Royal Society of Chemistry unveils new OA journal – Environmental Science: Atmospheres - August 18, 2020
Royal Society of Chemistry has announced the launch of a new open access atmospheric chemistry journal entitled Environmental Science: Atmospheres. The new journal is a cross-disciplinary journal spanning all aspects of atmospheric science. Environmental Science: Atmospheres is inviting contributions from fields across the entirety of… Read More
GigaScience Press and River Valley Technologies’ new journal brings data-centric research to life - August 18, 2020
GigaScience Press and River Valley Technologies have announced the launch of their new journal GigaByte: an online open-access, open data journal that allows rapid publication using new custom-built, end-to-end publishing technology. This platform enables accepted manuscripts to be converted to an online… Read More
Frontiers and The Geological Society of London partner to launch Open Access journal Earth Science, Systems and Society - August 13, 2020
Frontiers and the Geological Society of London have announced that they have formed a publishing partnership to facilitate the launch of a new Gold Open Access journal Earth Science, Systems and Society (ES3). ES3 will publish timely and topical research of… Read More
Portico now hosts content from 11 open access e-journals from Medknow - August 12, 2020
Digital preservation service Portico now hosts content from 11 peer-reviewed medical journals from Medknow Publications. The titles are no longer available through any online platform; therefore, they have ‘triggered’ and are freely available to the community via the Portico archive. The titles were originally published as… Read More
Cambridge University Press and Hindawi Limited announce open access partnership - August 6, 2020
As part of Cambridge University Press’s continuing focus on open access, five of its journals will publish with Hindawi Limited under a new collaborative publishing agreement. Beginning in January 2021 (with submissions open from this September), the new partnership will see… Read More
SAGE and the Association for Computing Machinery collaborate with Nesta to launch a new OA journal – Collective Intelligence - August 5, 2020
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and SAGE Publishing with support from and in collaboration with the innovation foundation Nesta have announced a new journal, Collective Intelligence, to connect academia and practice and build a cross-disciplinary body of theories and results. The… Read More
The Company of Biologists becomes first not-for-profit publisher to commit to the Transformative Journal approach - August 5, 2020
The Company of Biologists has offered Open Access publishing options since 2004 and two of its five journals are already fully Open Access. The Transformative Journal strategy signals more clearly the journals’ commitment to move towards full Open Access, while a transition period allows the Company… Read More
Oryx set to become open access from January 2021 - August 5, 2020
Oryx – The International Journal of Conservation is to become fully open access from January 1, 2021, making it free to read by anyone with an internet connection, anywhere in the world. New research submitted after August 1 will be published Open Access from next year. Thanks to a… Read More
ERC Scientific Council decides to withdraw as a supporter of cOAlition S - July 22, 2020
The ERC Scientific Council is committed to implementing full and immediate Open Access and continues to support the principles underlying Plan S. Members of the ERC Scientific Council are participating constructively in various activities aimed at making Open Access a reality. However, during the past six… Read More
ACS Publications announces new open science resource center - July 17, 2020
In an ever-changing scholarly publishing environment, the American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications Division is deepening its commitment to open science and open access. Through a curated set of materials on its new open science resource center, ACS is leading the way for… Read More
