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
RSC head welcomes House of Lords tech committee’s report on open access - February 26, 2013
Dr Robert Parker, Chief Executive of the UK's Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), has welcomed the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee's report on the implementation of open access (OA). According to Dr Parker, the outcomes of the inquiry respond directly to the serious… Read More
SPARC welcomes directive mooting open access to publicly funded research - February 25, 2013
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has applauded US President Barack Obama for issuing a directive to ensure that the results of taxpayer-funded research – both articles and data – are made available to the general public to freely access and fully use. The… Read More
Wiley launches Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences combining The Radiographer and Shadows - February 25, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced the launch of Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences (JMRS), combining The Radiographer (now in its 60th volume) from the Australian Institute of Radiography (AIR) and Shadows (in its 56th Volume) from the New Zealand Institute of Medical… Read More
Taylor & Francis joins Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association - February 25, 2013
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis, UK, will join the community of open access (OA) publishers that are part of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). OASPA represents the interest of OA publishers globally within scientific and technical disciplines; advancing OA models, advocacy, education, and innovation… Read More
