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
Cell Press unveils new open-access journal – Cell Reports - January 27, 2012
Cell Press, an imprint of STM publisher Elsevier, has announced that the inaugural issue of a new open-access journal - Cell Reports. The issue is currently available online with eight papers on topics ranging from evolutionary biology to immunology. Dr. Boyana Konforti, who brings a… Read More
Cambridge University Press and APSIPA launch new OA journal - January 27, 2012
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press, UK, and the Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association (APSIPA) have announced the launch of a new open access journal - APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing. The journal is projected to serve as an international forum for signal and… Read More
Oxfam GB adopts BioMed’s Open Repository service - January 26, 2012
Oxfam GB, an organisation known for its anti-poverty programme and campaigning work, has adopted BioMed Central’s Open Repository service. The service allows organisations to build, launch, host and maintain their own repositories. Oxfam produces research and policy materials from its experience across the world. Through… Read More
