that the SCOAP3 Open Access publishing initiative will start January 1, 2014. With the support of partners in 24 countries, a vast fraction of scientific articles in the field of High-Energy Physics will… Read More
Palgrave Macmillan joins OASPA - December 5, 2013
Academic publisher Palgrave Macmillan has announced its membership of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), a trade association which represents the interests of open access publishers in all academic disciplines. OASPA enables exchange of information, setting standards, advancing models, advocacy, education, and the promotion… Read More
Elsevier launches new open access journal – Current Plant Biology - December 3, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new open access journal - Current Plant Biology. Dr. Steven P. Briggs from the University of California San Diego, will serve as the Editor-in-Chief. The field of fundamental plant science is increasingly becoming an interdisciplinary domain… Read More
Frontiers launches new OA journal – Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution - December 2, 2013
Swiss open-access publisher and research network, Frontiers has announced the launch of a new journal - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution is an addition to the 'Frontiers in' journal series and will cover research in evolutionary biology, ecosystem and systems ecology,… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal – Case Studies in Construction Materials - November 27, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new open access journal - Case Studies in Construction Materials. Case Studies in Construction Materials seeks to provide a new forum for the rapid publication of structured case studies and short communications on construction materials. The journal… Read More
