AAAS not endorsing Research Works Act - January 20, 2012
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science, has reaffirmed its support for the current public access policy of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). Contrary to recent news reports, AAAS does not endorse… Read More
Springer Open Choice adopts Creative Commons Attribution license - January 19, 2012
STM publisher Springer has announced that it is bringing Open Choice, its hybrid open access option, in line with the fully open access journals published by BioMed Central and SpringerOpen. As a result, all open access content at Springer will be published under the Creative Commons… Read More
Copyright Alliances welcomes US bill overturning free access to publicly funded research - January 16, 2012
The Copyright Alliance has applauded US Representatives Darrell Issa and Carolyn Maloney for their bipartisan introduction of H.R. 3699, the Research Works Act. The proposal would overturn an unprecedented federal government taking of copyrights from certain authors and researchers. In a recently issued statement, the… Read More
Springer launches interdisciplinary open access journal, SpringerPlus - January 13, 2012
Scientific publisher Springer Science+Business Media, Germany, has launched a new open access journal, SpringerPlus, under its SpringerOpen portfolio. It is the publisher's first open access journal with a broad interdisciplinary approach covering the entire scientific spectrum. Papers from emerging areas of research are welcome. A… Read More
Journal ‘Environmental Evidence’ now accepting submissions - January 13, 2012
Environmental Evidence, the official journal of the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence, is now accepting submissions. The journal will specialise in publishing systematic reviews, in the hope of providing rigorous and transparent methodology to assess the impacts of human activity and the effectiveness of policy and management… Read More
Open access advocates seek to block Research Works Act in US - January 9, 2012
A new bill called the Research Works Act has been introduced into the US House of Representatives. The bill is designed to roll back the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy and block the development of similar policies at other federal agencies. Co-sponsored by… Read More
Taylor & Francis opens access with new OA programme - December 19, 2011
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis has announced the launch of a range of Open Access options via the Taylor & Francis Open programme. This new initiative is designed to give authors and their sponsors flexibility and variety when they choose to publish research with Taylor &… Read More
British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery launches new open access journal – Bone & Joint Research - December 16, 2011
The British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery has announced the launch of Bone & Joint Research, a new open access journal poised to revolutionise research communication in the field of orthopaedics. The British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery is the publisher of… Read More
Elsevier and Federation of Biochemical Societies launch new journal – FEBS Open Bio - December 15, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Federation of Biochemical Societies (FEBS) have announced the launch of FEBS Open Bio, an open access journal. The journal will publish articles across the molecular and cellular life sciences in both health and disease. In launching this new journal, FEBS… Read More
UK taking steps to make publicly funded research freely available online - December 12, 2011
The UK government's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) recently released a report – titled 'Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth' - stating that all scientific research funded by British taxpayers will be made available online free of charge. The website,… Read More
