open access

The Bundesrat, Germany's second parliamentary chamber, has passed a resolution supporting open access and scientific publishing.

Scientists fear that non-traditional publication could affect their chances of promotion, according to a new study.

The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has called for the open-access debate to be opened up to different types of scholarly literature and different access models.

Hindawi Publishing has changed its last two subscription-based journals to an open-access publishing model.

A coalition of 75 nonprofit publishers has made a statement opposing any legislation that would 'abruptly end a publishing system that has nurtured independent scientific inquiry for generations'.

The petition calling on the European Commission to adopt polices to guarantee free public access to research results has been delivered to the EU Commissioner for Science and Research.

A group of European organisations are calling on the European Commission to support public access to the output of EC-funded research shortly after publication.