Springer and Beijing Normal University launch new OA journal – International Journal of Disaster Risk Science - August 3, 2011
STM publisher Springer and the Beijing Normal University have announced the launch of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Science (IJDRS). As a fully sponsored open access journal, it will be included in the SpringerOpen portfolio, available on Springer's online platform SpringerLink. The SpringerOpen model… Read More
Cell Press announces January 2012 launch of new OA journal – Cell Reports - August 2, 2011
Cell Press has announced the launch of its latest journal, Cell Reports, which will publish its first issue in January 2012. The journal is the first open-access online-only journal from Cell Press. It will publish high-quality research across the entire life science spectrum. Boyana Konforti will… Read More
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals join Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association - July 28, 2011
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals (BQFJ) has announced that it is now a member of Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). OASPA seeks to represent the interests of Open Access (OA) journal and book publishers globally in all scientific, technical and scholarly disciplines. BQFJ's digital publishing… Read More
Nature Publishing Group expands OA publishing in China - July 26, 2011
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced an expansion in open access publishing in China. Under the initiative, NPG will publish two open access journals - International Journal of Oral Science and Light: Science & Applications - with Chinese universities from 2012. In addition,… Read More
Thieme expands OA journals portfolio with AJP Reports - July 26, 2011
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced the addition of a new open access journal to its portfolio in 2011. AJP Reports has already published online a number of cases and clinical reports from the fields of neonatology, and maternal/fetal medicine. A companion to the… Read More
Australian National University launches free research database - July 25, 2011
The Australian National University (ANU) has reportedly launched a new free online database that allows anyone with an Internet connection to read the latest scholarly work. The move is said to be in response to the soaring cost of accessing academic journals.… Read More
Wiley-VCH and ChemPubSoc Europe set to launch OA Chemistry journal - July 20, 2011
Wiley-VCH, part of the scientific and technical publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and ChemPubSoc Europe, an association of 16 chemical societies, have announced the launch of an open access journal - ChemistryOpen. The societies are joining a new open access publishing programme announced… Read More
Pensoft Publishers launch new mycological open-access journal - July 20, 2011
Scientific publisher Pensoft Publishers has launched a new journal in systematic and biology of fungi (including lichens) - MycoKeys. The Editor-in-Chief of the new journal is Dr Thorsten Lumbsch from The Field Museum, Chicago. He will be assisted by an authoritative Editorial team. All content is… Read More
EC seeks public views on access and preservation of digital scientific information - July 19, 2011
The European Commission (EC) recently launched a public consultation on access to, and preservation of, digital scientific information. This is part of an initiative of Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice President for the Digital Agenda, and Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Commissioner for Research and Innovation. It is… Read More
Dr. Efrat Shadmi and Prof. Leiyu Shi named co-Editors-in-Chief of International Journal for Equity in Health - July 19, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the appointment of Dr Efrat Shadmi from the University of Haifa and Professor Leiyu Shi from the Johns Hopkins University as co-Editors-in-Chief of International Journal for Equity in Health. Dr Shadmi is a Lecturer at the Cheryl… Read More
