French search software provider, Exalead, joins the Automated Content Access Protocol Pilot project with a view to validating the initiative
US sees a decay in the number of scientific papers published while the rest of the world increases its article count
Three programmes that provide free, or almost free, access to online peer-reviewed journals for researchers in more than 100 of the world's poorest countries have been officially extended to 2015.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute will require its original research articles to be made freely accessible in a public repository within six months of publication.
An online global gateway to science information from 15 national portals has now been opened.
A new code of practice promises to ease journal transfer for librarians, reports Rebecca Pool
Scientific research has not been hindered significantly by a recent proliferation of technology patents and licensing agreements, according to surveys in four countries.
The Bundesrat, Germany's second parliamentary chamber, has passed a resolution supporting open access and scientific publishing.
A number of options are available to raise the quality of peer review, according to a new report from the European Science Foundation (ESF).
The EU's High Level Expert Group on Digital Libraries has presented an advisory report on copyright issues to the European Commission.
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