Poacher turns gamekeeper as first issue from ‘gold’ open access publisher Social Sciences Directory...
Just nine months after its creation, UK-based ‘gold’ open access publisher Social Sciences Directory announces the publication of its first issue on September 24th...
Oxford University Press title joins new model for open access publishing
Oxford University Press (OUP) is pleased to announce that Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (PTEP) has been identified for participation in SCOAP3 (Sponsoring...
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research embraces open access
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) today announced the membership agreement with BioMed Central and SpringerOpen. Publication costs for research articles published by...
RSC pledges £1 million aid for UK chemical science researchers to publish OA papers
Yet again the RSC has demonstrated its foresight in the world of scientific publishing.
To support the transition to Open Access (OA), the RSC recently...
BioMed journals publish articles from ENCODE genomics project
The completion of the human genome project in 2003 was an immeasurably important milestone, but (like an book written in code) left many biologists...
Announcing the PLOS Global Participation Initiative
PLOS is pleased to announce a program to increase the global participation of authors in open-access publishing. On September 4th, 2012, we launched the...
Wiley Joins the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announced today its new membership of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). OASPA represents the interests of open...
IEEE, other standards organisations endorse OpenStand’ principles
IEEE, IAB, IETF, Internet Society and W3C Invite Other Standards Organizations, Governments and Companies to Support Modern Paradigm for Global, Open Standards
Shuang Yu, for...
Wolters Kuwers Ovid released OvidOpenAccess
Immediate and Unrestricted Access, via OvidSP, to Thousands of Full-Text Resources from Peer-Reviewed and Scholarly International Journals
Today's medical and scientific professionals—whether they're involved in...
Wiley Moves Towards Broader Open Access Licence
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced revised licensing arrangements for proprietary journals published under the Wiley Open Access program. The journals will adopt...
SAGE Partners with UC Berkeley on SAGE Open
SAGE and the University of California, Berkeley, have announced a partnership designed to encourage social science and humanities faculty and students at the university...
Elsevier Launches New Open Access Journal: Applied and Translational Genomics
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announces the launch of Applied and Translational Genomics, an open access journal....