IOP Publishing introduces open access option on 23 subscription-based journals - June 3, 2011
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, is introducing an open access publishing option on 23 subscription-based journals, effective immediately. This 'hybrid open access model' is being introduced to support authors who wish to publish on an open access basis, or who are mandated… Read More
Free access to research articles on E. coli bacteria available on SpringerLink - June 2, 2011
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media has announced that it is offering all journal articles and book chapters which deal with the E. coli bacteria free of charge on its online information platform www.springerlink.com. The articles can be found by using the search… Read More
Nature Communications celebrates first anniversary, publishes 300th research paper in the natural sciences - June 1, 2011
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that its journal Nature Communications recently celebrated its first successful year, publishing its 300th research paper in the natural sciences. Launched in April 2010, nearly half of the papers published in Nature Communications to date are open… Read More
New SPARC open access Journal Publishing Resource Index helps streamline launch and operation of OA journals - May 30, 2011
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has released a free online Open Access Journal Publishing Resource Index (http://www.arl.org/sparc/partnering) with information and documents to support the launch and operation of an open-access journal. Materials in the index will help libraries, presses,… Read More
‘BMJ Open’ authors allowed to share original raw data - May 27, 2011
Medical information provider BMJ Group, UK, has announced that authors whose research is accepted for publication in one of its most recent online-only titles, BMJ Open, can now share the original raw data for their study. They can do so on or after publication. BMJ… Read More
Springer set to launch new open access journal – Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences - May 25, 2011
STM publisher Springer is set to launch a new open access journal, Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences (HCIS). Scheduled for launch in June 2011, the journal will become part of the SpringerOpen portfolio. It will be fully sponsored by the Korea-based Future Technology Research Association International… Read More
SAGE brings out inaugural issue of OA journal, SAGE Open - May 20, 2011
Academic publisher SAGE recently published its first articles in SAGE Open, an open access journal featuring content from the social and behavioural sciences and the humanities. SAGE Open supports the growing number of authors who require their articles to be freely available… Read More
Yale makes digital images from cultural collections available for free - May 11, 2011
Yale University has announced a new open access (OA) policy which will provide scholars, artists and other individuals around the world with free access to online images of millions of objects housed in its museums, archives and libraries. Yale claims to be the first Ivy League… Read More
Springer and Kunming Institute of Botany set to launch new OA journal – Natural Products and Bioprospecting - May 10, 2011
STM publisher Springer and the Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB), part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), are set to launch a new journal - Natural Products and Bioprospecting (NPAB). NPAB is a fully sponsored open access journal, and will be included in the… Read More
CSIRO and AuScope develop geospatial data network - May 3, 2011
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) together with AuScope have developed an open-access network of geospatial data and supporting infrastructure - the Spatial Information Services Stack (SISS) - for the exploration of Australia's geology. According to AuScope chief executive, Bob Haydon, the new… Read More
