EC sets open access policy objectives under Horizon 2020 programme - July 18, 2012
The European Commission (EC) has adopted a Communication that sets out open access (OA) policy objectives for the research funded by the Commission through the "Horizon 2020" initiative. An accompanying recommendation sets out a complete policy framework for improving access to, and preservation of, scientific information.… Read More
IEEE Board of Directors approve creation of a rapid-publication, OA mega journal spanning all IEEE fields of interest - July 18, 2012
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced that it is continuing to develop its strategy on open access publishing. The IEEE Board of Directors recently approved the creation of a rapid-publication, open access mega journal spanning all IEEE fields of interest. Several other topical open access journals… Read More
RSC head expresses concern over huge transition costs under new OA proposals - July 18, 2012
Dr. Robert Parker, the Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), has welcomed the Open Access (OA) proposals announced earlier in the week by Research Councils UK (RCUK). However, he has opined that the estimated £50 million annual transition costs would mean a bumpy… Read More
Springer extends complimentary access for digital library project in Haiti - July 17, 2012
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media will extend the period of free access to its online platform, Springerlink, through 2015 to 15,000 students and researchers in Haiti, as the country continues to rebuild in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. This donation, initially set to expire in… Read More
John Wiley & Sons and the Royal Meteorological Society announce publishing partnership - July 17, 2012
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a partnership with the Royal Meteorological Society to launch the Geoscience Data Journal as part of the Wiley Open Access publishing programme. The new online-only journal will publish short, earth science data papers cross-linked to datasets that… Read More
First articles go live on F1000 Research - July 17, 2012
Article evaluation services provider Faculty of 1000 (F1000), UK, has announced the publication of initial articles on F1000 Research, the innovative open access publishing programme in biology and medicine. These articles also feature a novel inline data viewer, and a new method of article citation. … Read More
UK set to unveil plans for free access to publicly funded research by 2014 - July 16, 2012
The UK government is reportedly set to unveil controversial plans to make publicly funded scientific research immediately available for anyone to read for free by 2014. Under the scheme, research papers that describe work paid for by the British taxpayer will be free online for universities, companies and individuals to… Read More
BMC Medicine article finds open access journals reaching same scientific impact as subscription journals - July 16, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced that its OA journal BMC Medicine has published an article which compares the scientific impact of open access with traditional subscription publishing and has found that both of these publishing business models produce high quality peer reviewed articles. The… Read More
European Research Council joins UK PubMed Central - July 16, 2012
The European Research Council (ERC), one of Europe’s biggest funders of scientific research, has announced that it will be joining UK PubMed Central (UKPMC), the online information service which provides biomedical and health researchers free access to millions of resources at the touch of a button.… Read More
James du Preez named new joint Editor-in-Chief of Biotechnology for Biofuels - July 13, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the appointment of James du Preez of the University of the Free State, South Africa, as joint Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Biotechnology for Biofuels. He succeeds Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal, who retired from her role at the end of June.… Read More
