NPG begins offering article-level metrics
Article-level metrics are available on 20 journals on Nature Publishing Group's publishing platform
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Experts agree on need for OA quality indicators
International scientific community agrees on need for quality indicators for new open-access journals
Ireland sets open-access mandate
A new, national policy in Ireland calls for publicly-funded research outputs to be deposited in an open-access repository and be publicly discoverable
Hungarian Academy of Sciences issues OA mandate
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences has issued an open-access mandate for its researchers and employees
Nobel Prize winning data released
Open data partnership leads to release of data from Nobel Prize-winning laboratory for public use
IOP opts for CC-BY on OA articles
IOP Publishing has changed its open-access copyright arrangements to CC-BY 3.0
Taylor & Francis Open journals adopt CC-BY
Taylor & Francis Open journals adopt the CC-BY licence
Birkhäuser and DETAIL expand partnership to e-books
Birkhäuser will immediately make around 100 DETAIL books globally available in digital format through De Gruyter Online
HarperCollins works with Publishing Technology on new platform
HarperCollins Publishers will roll out a new global publishing system, Global Product Manager, developed in partnership with Publishing Technology
Registry to distinguish between researchers launches
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) has launched a Registry where researchers can distinguish themselves by creating a unique personal identifier
SAGE acquires Adam Matthew
SAGE has purchased primary-sources publisher Adam Matthew
IOP launches e-book programme
IOP Publishing has launched an e-book programme and announced a partnership with Morgan & Claypole