The University of Oxford joins the Frontiers – JISC national open access deal - December 8, 2020
The University of Oxford has joined the national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers. The deal provides a simplified and streamlined route to open access publishing for researchers in the UK, who publish 7% of the world’s research. The University of Oxford… Read More
IOP Publishing expands open access journal portfolio with the launch of Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering - December 1, 2020
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has launched a new, multidisciplinary, open access (OA) journal devoted to the design, development and application of artificial neural networks and brain-inspired systems towards advancing scientific discovery and realising emerging new computing technologies. The scope and characteristics of Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering (NCE)… Read More
Springer Nature announces gold open access options for Nature journals - November 24, 2020
Springer Nature, in agreement with the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL), has recently announced that German authors would be able to publish their primary research open access (OA) in Nature and the Nature research journals. While highly effective in transitioning articles to… Read More
IOP Publishing launches new open access environmental journal series - November 24, 2020
IOP Publishing (IOPP) is launching a suite of new open access (OA) environmental journals, marking the creation of the Environmental Research series. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability (ERIS) is the first new title to launch as part of the series, joining… Read More
zbMATH transforms into open access platform - November 19, 2020
In the beginning of 2021, the comprehensive international information service zbMATH will be transformed into an open access platform. The service, which has been subject to a charge up to now, will thus be available free of charge to all interested persons worldwide. The change in the business model will… Read More
ASM launches new journal, Microbiology Spectrum - November 18, 2020
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) is launching a new journal in Spring 2021, Microbiology Spectrum, ASM’s sixth fully open-access journal. Led by an international team of scientists actively engaged in microbiology research, Microbiology Spectrum will welcome technically sound research from all… Read More
The University of Salford and Newcastle University join the Frontiers – JISC national open access deal - November 13, 2020
The University of Salford and Newcastle University have joined the national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers. The landmark deal provides a simplified and streamlined route to open access publishing for researchers in the UK, who publish 7% of the world’s research. The… Read More
All participating Jisc member articles published with De Gruyter to be open access - November 9, 2020
Jisc Collections and De Gruyter have signed an agreement to provide default open access publishing in De Gruyter journals for all authors at participating institutions, and subscription access to the complete De Gruyter e-Journal collection. The agreement runs for three years… Read More
Qatar National Library supports global reach of Qatar’s research - November 9, 2020
Open access aims to return academic publishing to its original intention of spreading knowledge and sharing research without the barriers of high publishing, distribution and licensing costs. Open access journals provide increased visibility for researchers and their work, and give students or other researchers easy access to the information they… Read More
AIP Publishing and Tianjin University partner to publish Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering - November 3, 2020
AIP Publishing, a not-for-profit scholarly publisher in the physical sciences, has partnered with Tianjin University to publish Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering (NPE), their peer-reviewed Open Access journal. NPE will launch on AIP Publishing's Scitation platform on January 1,… Read More
