G8 science ministers’ recommendations on access to research - June 18, 2013
As preparations were underway in Northern Ireland for the 39th G8 summit, science ministers from G8 nations met with their national science academies to discuss the most pressing issues in research facing scientists worldwide. Their recommendations will be put to the G8 leaders during talks being… Read More
PeerJ celebrates first anniversary - June 14, 2013
PeerJ recently celebrated the first anniversary of their original announcement. PeerJ was announced on June 12, 2012 and opened for submissions on December 3, 2012. The first PeerJ articles were published on Feb 12, 2013. This was followed by launching PeerJ PrePrints in April… Read More
NPG and Nanjing Agricultural University announce 2014 launch of OA journal Horticulture Research - June 11, 2013
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group and Nanjing Agricultural University have announced the 2014 launch of open access journal Horticulture Research. The journal will launch on nature.com in January 2014, and will begin accepting submissions later in 2013. The new partnership was announced at the launch of… Read More
Springer welcomes discussion around the Clearing House for the Open Research of the United States - June 7, 2013
STM publisher Springer has welcomed discussion around the Clearing House for the Open Research of the United States (CHORUS) and the involvement of publishers in debates around access to academic research. The US Government is taking steps towards an efficient infrastructure for open access to publicly… Read More
House Assembly passes California Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Act - June 3, 2013
The House Assembly has passed the California Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Act (AB 609). The act is now set to be heard in the Senate later this summer. If AB 609 becomes law, it will unlock access to the results of more than $200 million in annual,… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal – Translational Proteomics - May 28, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of an online-only, open access journal - Translational Proteomics. The journal is devoted to transferring fundamental discoveries in the field of proteomics to clinical applications, accelerating understanding and treatment of human diseases. Jean-Charles Sanchez, Associate Professor at the… Read More
IEEE-owned peer-reviewed journals now offer OA publishing options - May 28, 2013
Technical professional organisation IEEE recently announced that all IEEE-owned peer-reviewed journals now offer open-access (OA) publishing options, the latest sign of OA's growth as it continues to transform the scholarly research publishing industry. Open access allows all technologists and the general public to access research… Read More
Biss’ open access legislation passes House - May 28, 2013
Legislation State Senator Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) sponsored to work toward making state universities' taxpayer-funded research available to the public recently passed the House by a vote of 98-16. Senate Bill 1900, which will require each public university to convene an open access task force, now awaits the governor's signature. … Read More
SAGE and AERA launch new OA journal AERA Open - May 24, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE and the American Educational Research Association (AERA) have announced that they will launch AERA Open, an online, peer-reviewed journal that will be freely available to all readers on the web. AERA Open is expected to begin publishing articles in early 2014. Currently… Read More
Official journal of the Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine moves to BioMed Central’s OA platform - May 21, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AOEM) has moved to BioMed Central's open access publishing platform. AOEM is the official academic journal of The Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (KSOEM). KSOEM was formed in… Read More
