Springer and Brazilian Society of Adhesion and Adhesives announce publishing partnership - November 13, 2013
STM publisher Springer and the Brazilian Society of Adhesion and Adhesives have announced a partnership to publish the new open access journal Applied Adhesion Science. The publication strengthens Springer's open access portfolio, which now comprises over 400 journals. The journal can be read free of subscription… Read More
IDSA announces new OA journal, Open Forum Infectious Diseases - November 12, 2013
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has named Dr. Paul Sax as the editor-in-chief of the Society's new peer-reviewed, open access journal, Open Forum Infectious Diseases (OFID). Oxford University Press (OUP) will begin publishing the new journal in early 2014. OFID will seek to… Read More
Frontiers launches new open-access journals – Frontiers in Earth Science and Frontiers in Environmental Science - November 6, 2013
Open-access publisher Frontiers, part of the Nature Publishing Group family, has announced the launch of two new open-access journals - Frontiers in Earth Science and Frontiers in Environmental Science. Manuscripts submitted to specialty sections in "Frontiers in" journals are peer reviewed by specialty associate and… Read More
ACS Publications expands open access publishing options - November 4, 2013
Scientific journal publisher ACS Publications, a Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS), has announced a far-reaching expansion of its open access publishing options - including a major new open access journal, more licensing choices for authors and a stimulus program to support authors who… Read More
Thieme continues to expand open access portfolio - October 31, 2013
Scientific and medical publisher Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. continues to expand its open access portfolio. Since the summer of 2011, Thieme founded seven new titles. The most recent addition is the journal International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, which Thieme began publishing as of October 1, 2013. With… Read More
BMJ and Lupus Foundation of America join forces to publish Lupus Science & Medicine journal - October 28, 2013
Evidence-based medical knowledge provider BMJ and the Lupus Foundation of America have announced a partnership to publish Lupus Science & Medicine, an open access journal dedicated to lupus. The journal will seek to provide an international focal point for clinicians and researchers across multiple disciplines The… Read More
Elsevier adds OA journal Annals of Medicine and Surgery to its medical journal portfolio - October 25, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier has added Annals of Medicine and Surgery (AMS), an online-only, open access journal devoted to physicians and surgeons in training, to its medical journal portfolio. AMS publishes original, peer-reviewed research articles, as well as review articles, commentaries, quality improvement projects, case reports, and… Read More
Thieme in deal to publish International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology - October 25, 2013
Scientific and medical publisher Thieme has announced a new agreement to take over publication of the International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology (IAO). Already in its 17th year of publication, this is one of the world's oldest open access journals. The title appears four times a year and… Read More
IOP Publishing introduces new referee reward programme as part of the company’s OA policy - October 25, 2013
IOP Publishing (IOP), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Physics, has introduced a new referee reward programme as part of the company's open access policy. The move has been made to help recognise the contribution made by reviewers to the peer-review process. It will… Read More
Four Wiley journals transition to Open Access - October 23, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the transition of four journals to the Wiley Open Access publishing program, bringing the total number of Wiley's open access titles to 28. From January 1, 2014, all newly published articles in Aging Cell, Cancer Science, Influenza and… Read More
