BioMed to help Computer Aid raise funds to provide PCs to African university - February 26, 2009
Open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced a partnership with Computer Aid International to support research in Africa. BioMed will support Kenyatta University in Nairobi to help local scientists conduct vital research directly relevant to local problems in one of the poorest parts of… Read More
PLoS opts for NeuStar technology for web applications monitoring - February 20, 2009
NeuStar, Inc., a US-based provider of technology for online services, has announced that the Public Library of Science (PLoS) has selected its Webmetrics Application Monitoring service to augment the performance capabilities of all PLoS online services. PLoS is a nonprofit organisation committed… Read More
IOP publishing offers free access to Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering - February 6, 2009
Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, published by IOP publishing, UK, has announced the publication of a special collection of articles that highlight the breadth of high-quality research published during 2008. Articles in this collection are freely available from now until December 31, 2009.… Read More
BioMed Central launches new journal – Gut Pathogens - February 5, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of a new journal - Gut Pathogens. This brings the number of journals published by BioMed Central to a total of 200, covering a broad range of subjects in biology and medicine. Niyaz Ahmed, Francis Megraud… Read More
Open access publisher MJM to stop publishing new papers - February 3, 2009
Medical journal, the Medscape Journal of Medicine (MJM), owned by WebMD, will not publish new papers hence forth, it has been reported. The announcement was made by Editor-in-Chief George Lundberg and colleagues. MJM believes it can provide the most value to its members by focusing… Read More
Open access publishing offers economic benefits, says UK research - January 29, 2009
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has commissioned a new research project to study the economic and social implications of new models for scholarly publishing. According to the findings of the research, sharing research information via a more open access (OA) publishing model would bring… Read More
Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice joins BioMed Central’s OA platform - January 28, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice has recently joined the growing number of journals opting to transfer to BioMed Central's open access platform. The move will complement the exposure generated from the journal's recent acceptance for tracking by… Read More
Nature Publishing Group expands open access choices for authors - January 27, 2009
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that it is expanding open access choices for authors in 2009, through both 'green' self-archiving and 'gold' (authors-pays) open access publication routes. Eleven journals published by NPG are offering an open access option from January 2009. NPG… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and ASGT announce open access and article deposition services for authors - January 26, 2009
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and the American Society of Gene Therapy (ASGT) have announced the launch of two new services to help authors comply with funder and institutional mandates for public access. Under the initiative, Molecular Therapy, the official journal of the ASGT,… Read More
BioMed Central journals on track to receive Impact Factors - January 22, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that two of its journals, Parasites & Vectors and Plant Methods, have been accepted for tracking by Thomson Reuters and will both receive Impact Factors in 2010. Launched in 2005, Plant Methods encompasses all aspects of technological innovation… Read More
