New UN-brokered programme allows free academic journal access to least developed nations - July 27, 2009
The United Nations has partnered with the scientific publishing industry to provide research institutions in least developed countries free access to online journals. This was announced by the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) at the launch of the scheme in Geneva. The new UN-brokered programme,… Read More
Journal ‘Science’ makes ‘moon issue’ freely available for lunar landing anniversary - July 22, 2009
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced that the historic January 30, 1970 edition of the journal Science, featuring analysis of the first geological samples from the moon, is now freely available to the public. This is to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first lunar… Read More
More BioMed Central journals indexed in MEDLINE - July 20, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that three of its journals have been accepted for inclusion in MEDLINE. The journals are: BMC Medical Genomics; BMC Oral Health; and Microbial Cell Factories. Maintained by the US National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and… Read More
Springer offers open access to research articles on swine flu - July 17, 2009
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media, Germany, is offering all journal articles which deal with the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, free of charge on its online information platform www.springerlink.com. The articles can be found by using the search term 'H1N1.' A total… Read More
Presentations from BioMed workshop for publishing consultants available online - July 17, 2009
Open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that presentations from its workshop for publishing consultants are now available online. It has been observed that many learned societies are considering various publishing strategies for their journals in the face of the squeeze on library subscriptions.… Read More
Open University’s online research repository achieves 10,000 articles mark - July 9, 2009
A research paper which argues that mobile phones and portable devices can lead to new perspectives and practices in learning has become the 10,000th item to be deposited in The Open University's research repository - Open Research Online (ORO).
Launched in 2006 as part of the 'open access movement' -… Read More
Inderscience Publishers announce four new titles - July 7, 2009
STM and business publisher Inderscience, Switzerland, recently published the first issues of four new titles. The journals are: European Journal of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management; International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics; International Journal of Granular Computing, Rough Sets and Intelligent Systems and International Journal of… Read More
Research4Life programmes boost research output, says impact analysis - July 6, 2009
The partners of Research4Life announced at the World Conference of Science Journalists 2009 that a new research impact analysis has demonstrated a dramatic rise in research output by scientists in the developing world since 2002. Comparing absolute growth in published research before (1996 - 2002) and… Read More
Emerald offers free online access to journals - July 1, 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, is making its new journals free online. Under the initiative, every two months, users will be able to access up to three new titles recently added to the Emerald portfolio at http://info.emeraldinsight.com/new_launch/index.htm.
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Stem Cell Research & Therapy is now accepting submissions - June 30, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its journal, Stem Cell Research & Therapy, is now accepting submissions. An international peer-reviewed journal, Stem Cell Research & Therapy will publish open access research articles with special emphasis on translational, laboratory and clinical research into stem… Read More
