More articles available in open access as part of Emerald, IFLA special partnership - March 14, 2013
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, has announced the next batch of articles available in open access as part of its 'special partnership' with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). The articles, available to download from www.emeraldinsight.com/tk/iflaoa2013, are… Read More
Springer to publish the Journal of Analytical Science and Technology with the Korea Basic Science Institute - March 13, 2013
STM publisher Springer and the Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI) are partnering to publish the Journal of Analytical Science and Technology (JAST). As a fully sponsored open access journal, it will be part of the SpringerOpen portfolio, available on SpringerLink (link.springer.com). Launched by the KBSI… Read More
Wiley, ASPET and BPS partner to launch new OA journal – Pharmacology Research & Perspectives - March 8, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) and the British Pharmacological Society (BPS) have announced their partnership to publish the new open access, peer-reviewed journal, Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, which will open for submissions in April 2013. … Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry adopts CC BY licence for Gold OA papers - March 8, 2013
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced that it is making a change to copyright arrangements for open access papers published in RSC journals. Beginning April 1, 2013, authors will have the option to publish under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license when choosing… Read More
Emerald offers free access to key research - March 7, 2013
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing, UK, is providing free access to key research in support of International Women's Day on March 8th. Two journals and three book series echoing this year's theme, 'The Gender Agenda: Gaining Momentum', are freely accessible online from March 8 – 22… Read More
Wiley launches new OA journal on immunology - March 5, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced the launch of a new open access, interdisciplinary journal providing rapid publication of cutting-edge research across the broad field of immunology. Immunity, Inflammation and Disease is the latest journal to be launched from the Wiley Open Access… Read More
Publisher eLife joins Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association - March 5, 2013
eLife, publisher of the new open access journal for advances in life science and biomedicine, has announced that it has joined the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). eLife, the initiative backed by three major biomedical research funders – the Wellcome Trust, the Howard Hughes Medical… Read More
Frontiers and Nature Publishing Group announce strategic alliance to advance global open science movement - February 28, 2013
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced a majority investment in the Swiss-based open access (OA) publisher Frontiers. NPG and Frontiers will work together to empower researchers to change the way science is communicated, through open access publication and open science tools. Frontiers,… Read More
Brazilian Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases moves to BioMed Central - February 27, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases (JVATiTD) has moved to BioMed Central's open access publishing platform. The journal is the official academic journal of The Center for the Study of Venoms and Venomous… Read More
BioMed Central expands BMC-series portfolio, launches BMC Psychology - February 27, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of BMC Psychology, the latest addition to the BMC-series portfolio. This marks a significant milestone for the BMC-series family of open access journals, as it is the first new journal since 2008 and will lead the… Read More
