Frontiers launches new OA journal – Frontiers in Energy Research - August 29, 2013
Open-access scholarly publisher Frontiers, part of the Nature Publishing Group family, has announced the launch of its Frontiers in Energy Research journal. In Frontiers in Energy Research, scientists from around the world join together to examine how new energy systems can be integrated in the economic… Read More
AAP releases statement on OSTP deadline for federal agencies’ public access plans - August 26, 2013
The US federal agencies with over $100 million in R&D expenditures were required to submit their plans by August 22, 2013 to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) outlining how they will expand public access to the output of the research they fund. The submissions are… Read More
Brill expands Brill Open to include monographs and edited volumes - August 20, 2013
Academic publisher Brill has announced that it is extending Brill Open to include monographs and edited volumes. Brill Open offers authors the choice to make their research freely accessible online in exchange for a Publication Charge. Brill Open is made available to authors only upon… Read More
New OA title from Springer to cover critical issues related to food contamination, hygiene and safety - August 15, 2013
STM publisher Springer has announced that its open access program, SpringerOpen, has launched the International Journal of Food Contamination to examine incidents of food contamination worldwide. The journal will begin publishing this year, and all full text articles will be accessible via Read More
Co-Action Publishing and Market Access Society partner to launch new OA journal - August 7, 2013
Open access (OA) scholarly publisher Co-Action Publishing, Sweden, has announced the launch of Journal of Market Access and Health Policy (JMAHP) under the Chief Editorship of Professor Mondher Toumi, Director of the Chair of Public Health and Market Access, UFR d'Odontologie University Claude Bernard Lyon, France.… Read More
M. E. Sharpe announces free online access to international sociological journals - August 6, 2013
Academic publisher M.E. Sharpe has announced that in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 10-13, it is providing free complimentary online access to international sociological journals for the month of August. The journals are: International Journal of Sociology, Chinese Sociological Review,… Read More
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
