QScience.com launches new online journal to publish conference proceedings - May 10, 2012
Qatar-based QScience.com has announced the launch of a new service focusing entirely on publishing conference proceedings. Conference delegates can now publish their contributions in an online journal, QScience Proceedings. QScience Proceedings publishes papers from meetings of the world's most prestigious conferences, delivering in-depth coverage of leading-edge… Read More
STM welcomes UK minister’s support for sustainable open access - May 4, 2012
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has welcomed the support of David Willetts, the UK Minister of State for Universities and Science, for publishing and sustainable open access. Writing this week in the Guardian on the UK government's plans to make… Read More
More than 12 million catalogue records from Harvard’s 73 libraries publicly available - April 26, 2012
The Harvard Library has announced that it is making more than 12 million catalogue records from Harvard’s 73 libraries publicly available. The records contain bibliographic information about books, videos, audio recordings, images, manuscripts, maps, and more. The Harvard Library is making these records available in… Read More
Journal report on multidisciplinary care for lower back pain - April 24, 2012
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced that The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine has published a study that says many patients with lower back pain might benefit significantly from an individualised, multidisciplinary, team-based model of care. This includes access to licensed complementary care… Read More
Journal of NeuroEngineering brings out thematic series on mobility technology - April 23, 2012
Open Access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that a new thematic series ‘Major trends in mobility technology’ was recently published in the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. Guest edited by Brian Caulfield and Silvestro Micera, this series aims to review mobility technology research in Europe.… Read More
Emerald offers free access to environmental research in recognition of Earth Day - April 23, 2012
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing, UK, has announced free access to key scholarly research on renewable energy, climate change and sustainability in recognition of Earth Day. Reflecting Earth Day’s mission to broaden, diversify and activate the environmental movement worldwide through education, Emerald has chosen content from… Read More
Wrong OA policy may hurt UK’s publishing industry, says RSC chief - April 20, 2012
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has responded to the Research Councils UK (RCUK)’s Proposed Policy on Access to Research Outputs to help inform RCUK on enhancing scientific communications in a sustainable manner. Adopting the wrong open access (OA) model would ‘destroy scientific communications’, RSC chief… Read More
BioMed Central launches new OA journal – Agriculture & Food Security - April 20, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of a new open access journal Agriculture & Food Security. The journal recently launched as a venue for research addressing the challenge of global food security, with a particular focus on sustainable agriculture and food systems… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert offers complimentary issues of 3 journals for Earth Day - April 20, 2012
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced that a complimentary issue of three journals - Sustainability: The Journal of Record; Environmental Justice; and Ecopsychology – are available online in recognition of Earth Day, April 22, 2012. The journals are said to contain informative, thought-provoking and… Read More
Springer and EMS call on mathematical community to contribute to articles on the Encyclopedia of Mathematics open access wiki - April 19, 2012
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media and the European Mathematical Society (EMS) partnered to transform the Encyclopedia of Mathematics(EoM) into an open access wiki for the mathematics community in late 2011. In the first six months since its launch, the site has already attracted more than 500,000… Read More
