OAPEN unveils beta version of Directory of Open Access Books - April 16, 2012
OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) has announced the launch of the Directory of Open Access Books, a discovery service for peer reviewed books published under an Open Access license. OAPEN is a collaborative initiative to develop and implement a sustainable… Read More
Wellcome Trust backs campaign for open access academic journals - April 10, 2012
The UK’s Wellcome Trust has reportedly announced its support for a campaign to break the stranglehold of academic journals and allow all research papers to be shared free online. Wellcome's move is expected to add weight to the campaign for open access… Read More
UNESCO releases Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Open Access - April 9, 2012
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has released a new publication entitled Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Open Access to demystify the concept of Open Access and provide concrete steps on putting relevant policies in place. Besides strengthening capacities… Read More
FPRAA takes Center Stage at Congressional hearing - April 2, 2012
The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight recently conducted a hearing on the topic ‘Examining Public Access and Scholarly Publication Interests.’ The hearing was designed to generate information regarding open access in general, but quickly turned into a discussion of the recently… Read More
US panel clears publication of revised version of bird flu studies - April 2, 2012
The US’ National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) recently announced its support to publish research studies showing how scientists made new easy-to-spread forms of bird flu. According to the board, the studies, now revised, do not reveal details bioterrorists could use.… Read More
Journal Microbiome now accepting submissions - April 2, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its new open access journal Microbiome is now accepting submissions. Microbiome aims to unite investigators conducting research in environmental, agricultural and biomedical aspects of microbial ecology. Edited by Jacques Ravel of the University of Maryland School… Read More
Nature Publishing Group to co-publish new OA journal – Light: Science & Applications - March 30, 2012
Light: Science & Applications (LSA), a new online open access journal, has announced the publication of its first articles. The journal is co-published by Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP), Chinese Academy of Sciences. LSA covers fundamental… Read More
BioMed Central launches new scientific journal – Flavour - March 29, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of its new journal, Flavour. The journal was officially launched at a seminar ‘Flavour and the new Nordic Cuisine’, held in conjunction with the London Gastronomy Seminars and the University of London’s Centre for the Study… Read More
SureChem introduces SureChemOpen, a free access option for patent chemistry search - March 28, 2012
SureChem, a patent chemistry product line of Digital Science, has introduced SureChemOpen, a new free access option for researchers needing a more effective means of searching the patent literature. The announcement was made in line with the American Chemical Society's Spring Meeting, held in San Diego,… Read More
Biochemical Society journal – Bioscience Reports – to convert to full open access - March 26, 2012
The Biochemical Society has announced that its peer-reviewed journal, Bioscience Reports, will be accepting submissions for Open Access from April 2, 2012, with the first full open access issue available from August 2012. All papers published from the August issue will be freely available online and… Read More
