BioMed Central launches new OA journal – Automated Experimentation - November 2, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of a new journal - Automated Experimentation. Siu-wai Leung of the University of Macau, David Robertson of the University of Edinburgh, and Dietlind Gerloff of the University of California will serve as the Editors-in-chief of the… Read More
JISC becomes founding member of the Confederation of Open Access Repositories - October 26, 2009
The UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has become a founding member of the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR). COAR is an international not-for-profit association that aims to promote greater visibility and application of research outputs through global networks of Open Access (OA) digital repositories.… Read More
BMC Medical Genomics accepted for tracking by Thomson Reuters - October 13, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its journal BMC Medical Genomics has now been accepted for tracking by Thomson Reuters. The journal will get its first impact factor in June 2010. Since its launch in January 2008, BMC Medical Genomics has published more… Read More
CIG Media Group offers free access to the archives of Clinical Lung Cancer - October 13, 2009
Medical publisher CIG Media Group, US, has announced that it will now permanently open up its archives of the journal Clinical Lung Cancer. The move is in response to the successful free-access trial campaign that occurred during this summer’s International Association for the Study of Lung… Read More
SPARC brings out new guide examining income models supporting OA journals - October 12, 2009
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has released a new guide which examines the issue of sustainability for current and prospective open-access publishers. The new guide, ‘Income models for Open Access: An overview of current practice,’ examines the use of supply-side revenue streams (such… Read More
Chief academic officers at 18 US varsities support public access legislation - October 5, 2009
The Chief Academic and Research Officers of 18 research universities in the US have declared their support for the Federal Research Public Access Act in a letter recently issued by the Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA). The officers represent public and private institutions across 10 states.… Read More
BioMed Central unveils 200th open access journal - September 29, 2009
Open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of the Journal of Angiogenesis Research. With this launch, the number of journals in BioMed Central’s portfolio reaches 200. The launch is seen to reflect a growing trend as senior academics and learned societies turn… Read More
SPARC highlights proposals for OA funding schemes - September 28, 2009
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) is highlighting two approaches to establishing and maintaining open access (OA) funds in a new SPARC Member Profile. The coalition is also preparing to launch a new initiative to provide additional information and resources detailing options for other… Read More
Seven BioMed Central journals accepted for coverage in AGRICOLA - September 25, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that seven of its journals have been accepted for inclusion in AGRICOLA. AGRICOLA is an indexing service from the United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library. The journals are: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, BMC Ecology, BMC Plant Biology,… Read More
Public Library of Science releases online usage data for journal articles - September 18, 2009
Open access (OA) publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS) has announced the release of an expanded set of article-level metrics on its scientific and medical journal articles (about 14,000 articles across seven titles). The article-level metrics programme was launched in March 2009, and with the latest… Read More
