NIH adds substantial set of genetic, health information to online database - February 28, 2014
Researchers will now have access to genetic data linked to medical information on a diverse group of over 78,000 people, enabling investigations into many diseases and conditions. The data, from one of the nation’s largest and most diverse genomics projects - Genetic Epidemiology Research on Aging (GERA) - have just… Read More
Five new publishers to participate in the CLOCKSS digital preservation archive - February 20, 2014
The CLOCKSS Archive has partnered with eLife to preserve their ejournal in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. This action provides for content to be freely available to everyone after a "trigger event"… Read More
SCOAP3 repository launches in beta - February 19, 2014
The SCOAP3 repository is now available at repo.scoap3.org. This beta version of the SCOAP3 repository contains all articles funded by SCOAP3 in several formats, including PDF, PDF/A and XML. All articles are published under a CC-BY license and can be freely downloaded… Read More
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to preserve with CLOCKSS Archive - January 24, 2014
The CLOCKSS Archive has partnered with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to preserve the preprint server for the life sciences BioRχiv and the ejournals of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries… Read More
Open Access journal Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology accepted for indexing by Thomson Reuters - January 20, 2014
The Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology journal has been accepted for indexing by Thomson Reuters. Following its acceptance by Scopus in 2013, this journal will soon be indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences (CC/PC&ES), beginning with volume 1(1) 2011. … Read More
Four new publishers to participate in CLOCKSS digital preservation archive - January 15, 2014
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of the Archaeological Institute of America, the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery, UTS ePress, and Wageningen Academic Publishers. The Archaeological Institute of America promotes archaeological inquiry and public understanding of the material record of the human… Read More
Portico and Knowledge Unlatched announce preservation agreement - January 13, 2014
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced an agreement with Knowledge Unlatched to preserve the latter’s Pilot Collection of Open Access e-books in the Portico Archive. The Knowledge Unlatched Pilot Collection includes 28 new books from 13 recognised scholarly publishers: Amsterdam University Press, Bloomsbury Academic, Brill,… Read More
New research project allows faster and easier access to innovation trends in future technologies through trend mining in patent information - December 19, 2013
A new research project at FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure allows a faster and easier access to innovation trends in future technologies through trend mining in patent information. FIZ Karlsruhe has developed efficient analysis tools for trend research with patent information which draw… Read More
Peer-reviewed articles from F1000Research now visible on PubMed and PubMed Central - December 13, 2013
Open Access life-sciences journal F1000Research has announced that articles published and peer-reviewed via its novel post-publication peer review model are now visible in PubMed, the largest and most-used biomedical literature database, and PubMed Central (PMC). Since its launch at the start of this year, F1000Research… Read More
OSA journal Advances in Optics and Photonics to be indexed in Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science - December 13, 2013
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced that its journal Advances in Optics and Photonics has been approved for indexing in Thomson Reuters' Web of Science™, the Scientific, Technical and Medical publishing industry's leading citation database. Advances in Optics and Photonics articles are scheduled to start… Read More
