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
BioMed Central unveils newly redesigned website - December 2, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of its newly redesigned website (www.biomedcentral.com). BioMed Central, which currently publishes over 220 open access journals, has introduced a streamlined design and new look which makes the high-traffic website much more straightforward… Read More
Frontiers and Max Planck Society sign funding agreement - December 1, 2011
Open access publisher Frontiers Media, Switzerland, and research organisation Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Germany, have signed a funding agreement to support scientific authors who submit research papers to all Frontiers journals. Effective November 1, 2011, all publication charges for research articles submitted by authors affiliated… Read More
QScience Connect to feature content on natural sciences and humanities - December 1, 2011
Qatar-based QScience.com has announced that QScience Connect, its latest peer-reviewed and open access journal, will cover subjects relating to natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. Authors are also encouraged to submit video and audio articles to the journal. These submissions are reviewed and, as with regular… Read More
European Commission to adopt measures for Open Data Strategy - November 28, 2011
The European Commission (EC) will adopt an Open Data Strategy on November 29, consisting of a package of measures including regulatory measures. This would include a modification of the existing directive on the reuse of public sector information and deployment measures such as the creation of… Read More
Three EIFL partner institutions sign the Berlin Declaration - November 23, 2011
Not-for-profit organisation Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) has announced that three more EIFL partner institutions have signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and the Humanities. The institutions are: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Ghana), University of Belgrade (Serbia)… Read More
