Springer acquires twelve OA journal titles from Hindawi - March 10, 2011
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media (Springer) has announced that it has acquired twelve journals from Hindawi Publishing Corporation in an asset deal. With this move, the global publisher seeks to further expand its open access (OA) offering. The journals include seven titles published in cooperation… Read More
University of Southampton pioneers open data revolution - March 8, 2011
The University of Southampton has released a range of non-personal data online as part of its pioneering commitment to the open data revolution. The recently launched data.southampton.ac.uk builds on the University's commitment to access by opening up a wide range of data for students to create… Read More
Pacific University College of Health Professions faculty to open access to scholarly work - February 25, 2011
The Pacific University College of Health Professions faculty has passed a resolution in support of making its scholarly work freely available online. The non-binding resolution, patterned after a resolution adopted by the University of Washington Faculty Senate, is said to be one of the first passed… Read More
Three journals in Springer’s Chinese Library of Science join SpringerOpen - February 23, 2011
STM publisher Springer has announced that selected journals in its Chinese Library of Science (CLoS) will be published as open access journals and added to the SpringerOpen portfolio. Starting in 2011, the journals Chinese Science Bulletin, Science China Life Sciences and Photonic Sensors will be added… Read More
Canadian, UK researchers tie up to launch website to share medical research - February 22, 2011
Medical researchers from Ottawa and the UK have reportedly issued a global call to their colleagues to open access to new studies that have undergone 'systematic reviews', which are wide-ranging summaries of all the existing research on a given health topic. The move is expected to… Read More
Browser add-on for Firefox, Chrome aims to ease attribution of open content - February 11, 2011
Open Attribute, a free add-on for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers, was recently launched as part of a Mozilla Drumbeat collaborative project. The project aims to make open content more accessible, according to a Library Journal article. According to Molly… Read More
SAGE announces rewards programme for journal reviewers - February 11, 2011
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a global reviewer rewards programme that provides those who review papers for its Journals with free electronic access to the entire list of SAGE journals. The programme, trialed in 2010 on a small number of titles, has now been rolled… Read More
Wiley launches new programme of Open Access journals - February 2, 2011
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, US, has announced the launch of Wiley Open Access, a new publishing programme of open access journals. The first journals will launch shortly, publishing primary peer-reviewed research in a range of broad-based subject disciplines in the life and biomedical sciences, including… Read More
APS launches new OA primary research journal – Physical Review X - January 24, 2011
The American Physical Society has announced the launch of Physical Review X (PRX), an online, open access, primary research journal for authors in all fields of physics. Jorge Pullin, Chair of the Horace C. Hearne, Jr. Institute for Theoretical Physics and professor in the Louisiana State… Read More
International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations joins Right to Research Coalition - January 21, 2011
The International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA) recently announced its membership in the Right to Research Coalition. Right to Research Coalition is an international alliance of undergraduate and graduate student organisations that promotes a more open scholarly publishing system through advocacy… Read More
