Creative Commons CC0 waiver to become part of BioMed Central’s Copyright and License Agreement
The Creative Commons CC0 waiver will become part of theBioMed Central Copyright and License Agreement on Tuesday 3rd September. For articles submitted from this date, CC0 will...
Brill expands Brill Open to include monographs and edited volumes
Brill extends Brill Open, its Open Access model, to include books.
As a major publisher in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Biology and International Law, Brill is committed...
Study explores effects of review setting on scientific peer review
Research findings published today in PLOS ONE report that the setting in which a scientific peer review panel evaluates grant applications does not necessarily impact the...
Wiley and American Neurological Association partner to launch new OA journal
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and the American Neurological Association (ANA) announced today a partnership to launchAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, a new online-only, open...
SpringerPlus journal passes 1,000 article submissions
Springer announced today that its SpringerPlus journal has passed an important milestone – more than 1,000 submissions by authors wishing to be published in...
Swets introduces Open Access APC management service
As the open access publishing model expands at an increasing rate, new challenges naturally arise for libraries, publishers, funders and researchers. Libraries in particular...
PLOS Journals now optimized for tablets
In December 2012 we redesigned all our journals, and although they’ve always worked on tablets, we’ve now tailored them to suit these devices as...
BioMed Central launches new OA journal, Movement Ecology
BioMed Central, is today launching a new open access journal Movement Ecology, marking a significant milestone in this field of research as the first...
Elsevier Launches Open Access Journal: GeoResJ
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is pleased to announce the launch of a new open access...
DOAJ announces new selection criteria
The Directory of Open Access Journals is delighted to announce new selection criteria and hereby announces that these new criteria are open for public comment until July...
SPARC Open Access Meeting 2014 to Focus on Convergence
The next SPARC Open Access Meeting, themed “Convergence,” will convene March 3–4, 2014, in Kansas City. The past year has seen growing momentum in...
PeerJ passes one year anniversary
Today (June 12th, 2013) PeerJ celebrated the one year anniversary of their original announcement. PeerJ was announced on June 12th 2012 and opened for...