Springer Nature appoints Rachel Burley in leading role for BioMed Central and SpringerOpen
Springer Nature has appointed Rachel Burley to the role of Publishing Director, BioMed Central and SpringerOpen, effective as of 1st February 2016. Her responsibilities...
Five Leading Wiley Journals Become Open Access
John Wiley and Sons, Inc. announced the conversion of five of its leading journals to the Wiley Open Access Program. From January 1st 2016,...
Three Yorkshire universities join forces to launch new digital publishing platform
Three Yorkshire universities have joined forces to set up a new open access digital platform to publish research across academic disciplines.
Established by the universities...
A Proactive Approach to Reproducibility with Evidence-Based Research on Research
Discovery and reproducibility are cornerstones of the scientific enterprise. Without one, the other is hindered; new work is built on the foundation of previous...
Wiley Collaborates with the University of Michigan for New Open Access Journal: Learning Health...
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announced the launch of Learning Health Systems (LHS), a new open access journal published in collaboration with the...
STM Association Response to the Max Planck Digital Library White Paper on the Open...
The STM association has read with interest the Max Planck DL (MPDL) paper on the transition to OA . We welcome this contribution to...
ACS announces new open access journal ACS Omega
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) will expand its open access program in 2016 with today's announcement of ACS Omega, a...
Emerald pilots integration with Publons to enhance peer reviewer recognition
Emerald Group Publishing - a global publisher linking research and practice - is piloting a year-long integration with Publons to give its reviewers verified recognition for their...
Taylor & Francis and EIFL announce first Open Access agreement
No, or heavily reduced, article publishing charges for researchers in developing countries
Taylor & Francis Group and EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) have just announced...
Elsevier launches new Open Access journal – Physics in Medicine
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of open access journal: Physics in...
2015 HathiTrust Board Election Results Announced
The members of HathiTrust have elected three individuals to serve on its Board of Governors beginning on January 1, 2016. Anne R. Kenney, Carl A....
Future Science OA awarded Database of Open Access Journals’ seal of approval
The DOAJ has accepted the gold open access journal Future Science OA for indexing, and awarded its seal
Future Science OA, the inaugural gold open...