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NOW AVAILABLE: March 31 Issue Of "Dramatic Growth Of Open Access"

Heather Morrison | DuraSpace | April 4, 2013

The March 31 issue of Dramatic Growth of Open Access features a comparison of open access growth including CC-BY article growth figures supplied by OASPA. [...] Recent research suggests that CC-BY is the preference of a small minority of scholars. Read More »

NZ AU Open Research Conference

Press Release | Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand | January 17, 2013

[UA] is hosting the NZ AU Open Research conference, with support from Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand. Researchers, academics, students and members of the public will discuss  the benefits of openness in academic research, as well as the institutional, legal and social barriers to implementing open research and open access models. Read More »

OASPA’s Response To The Recent Article In Science Entitled “Who’s Afraid Of Peer Review?”

Staff Writer | Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) | October 4, 2013

Below is a statement from the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) in response to the recent “sting” that was reported in Science in an article entitled “Who’s Afraid of Peer Review?” Read More »

OATI Leverages OpenADR To Achieve Smart Grid Success

Press Release | Open Access Technology International (OATI) | December 2, 2013

Open Access Technology International, Inc. (OATI) adopts OpenADR standard to simplify Demand Response and provide more cost-effective methods to meet energy industry needs. Read More »

Of Aaron Swartz, Open Access And #PDF Tributes

Deepa Kurup | The Hindu | January 15, 2013

So in a fitting tribute on Monday, academics across the world paid tribute to this legendary hacker and advocate of a free and equal Internet by putting up PDFs of their copyrighted works online. On the micro-blogging site Twitter, the hashtag #PDFTribute trended all day, triggering a progressive and open debate on copyright, academic work and access.

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Omics Future On Personalized Medicine, Computer Breeding And Open Platform

Staff Writer | Phys.org | November 4, 2013

As one of the most influential and fruitful annual conference in "Omics", the 8th International Conference on Genomics (ICG-8) was successfully concluded on November 1st with numerous updates provided on on-going research applying today's accurate and affordable technologies to advancing human health and agricultural breeding. [...] Read More »

OMICS Group Declares The Acquisition Of The Journal-Immunome Research

Press Release | OMICS Group | July 25, 2013

OMICS Group Inc., a scientific organization that drives the progress of research through open access journals, announced a landmark agreement with Nikolai Petrovsky Publishing for acquisition of Immunome Research [...]. Read More »

OMICS Group International Is The New Publisher Of 14 Noble Laureates Supporting Cellular And Molecular Biology : 60 Years Old Reputed Medline Indexed Journal

Press Release | OMICS Group International, Cellular and Molecular Biology | September 14, 2013

Dean Dr. Raymond J. Wegmann, the founding editor of Cellular and Molecular Biology signed agreement at OMICS Office and stated that, “OMICS Publishing Group is a better publisher than any other publishing house.” Read More »

OMICS Group International Launches Its First Mobile App

Press Release | OMICS Group International | October 8, 2013

OMICS Group International, unveils its mobile application (app) today. Users can search, browse, read and bookmark full text content from over 300 peer reviewed OMICS Group journals and latest updates on conferences organized by OMICS Group. OMICS App is available free of charge and can be downloaded from the Google play store. Read More »

OMICS Group International Stretches Its Horizons By Venturing Into Outsourcing

Press Release | OMICS Group | August 21, 2013

OMICS Group International ties up with 100 global scientific societies and expands partnership with more associations. Read More »

OMICS Publishing Group And International Society For Ceramics In Medicine are Making Research On Bioceramics Open Access

Press Release | OMICS Group Incorporation, Ashdin Publishing | July 10, 2013

Strengthened by its Open Access initiatives, OMICS Group is pleased to publish the Bioceramics Development & Applications from 2013 onwards, the flagship journal of International Society for Ceramics in Medicine. Read More »

OMICS Publishing Group Ties Up With 100 Eminent Societies To Make Healthcare Information Open Access

Press Release | OMICS Publishing Group | August 9, 2013

OMICS Publishing Group has signed agreement with 100 prestigious organizations of scientific, academic and research excellence across the globe with a view to collaborate and make healthcare information Open Access. Read More »

On Open Access, #AltAc And The Future Of The Academic Press: A Conversation With Duke University Press, Part Three

Adeline Koh | The Chronicle of Higher Education | April 25, 2013

This is part 3 (the final part) of the ninth interview in a series, Digital Challenges to Academic Publishing, by Adeline Koh. Each article in this series features an interview with an academic publisher, press or journal editor on how their organization is changing in response to the digital world. Read More »

One In The Eye For The Sutton Trust's Open-Access Ideas

Richard Garner | The Independent | November 7, 2012

Something approaching a frisson of horror appears to strike our politicians at the very thought of debating selection openly. I was trying for three days last week to get a squeak out of both the Department for Education and the Labour opposition over what they thought about the education charity Sutton Trust's founder Sir Peter Lampl's plans for "open access" independent schools, ie, where pupils are selected on merit rather than ability to pay. Read More »

One Size Fits All?: Social Science And Open Access

David Mainwaring | The Disorder of Things | November 14, 2012

The third post in our small series on open access, publication shifts on the horizon and how it all matters to IR and social science, this time by David Mainwaring [...]. Read More »