BioMed Central journal hits 250 publications landmark - March 16, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its journal BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making has recently hit the 250 publications landmark. The journal has known considerable developments since its launch back in 2001. It is attracting more submissions than ever before and publications… Read More
BioMed Central to host scientific programme ‘Frontiers of Retrovirology’ - March 12, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that it will be conducting a scientific programme 'Frontiers of Retrovirology: Complex retroviruses, retroelements and their hosts' in Montpellier, France. Scheduled for September 21-23, 2009, the conference will bring together leading human retrovirus researchers… Read More
First international Open Access Week announced - March 10, 2009
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), the Public Library of Science (PLoS), and Students for FreeCulture have jointly announced the first international Open Access Week (October 19 - 23, 2009). Open Access… Read More
Open access option now available on European Journal of Human Genetics - March 5, 2009
Scientific Publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) have announced that authors publishing research in the European Journal of Human Genetics (EJHG) can now opt to make their articles open access. The EJHG Open option, introduced by NPG and… Read More
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
