JISC, Wellcome Trust initiative to help universities with new OA publishing system - July 25, 2012
New work funded by the UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Wellcome Trust, on behalf of the Open Access Implementation Group (OAIG), will look at how they can help universities to manage the charges efficiently for open access (OA) publishing. It will also examine… Read More
Elsevier launches new open access journal on general respiratory medicine - July 20, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, a new online open access journal on general respiratory medicine that is dedicated to publishing case reports. Respiratory Medicine Case Reports has been created to publish case reports previously submitted to its sister… Read More
DARU journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences publishes inaugural articles with BioMed Central - July 20, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences has published its inaugural articles with BioMed Central. Amongst these are an editorial by Editor-in-Chief Mohammad Abdollahi which highlights the need for a quality, open-access journal in the field of pharmaceutical sciences.… Read More
Elsevier announces participation in SCOAP3 with journals Physics Letters B and Nuclear Physics B - July 19, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced its participation in SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics), a new model for open access publishing. Key SCOAP3 principles are perpetual open access, wide re-use licenses, and reduction and re-direction of subscription fees to centrally cover… Read More
STM responds to EC communications on scientific information and ERA - July 19, 2012
STM, an international association of over 120 scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishers, has responded to the two communications (on the European Research Area and on access to scientific information) and the European Commission Recommendation on access to and preservation of scientific information. The communications were… Read More
RSC announces £1 million initiative to support British researchers as they begin transition to Gold OA - July 19, 2012
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced a £1 million initiative to support British researchers as they begin the transition to Gold Open Access (OA). 'Gold for Gold' is an innovative experiment to support the funder led evolution to Gold OA, by recognising institutes that… Read More
EC sets open access policy objectives under Horizon 2020 programme - July 18, 2012
The European Commission (EC) has adopted a Communication that sets out open access (OA) policy objectives for the research funded by the Commission through the "Horizon 2020" initiative. An accompanying recommendation sets out a complete policy framework for improving access to, and preservation of, scientific information.… Read More
IEEE Board of Directors approve creation of a rapid-publication, OA mega journal spanning all IEEE fields of interest - July 18, 2012
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced that it is continuing to develop its strategy on open access publishing. The IEEE Board of Directors recently approved the creation of a rapid-publication, open access mega journal spanning all IEEE fields of interest. Several other topical open access journals… Read More
RSC head expresses concern over huge transition costs under new OA proposals - July 18, 2012
Dr. Robert Parker, the Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), has welcomed the Open Access (OA) proposals announced earlier in the week by Research Councils UK (RCUK). However, he has opined that the estimated £50 million annual transition costs would mean a bumpy… Read More
Springer extends complimentary access for digital library project in Haiti - July 17, 2012
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media will extend the period of free access to its online platform, Springerlink, through 2015 to 15,000 students and researchers in Haiti, as the country continues to rebuild in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. This donation, initially set to expire in… Read More
