Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. set to launch new OA journal – BioResearch Open Access - February 9, 2012
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced the March 2012 launch of BioResearch Open Access, a new bimonthly peer-reviewed open access journal. The journal will provide a new rapid-publication forum for a broad range of scientific topics including but not limited to molecular and cellular… Read More
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders publishes its first open access articles - February 9, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders has published its first open access articles. The journal was launched by Springer in 2009, publishing research focusing on the pathogenesis of neurodevelopmental disorders. The Editor-in-Chief, Professor Joseph Piven, discusses the move… Read More
California Digital Library joins PKP as development partner in OA publishing - February 8, 2012
The California Digital Library (CDL), on behalf of the University of California (UC) system, will support open access (OA) publishing infrastructure through a major development partnership with the Public Knowledge Project. As a result of this agreement, CDL will assist with PKP's ongoing development and support… Read More
Evolutionary Applications journal joins Wiley OA publishing programme - February 7, 2012
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that the journal Evolutionary Applications has joined the Wiley Open Access publishing programme. All newly published articles in the journal will be open access and free to view, download and… Read More
Journal of Translational Medicine launches new Nutrition and Metabolism section - February 7, 2012
Open Access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the Journal of Translational Medicine has launched a new section dedicated to Nutrition and Metabolism. Led by Section Editor Laura Soldati, and with a dedicated editorial board, the section aims to provide a platform for the interaction… Read More
NPG expands open access options - February 3, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced an expansion in open access among its society-owned titles. A new open access journal, Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids, has now launched at www.nature.com/mtna. In addition Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Spinal Cord… Read More
Science, Nature publish NSABB statement on risk from avian flu research publication - February 2, 2012
The US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) has published a policy statement warning about the ‘unusually high magnitude’ risk from unrestricted publication of avian flu research. The NSABB statement was published online recently by the scientific journals Science and Nature, which will publish them… Read More
Oxford University Press set to publish radiation science journal – Journal of Radiation Research - February 2, 2012
The Oxford University Press (OUP) is set to publish Japan’s pre-eminent title in radiation science, the Journal of Radiation Research (JRR). The journal is the official journal of the Japan Radiation Research Society (JRRS) and the Japanese Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (JASTRO). Since… Read More
American Society of Plant Biologists not for Research Works Act - January 31, 2012
The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) has stated that it does not endorse the Research Works Act (RWA; H.R. 3699), which was introduced into the US Congress late last year. If the RWA were to become law, it would essentially repeal the National Institutes of… Read More
Faculty of 1000 launches OA publishing programme, F1000 Research - January 31, 2012
Article evaluation services provider Faculty of 1000 (F1000), UK, has announced the launch of F1000 Research, a new fully open access (OA) publishing programme across biology and medicine. Scheduled for launch later this year, F1000 Research is intended to address the major issues afflicting scientific publishing… Read More
