‘We the People’ petition movement hits 25,000 signatures in two weeks - June 5, 2012
The movement to make taxpayer-funded research freely available online hit a new milestone on June 3 when advocates hit their goal of 25,000 signatures to a ‘We the People’ petition to the Obama administration. The petition, created by Access2Research (a group of open access advocates, including Read More
RSC finds increasing number of university subscribers for Gold offering - June 1, 2012
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has stated that its new premium collection of international journals, databases and magazines offering access to all published material is proving to be a winner with more and more universities around the UK. The RSC already has 21 universities, including… Read More
UCSF clears policy to make research papers freely accessible to public - May 25, 2012
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Academic Senate has voted to make electronic versions of current and future scientific articles freely available to the public. The move is projected to reverse decades of practice on the part of medical and scientific journal publishers to restrict… Read More
Online petition in US urging open access to federally funded research gains ground - May 24, 2012
A community-driven petition in the US calling for the Obama administration to open up the results of taxpayer-funded scientific research by making journal articles freely available online is seen to have opened remarkably strong. The petition, which calls for public access to all federally funded research, was posted to the… Read More
Emerald supports Mental Health Awareness Week, offers free access to Health and Social Care collection - May 22, 2012
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, is offering free online access to 22 journals in its Health and Social Care collection in recognition of the Mental Health Awareness Week, from May 21–28. The journals include acclaimed mental health publications Journal of Public Mental Health, Mental… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell launches new OA journal – Food Science & Nutrition - May 18, 2012
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced the launch of Food Science & Nutrition as part of the Wiley Open Access publishing programme. The journal will provide authors with a new platform for the rapid dissemination of… Read More
Research4Life announces dramatic increase in peer reviewed research available to developing world - May 17, 2012
The Research4Life partners have announced that content available through its collaborative public-private partnership has dramatically increased since 2011 to reach 17,000 peer reviewed scientific journals, books and databases. Research4Life provides over 6,000 institutions in more than 100 developing countries with free or low cost access to… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. launches new OA journal – BioResearch Open Access - May 17, 2012
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc, US, has announced the release of the inaugural issue of BioResearch Open Access, a new bimonthly peer-reviewed open access journal. The journal provides a new rapid-publication forum for a broad range of scientific topics including but not limited to molecular and… Read More
SAGE partners with Simon Fraser University on SAGE Open - May 16, 2012
Academic and professional publisher SAGE has announced a partnership with Simon Fraser University (SFU), a leader in the open access movement and a member of COPE (Compact for Open-access Publishing Equity). The partnership is designed to encourage social science and humanities faculty and students at SFU… Read More
Versita launches new Open Access journal programme - May 10, 2012
Academic publisher Versita has announced the launch of a new programme of Open Access journals. 100 Emerging Science Journals are being launched in 2012. The programme will focus on young and rapidly developing fields of science, which have not yet been covered by a designated journal.… Read More
