International Journal of Disaster Risk Science becomes 50th journal to be included in SpringerOpen - June 30, 2011
STM publisher Springer has announced that the International Journal of Disaster Risk Science (IJDRS) is the 50th journal to be included in SpringerOpen, an open access initiative launched one year ago. IJDRS focuses on theoretical and methodological issues in disaster science, emergency response technology and risk… Read More
Washington University in St. Louis Faculty Senate adopts Open Access Resolution - June 30, 2011
The Washington University in St. Louis Faculty Senate has adopted an Open Access Resolution that encourages faculty members to make their scholarly and creative works freely available online. The resolution also includes a recommendation for University Libraries and the Bernard Becker Medical Library to develop the… Read More
Three leading research organisations set to launch open access journal for biomedical and life sciences - June 28, 2011
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society and the Wellcome Trust have announced that they are to support a new, top-tier, open access journal for biomedical and life sciences research. The three organisations aim to establish a new journal that will attract and define… Read More
Proposals invited for poster display at Berlin 9 Open Access conference - June 23, 2011
Proposals are now being invited for the Berlin 9 Open Access meeting poster display, which will showcase open access (OA) initiatives from all corners of the globe. Posters will be displayed through the duration of the meeting and on the conference website at http://www.berlin9.org, where… Read More
BioMed Central launches new journal – Microbial Informatics and Experimentation - June 15, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of a new journal - Microbial Informatics and Experimentation. Prof. Barry Wanner from the Department of Biological Sciences at Purdue University, and Prof. Michael Wise from the University of Western Australia, will serve as the Editors-in-Chief… Read More
Inaugural issue of Scientific Reports goes live - June 15, 2011
Scientific Reports, an online-only, open access, multidisciplinary publication from Nature Publishing Group (NPG), has announced the publication of its first articles. The fifteen articles published range in scope from graphene to coral disease to viral nanoparticles. More articles will be published in the coming days, under… Read More
BioMed Central announces initiatives to increase visibility of scientific research from Africa - June 10, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central is working to increase the visibility of scientific research from Africa with a set of initiatives designed to encourage African researchers to publish their work in open access journals. The publisher has announced that its 2nd Open Access Africa conference… Read More
Duke University Libraries offer new tools and support for OA publishing - June 9, 2011
Duke University Libraries has announced a new service to help members of the Duke community create and publish peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journals. The move is part of its efforts to promote broader access to academic research. The Libraries' new service is expected to help prospective… Read More
AIP and NIST partner to make semiconductor research freely available online - June 7, 2011
AIP Publishing, a division of the American Institute of Physics, has announced an agreement with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to make semiconductor research freely available online. Proceedings papers from the entire International Conference on Frontiers of Characterization and… Read More
Journal Clinical Proteomics joins BioMed Central OA portfolio - June 3, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has launched Clinical Proteomics, with Dr Daniel Chan as Editor-in-Chief. Previously published by Springer, the journal has joined BioMed Central's portfolio of open-access titles. Clinical Proteomics launches with a number of interesting articles, including an article from Mehrani et… Read More
