RSC to take Gold for Gold open access initiative global in 2013 - December 11, 2012
The UK's Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced that it is now rolling out its 'Gold for Gold' open access (OA) initiative worldwide. This follows a successful pilot in the UK. 'Gold for Gold' was launched in July this year, as an innovative experiment to… Read More
NPG and the Australasian Society for Immunology launch new OA journal – Clinical & Translational Immunology - December 5, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that Clinical & Translational Immunology (CTI), a new online-only open access journal, is live at www.nature.com/cti. Published by NPG and the Australasian Society for Immunology (ASI), the official launch coincides with the annual… Read More
IEEE Computer Society launches OA journal on emerging topics in computing setting - December 4, 2012
The IEEE Computer Society has launched a new open-access journal on emerging topics in computing setting the pace for providing authors with new options for publishing. IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC) publishes papers on emerging aspects of computer science, computer engineering, information… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal – Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis - November 29, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new, international, open access journal, Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis. Richard Clegg will serve as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis seeks to provide a forum for the rapid publication… Read More
Elsevier’s new OA journal to publish case reports on the behavioural aspects of seizures and epilepsy - November 27, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports, a new online-only Open Access journal devoted to the rapid publication of case reports on the behavioural aspects of seizures and epilepsy. As a sister journal to Epilepsy & Behavior, case reports… Read More
Journals JMR, MRS Communications offer new open access option for authors - November 27, 2012
The Materials Research Society (MRS) and Cambridge University Press (CUP) are jointly offering a new open access (OA) option for authors. The initiative allows authors the choice to publish in the Journal of Materials Research (JMR) and MRS Communications under a new model ensuring broad dissemination… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal – Leukemia Research Reports - November 26, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new open access, online journal - Leukemia Research Reports. Leukemia Research Reports, a sister journal to the publication Leukemia Research, will deliver timely information online to all healthcare professionals involved in basic and/or applied clinical research… Read More
BioMed Central journals accepting manuscripts peer reviewed by Peerage of Science - November 26, 2012
Open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central has announced that its journals BMC Biology, BMC Ecology, BMC Evolutionary Biology and Frontiers in Zoology are now welcoming manuscripts that have been reviewed through the community peer-review initiative Peerage of Science. The initiative aims to not only bring… Read More
COAR and euroCRIS announce strategic partnership - November 26, 2012
The World Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and euroCRIS recently announced a strategic partnership. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed at the euroCRIS members meeting in Madrid/Spain on November 6, 2012. The partnership will be based on the mutual understanding of the importance of… Read More
DOAB User Needs Analysis released - November 19, 2012
The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) recently released the final report of the DOAB User Needs Analysis. This report is based on the experiences, needs, and expectations of users as they emerged from a survey, an online discussion, and a panel at the recent OASPA… Read More
