New open-access medical journal CMAJ Open set to launch - January 23, 2013
CMAJ Open, a new online open-access research journal from the same family as the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), will begin publishing late January 2013. The journal is owned by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA). CMAJ Open will publish high-quality, peer-reviewed medical research papers without… Read More
Maney Publishing offers free access to Materials Science & Engineering Collection for fourteen days - January 22, 2013
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced that it is running 'Free Access 14' from February 4 – 18, 2013. Under the initiative, Maney will make all the journals in the Materials Science & Engineering Collection freely available for fourteen days. All those who complete the… Read More
RCUK unveils statement to promote equality and diversity in research - January 21, 2013
Research Councils UK (RCUK) has unveiled its new Statement of Expectations for Equality and Diversity, which is intended to drive more rapid cultural change in the management of equality and diversity in institutions receiving Research Council funding. In line with legislation in the Equality Act… Read More
BioMed Central launches Journal of Eating Disorders - January 21, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced the launch of the Journal of Eating Disorders. This journal launch marks a significant development in this area of research. It claims to be the first open access journal of its kind. Journal of Eating Disorders is co-edited… Read More
French group offers comments on EC recommendations on OA publication - January 21, 2013
The European Commission had issued a recommendation encouraging the Member States to make necessary arrangements to disseminate publicly funded research through open access (OA) publication, as soon as possible, preferably immediately and in any case within 6 or 12 months after the date of publication, depending… Read More
Springer and Scion collaborate to publish New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science - January 18, 2013
STM publisher Springer and Scion, a New Zealand Crown Research Institute, will cooperate to publish the New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science, starting in January 2013. As of Volume 43, Issue 1, the journal will be part of the SpringerOpen portfolio. As a fully sponsored open… Read More
F1000Research articles to be listed in PubMed and deposited in PubMed Central - January 16, 2013
F1000Research, the first Open Science publisher, has announced that articles published in its innovative publishing system will be listed in PubMed, which claims to be the largest and most-used biomedical literature database. F1000Research is F1000’s new open access publishing program that offers immediate publication followed… Read More
Health Information Science and Systems publishes inaugural articles with BioMed Central - January 11, 2013
Health Information Science and Systems (HISS) has published its inaugural articles with open access publisher BioMed Central. HISS is a multidisciplinary journal that aims to use technologies in computer science to assist in disease diagnoses, treatment, prediction and monitoring through the modelling, design, development, visualisation, integration… Read More
F1000Research comes out of beta - January 9, 2013
F1000Research, the first Open Science publisher, has launched following a successful beta testing phase. Launching on a new publishing platform, F1000Research is F1000's new Open Science publishing program for life scientists, offering researchers for the first time: immediate publication; transparent and fast peer review post-publication; and… Read More
Biochemical Society and Portland Press announce free to all journals - January 7, 2013
The Biochemical Society and its wholly owned subsidiary, Portland Press Limited, a not-for-profit publisher, have announced that all of its subscription-based journals have been made entirely free to access online. This access is only available until midnight on January 31, 2013. Now freely available, research… Read More
