Industry Trends

International Open Access Day planned

1 September 2008
The first international Open Access Day will be held on 14 October 2008

Deadline for Elsevier Foundation grant proposals looms

30 August 2008
Elsevier Foundation grants help researchers in developing countries and the academic workplace.

Max Planck Society strikes OA deal with PLoS

29 August 2008
The Max Planck Society (MPS) has signed a deal with the Public Library of Science (PLoS) to centrally fund the publication fees of MPS scientists

Gladstone scientists create Wikipathways

15 August 2008
Gladstone scientists create Wikipathways to foster research collaboration.

Open-access articles don't generate more citations, says study

11 August 2008
Study concludes that open-access academic articles get read more often but don't generate more citations.