SCOAP3 Open Access Initiative launched at CERN
Representatives from the science funding agencies and library communities of 29 countries are meeting at CERN1 today to launch the SCOAP32 Open Access initiative. Open Access...
Springer to convert two journals in high energy physics to open access
The SCOAP3 consortium (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics), which aims to convert journals in high energy physics to open access,...
Elsevier Launches New Open Access Journal – NeuroImage: Clinical
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announces the launch of NeuroImage: Clinical, a new open access journal,...
SCOAP3 Article Processing Charges announced
As part of the SCOAP3 tendering process conducted by CERN for the benefit of SCOAP3, the agreed-upon Article Processing Charges (APCs) for SCOAP3 participating journals are now...
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...