Open Access

ScienceOpen partners with the Open Library of Humanities to open up the context of...

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The research network ScienceOpen is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Open Library of Humanities (OLH). ScienceOpen is a next-generation research discovery platform, and the OLH is a charitable organization dedicated to supporting and extending open access to scholarship in the humanities.

ScienceOpen partners with PeerJ to support Computer Science research

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The research network ScienceOpen is pleased to announce a new partnership with PeerJ. ScienceOpen is a next-generation research discovery platform, and PeerJ is an award-winning open access publisher.

UC Riverside Library to Host International Open Access Week 2016

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The University of California, Riverside Library will host International Open Access Week 2016, an event that is part of a global effort called Open Access Week. Open Access Week is an opportunity for the academic and research community to learn about the potential benefits of sharing what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make “open access” a new norm in scholarship and research.

Over 12,000 industry standards now available with single sign-on via OpenAthens and ASTM Publications

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OpenAthens has today announced that ASTM International, the Pennsylvania, USA-based publisher of international standards, manuals, scholarly publications and e-learning courses has joined the OpenAthens access management federation. This move provides straightforward and secure access to ASTM International’s wide library of over 12,000 standards and related products

Open Access Articles Grow at Twice the Rate of All Published Research

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The number of open access (OA) research articles published annually is growing at double the rate of the complete spectrum of research articles — this according to the most recent report from media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information.

Springer Nature appoints Tim Britton as Managing Director of Open Research Group

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Britton, who has decades of experience working in the marketing and research information industries, will be responsible for the open research portfolio across Springer Nature, including BioMed Central, SpringerOpen, the open access journals from Nature Research and open access monographs from Springer and Palgrave Macmillan.

PLOS Genetics Announces 2016 Research Prize Winner

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The PLOS Genetics Editors-in-Chief and Senior Editors congratulate Santiago Naranjo, Justin D. Smith, Carlo G. Artieri, Mian Zhang, Yiqi Zhou, Michael E. Palmer and Hunter B. Fraser, authors of the article chosen as the recipient of the PLOS Genetics Research Prize 2016, Dissecting the Genetic Basis of a Complex cis-Regulatory Adaptation.

IOP announce Reviewer Survey

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As part of Peer Review Week, IOP Publishing are launching a reviewer survey to better understand the experience of refereeing an article and to provide an evidential basis for the further development of our referee services. Developments in scientific publishing can often focus on the experience of the authors and the readers of articles.

New ‘results free’ peer-review process to be piloted for academic publishing

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The open access journal, BMC Psychology, has announced it will launch the first ever randomized controlled trial to find out if a ‘results free’ peer-review process can help reduce publication bias.

SAGE Publishing acquires journal portfolio from prominent open access publisher, Libertas Academica

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SAGE Publishing, one of the world’s leading independent and academic publishers today announced the purchase of the full portfolio of journals from the open access (OA) publisher, Libertas Academica. The acquisition marks a significant milestone in SAGE’s OA publishing program.

PLOS appoints Dr. Joerg Heber Editor-in-Chief of PLOS ONE

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PLOS announced today that after an extensive search, Dr. Joerg Heber has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of PLOS ONE. Heber will be responsible for setting the editorial course of the journal and continue its mission of improving scholarly communication. His appointment is effective November 21, 2016.

Two of IOP Publishing’s journals to offer authors the choice of single or double-blind...

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As part of our commitment to engage closely with our research communities and to meet their future needs, we are pleased to be offering authors the choice of single or double-blind peer review on Materials Research Express and Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express from January 2017