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
Medical publishers urged to continue free journal access to low income nations via HINARI - January 20, 2011
Richard Smith, a former editor of the BMJ, and Tracey Pérez Koehlmoos of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, have argued that medical publishers must 'continue to provide free access to all of their journals in all of the 64 low-income countries signed up… Read More
Polish Academy of Sciences expands availability of research, adopts OA model for 21 journals - January 18, 2011
Committees and Departments of the Polish Academy of Science, a scholarly research institution in Poland, has announced its decision to further expand availability of research by publishing 21 of its journals in the Open Access model. Versita has been chosen the technology and publishing services provider… Read More
Springer denies having withdrawn free access to journals via HINARI programme - January 17, 2011
A recent issue of the British Medical Journal mentions STM publisher Springer as having withdrawn free access to health and biomedical online journals through the World Health Organization’s Health InterNetwork for Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) programme. HINARI is part of the Research4Life partnership between UN… Read More
BioMed Central launches ‘threaded publications’ initiatives - January 17, 2011
Open access science publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of several ‘threaded publications’ initiatives to further encourage transparency in research. ‘Threaded publications’ use electronic publishing technology to link content related to a research study or clinical trial and will help scientists, readers and patients… Read More
Maney Publishing extends open access model to humanities journals - January 14, 2011
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has extended its open access (OA) business model, MORE OpenChoice, to its humanities journals. Nearly sixty journals, including titles in archaeology, history, and language and cultural studies, will be included in MORE OpenChoice from January 2011 onwards. MORE OpenChoice is… Read More
Veterinary Research joins BioMed Central’s portfolio of veterinary journals - January 13, 2011
Journal Veterinary Research recently published its first open access (OA) articles with OA publisher BioMed Central. The journal is now the flagship title in BioMed Central's expanding cluster of veterinary journals. Headed by Editor-in-Chief Michel Brémont, Veterinary Research publishes novel research and review articles with… Read More
Springer announces publishing partnership with French intensive care society - January 12, 2011
STM publisher Springer is set to publish two journals for the Société de Réanimation de Langue Française (SRLF), a French intensive care society. Starting in 2011, Springer will publish Réanimation, formerly published by Elsevier, and a new open access journal in English… Read More
Elsevier offers e-books to UN programme providing research access to developing nations - January 11, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that 780 of its science and technology e-books will be added to Research4Life. Research4Life is the collective name given to HINARI, AGORA and OARE, the three public-private partnerships that offer health, agriculture and environmental research for… Read More
