IAVS and Pensoft launch open-access journal on vegetation classification on ARPHA platform - May 5, 2020
The International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS) decided to launch a gold open-access academic journal, titled Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS), last summer. IAVS, at that time, signed a contract with scientific publisher and technology provider Pensoft and its self-developed innovative, fast-track… Read More
The International Journal of Public Health transitions to Open Access - May 4, 2020
The International Journal of Public Health has announced its transition from a subscription model to Gold Open Access, effective January 2021. The journal, which celebrates its 100th anniversary soon, is owned by the Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+). The journal will also be transferring from its current publisher… Read More
Oxford University Press unveils new OA journal series - May 1, 2020
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced the first two titles in the new flagship open access journal series. The Oxford Open series launches with Oxford Open Immunology and Oxford Open Materials Science. This is seen as an important step forward in OUP’s open access… Read More
Biochemical Society and Portland Press suspend paywalls on all published content - May 1, 2020
Portland Press is suspending paywalls on all content published across the Biochemical Society’s seven journals until further notice to support the global research community during the current Covid-19 pandemic. This means access to articles will be freely available to all, whether working remotely or in a… Read More
PLOS and Iowa State University Library announce APC-free Open Access publishing deal - April 30, 2020
Iowa State University Library and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) have announced a three-year Open Access agreement that allows researchers to publish in PLOS’ suite of journals without incurring Article Processing Charges (APCs). This partnership brings together two organisations that believe researchers should be able… Read More
Jisc, AoC, UUK, and ucisa seek parity of online access for learners during the coronavirus crisis - April 27, 2020
Leaders at Jisc, the UK’s education and technology not-for-profit, the Association of Colleges (AoC), Universities UK (UUK), and ucisa, the professional body for digital practitioners in education, have sought parity of online access for UK further education (FE) and higher education (HE) students during the coronavirus crisis.… Read More
SPIE set to launch new gold OA journal – Journal of Optical Microsystems, JM3 to be renamed - April 24, 2020
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced the launch of a new Gold Open Access journal, the Journal of Optical Microsystems (JOM), which will publish cutting-edge research of optical and photonic microsystems. Hans Zappe, co-editor-in-chief of SPIE's Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS… Read More
Elsevier offers free special issue for Earth Day 2020 - April 23, 2020
Elsevier, a global leader in information analytics specialising in science and health, is releasing an Earth Day special issue collection in honour of Earth Day’s 50th anniversary. Thirty journal articles and 20 book chapters on various related topics will be freely available on Elsevier’s ScienceDirect, starting… Read More
IOP Publishing and CERN sign open access publishing agreement - April 16, 2020
Researchers from CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, can now publish open access with IOP Publishing at no cost, after the two organisations struck a new ‘publish and read’ agreement. The agreement enables authors from CERN to publish open access… Read More
IET releases access to COVID-19 related research to support researchers in fight against virus - April 16, 2020
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has released free access to research on areas relating to COVID-19, respiratory viruses, ventilators and ventilator components to help guide research efforts in the fight against the global pandemic. By collating relevant content from across the IET’s journals… Read More
