Subject repositories top ranking
14 February 2008
The latest Webometrics Ranking of World Universities includes a new ranking of repositories.
open access
MPS and Copernicus Publications sign new contract
7 February 2008
Max Planck Society (MPS) signs agreement with Copernicus Publications to support open-access-compatible publishing of its scientists.
Swedish Royal Library funds best practices guide
3 February 2008
Swedish Royal Library awards Co-Action Publishing and Lund University Library with substantial funding to create new best practices guide.
US law provides free access to government funded research
7 January 2008
Under new law NIH-funded researchers are required to offer their findings free to the public a year after they are published commercially.
Top physics labs sign up to open access
17 December 2007
PhysMath Central has struck membership agreements with the CERN and DESY high-energy physics laboratories.
SAGE-Hindawi OA platform launches
11 December 2007
The open-access joint-venture between SAGE and Hindawi was officially launched at Online Information in London.
Bush vetoes bill with open-access provision
15 November 2007
President Bush says that the LHSS Appropriations Act, 2008, which includes the requirement for NIH-funded research to be made open access, is too expensive.
Particle physicists push for publishing changes
19 October 2007
The high-energy physics community wants all of its published research to be freely available to everybody. Jens Vigen reports on how a radical new initiative hopes to achieve this
Open-access debate gets personal
19 October 2007
Tensions between advocates and opponents of open access increase with the launch of a new partnership that is aimed at protecting the integrity of scientific research, reports Nadya Anscombe
UK biologist groups back well-funded open-access publishing
20 September 2007
A group representing UK biologists has come out in favour of open-access publishing, provided that it is adequately funded and that policies are flexible.
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