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4 Leading International Wiley Journals Become Open Access

Press Release | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | October 22, 2013

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced the transition of four journals to the Wiley Open Access publishing program, bringing the total number of Wiley's open access titles to 28. Read More »

5 Academic Publishing Trends To Watch In 2013

George Lossius | Publishing Perspectives | January 21, 2013

2012 was certainly an eventful, some would even say turbulent, year in the unpredictable world of academic publishing. [...] So what can we expect from 2013? Read More »

Established Journals To Publish Under Open Access Model

Press Release | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | February 19, 2013

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announced today that Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Microbial Biotechnology have joined the Wiley Open Access publishing program. All articles in these two journals are now open access and free to view, download and share. Read More »

F1000 Prime And Public Library Of Science Collaborating On Article-Level Metrics

Press Release | Faculty of 1000 (F1000), Public Library of Science (PLOS) | August 8, 2013

Faculty of 1000’s F1000Prime (http://f1000.com/prime) article recommendation service has partnered with Public Library of Science (PLOS), to provide enhanced information to researchers on the impact of their published articles. Read More »

Hiding Your Research Behind A Paywall Is Immoral

Mike Taylor | The Guardian | January 17, 2013

As a scientist your job is to bring new knowledge into the world. Hiding it behind a journal's paywall is unacceptable Read More »

How Journals Like Nature, Cell And Science Are Damaging Science

Randy Schekman | The Guardian | December 9, 2013

The incentives offered by top journals distort science, just as big bonuses distort banking. I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity. But it is disfigured by inappropriate incentives. The prevailing structures of personal reputation and career advancement mean the biggest rewards often follow the flashiest work, not the best. Read More »

In Defence Of Open Access Systems

Leslie Chan | The Hindu | December 31, 2012

LESLIE CHAN, champion of the Open Access Initiative, tells G. MAHADEVAN that the traditional journals will lose the battle to Open Access publications. Read More »

Nobel Winner Declares Boycott Of Top Science Journals

Ian Sample | The Guardian | December 9, 2013

Randy Schekman says his lab will no longer send papers to Nature, Cell and Science as they distort scientific process Read More »

Nobelist And Editor Of Open-Access Journal Boycotts Top Science Journals

Nick DeSantis | The Chronicle of Higher Education | December 10, 2013

Randy W. Schekman, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley who was one of three winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, has declared a boycott of top science journals such as Cell, Nature, and Science, The Guardian reported. Read More »

Open Access Comes To Africa

Britt E. Erickson | Chemical & Engineering News | December 17, 2012

Hundreds of scholars gathered in Stellenbosch, South Africa, last month to build a stronger case for making the results of scientific research freely accessible worldwide. Calling scientific knowledge the motor of economic development, delegates to the international gathering, the Berlin 10 Conference on Open Access, urged scientists to radically change how they evaluate and communicate their work. Read More »

Open Access — What Do Authors Really Want?

Alice Meadows | The Scholarly Kitchen | November 1, 2012

There’s no doubt that open access (OA) is becoming more and more popular with authors...So what do authors themselves think about OA? Does it affect where they choose to publish? What are their reasons for publishing – or not publishing – in an OA journal? The results of a recent Wiley survey provide some interesting answers. Read More »

Springer To Collaborate With Scion On Open Access journal

Press Release | Scion, Springer Science+Business Media, New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science | January 17, 2013

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science will join the SpringerOpen portfolio Read More »

Unlock Local Research Potential With Open Access

Leslie Chan | SciDev.Net | December 8, 2011

The developing world is not well served by traditional research publishing, but can break new ground with open access, argues Leslie Chan. Read More »

Wolters Kluwer Health Announces Impact Factor Gains Across Its LWW Journal Portfolio And Medknow Open Access Titles

Press Release | Wolters Kluwer Health (WKH) | July 15, 2013

Wolters Kluwer Health announced impact factor gains across its prestigious Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) journal portfolio and Medknow open access titles with the release of the latest Impact Factor (IF) scores and specialty rankings [...]. Read More »