Two leading organisations implement ALMs using PLOS open source app
In 2009, PLOS became the first (and remains the only) publisher to launch anopen source Article-Level Metrics (ALM) app to help other publishers implement ALM...
Frontiers launches new OA journal in Cell and Developmental Biology
Frontiers, one of the fastest-growing open-access scholarly publishers, now part of the Nature Publishing Group family, has launched its Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biologyjournal...
EBSCO Joins OASPA and Awards Conference Scholarship
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has joined the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), which represents the interests of Open Access (OA) journals publishers globally...
Open Access Week Kick-off Speakers Announced
SPARC and the World Bank have announced the speakers for the Open Access Week 2013 kick-off event to be held Monday, October 21, starting...
Concerns over future for Learned and Professional Societies under Open Access
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has published its report on the state of the publishing industry, Scholarly Journals Publishing Practice. ...
PeerJ now indexed in CAB Abstracts
PeerJ is pleased to announce that they are now being indexing by CABI for inclusion in their CAB Abstracts database (http://www.cabi.org/publishing-products/online-information-resources/cab-abstracts/).
CABI is a not-for-profit,...
Government mistaken in focusing on Gold as route to full open access, says Committee
The Government’s commitment to increasing access to published research findings, and its desire to achieve full open access, are welcome, says the Business, Innovation...
Copyright Clearance Center Joins Gold Open Access Infrastructure Program
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a not-for-profit organization creating global licensing, content and Open Access (OA) solutions that make copyright work for everyone, has joined...
Asia’s Leading Oncology Journal Cancer Science Adopts Open Access
John Wiley and Sons, Inc., announced today that Cancer Science has become the first Japanese journal of its size to transition to open access,...
Elsevier Announces the Launch of a New Open Access Journal: Water Resources and Industry
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of a new open access journal Water Resources...
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...