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
The University of Manchester joins the Frontiers – JISC national open access deal - October 28, 2020
The University of Manchester has 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 University of… Read More
Taylor & Francis adds Annals of Medicine to its Open Access journals - October 27, 2020
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis has enhanced its ever-growing portfolio of fully Open Access journals with the addition of Annals of Medicine. To improve greater collaboration and reproducibility, now across more than 30 crucial therapy areas, the international general medicine journal… Read More
Bentham Science takes lead on Open Access management through Chronos Hub - October 26, 2020
Bentham Science is taking its Open Access (OA) management to the forefront by becoming the first publisher to fully leverage Chronos Hub. The collaboration serves to improve the authors' experience and guarantee compliance with their funders' and institution's publishing policies, as well as automating the payment… Read More
OCLC provides open access content freely accessible through WorldCat - October 26, 2020
OCLC is supporting libraries, researchers, educators and students with high-quality open access content that is discoverable and freely accessible through WorldCat Discovery and WorldCat.org. OCLC is making open content more discoverable and accessible through expanding collections and… Read More
