SPARC highlights proposals for OA funding schemes - September 28, 2009
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) is highlighting two approaches to establishing and maintaining open access (OA) funds in a new SPARC Member Profile. The coalition is also preparing to launch a new initiative to provide additional information and resources detailing options for other… Read More
Seven BioMed Central journals accepted for coverage in AGRICOLA - September 25, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that seven of its journals have been accepted for inclusion in AGRICOLA. AGRICOLA is an indexing service from the United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library. The journals are: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, BMC Ecology, BMC Plant Biology,… Read More
Public Library of Science releases online usage data for journal articles - September 18, 2009
Open access (OA) publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS) has announced the release of an expanded set of article-level metrics on its scientific and medical journal articles (about 14,000 articles across seven titles). The article-level metrics programme was launched in March 2009, and with the latest… Read More
Five US universities form compact to support open access publication - September 17, 2009
US-based higher learning institutions - Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of California at Berkeley – have announced their joint commitment to a compact for open access (OA) publication. A full account of the motivation for the compact can be found… Read More
Nature Publishing Group set to launch new open access journal – Cell Death & Disease - September 16, 2009
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and the Associazione Differenziamento e Morte Cellulare (ADMC) have announced a new open access journal, Cell Death & Disease. Scheduled for launch in January 2010, the journal will explore the area of cell death from a translational medicine perspective.… Read More
EBSCO makes evidence-based flu resources freely available online - September 11, 2009
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that it is making the latest evidence-based flu-related information available for free on the web. The site (www.ebscohost.com/flu) will provide evidence-based clinical information from DynaMed and Nursing Reference Center, EBSCO’s clinical and nursing… Read More
BioMed Central names Bev Acreman as Commercial Director - September 9, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the appointment of Bev Acreman as Commercial Director. Acreman comes to BioMed Central from Taylor & Francis, where she has played a significant role in growing the company to its present position as a major player in STM… Read More
BioMed Central journals indexed by PsycINFO - September 4, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the American Psychological Association has accepted two BioMed Central journals for inclusion in its abstracting database PsycINFO. The journals accepted for inclusion are: BMC Neurology and International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity. BMC Neurology is… Read More
Open Book Alliance formed to counter Google Book Settlement - September 1, 2009
Librarians, legal scholars, authors, publishers and technology companies have announced the formation of a coalition – the Open Book Alliance – that will counter the proposed Google Book Settlement in its current form. The proposed settlement is between Google, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and… Read More
Inderscience Publishers announce four new titles - September 1, 2009
STM and business publisher Inderscience, Switzerland, recently published the first issues of four new titles. The journals are: International Journal of Collaborative Engineering; International Journal of Decision Sciences, Risk and Management; International Journal of Global Warming; and International Journal of Knowledge and Web Intelligence. International Journal… Read More
