Elsevier launches new OA journal – NeuroImage: Clinical - September 27, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of NeuroImage: Clinical, a new open access journal and sister journal to NeuroImage. NeuroImage: Clinical provides a vehicle for communicating important advances in the study of abnormal structure-function relationships of the human nervous system based on imaging. It… Read More
SCOAP3 Article Processing Charges announced - September 25, 2012
As part of the SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics) tendering process recently conducted by CERN for the benefit of SCOAP3, the agreed-upon Article Processing Charges (APCs) for SCOAP3 participating journals are now publicly available. Within the SCOAP3 model, these APCs… Read More
Oxford University Press title PTEP joins SCOAP3 open access publishing initiative - September 18, 2012
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced that its journal Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (PTEP) has been identified for participation in SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics). SCOAP3 is a new collaborative initiative for open access (OA) publishing… Read More
Elsevier offers entire collection of books and journals to innovators in developing nations via the ARDI programme - September 13, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it is now offering its entire collection of books and journals on its online platform ScienceDirect, as well as access to its abstracts and citation database Scopus to innovators in 105 countries for free or little cost through the… Read More
Scientists, Foundations, Libraries, Universities, and Advocates issue new recommendations to make research freely available - September 13, 2012
In response to the growing demand to make research free and available to anyone with a computer and an internet connection, a diverse coalition recently issued new guidelines that could usher in huge advances in the sciences, medicine, and health. The recommendations were developed by leaders of the Open… Read More
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research announces membership agreement with BioMed Central and SpringerOpen - September 13, 2012
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has announced a membership agreement with BioMed Central and SpringerOpen. Publication costs for research articles published by researchers funded by NWO for articles published no later than 2008, who chose to publish via BioMed Central, will now automatically be… Read More
RSC pledges £1 million aid for UK chemical science researchers to publish OA papers - September 12, 2012
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has recently pledged £1 million to aid UK chemical science researchers to publish open access (OA) papers in RSC journals. This gesture has now been followed by the UK government, with an announcement on that it will invest £10 million… Read More
UK govt. invests £10 million to help universities move to open access - September 10, 2012
The UK government has announced a £10 million investment to help universities with the transition to open access to publicly-funded research findings. The investment is expected to enable a number of research-intensive UK institutions to kick-start the process of developing policies and setting up funds to meet the costs of… Read More
PLoS launches PLOS Global Participation Initiative to encourage submissions from researchers worldwide - September 5, 2012
The Public Library of Science (PLoS) has announced the launch of the PLOS Global Participation Initiative, which aims to encourage submissions from researchers around the world who may previously have been prevented or limited in their ability to publish in open-access journals. With this initiative,… Read More
Wiley joins Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association - August 31, 2012
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced its new membership of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). OASPA represents the interests of open access journal publishers globally in all scientific, technical and scholarly disciplines and enables exchange of information, setting standards, advancing models,… Read More
