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Scholarly Publishing: PeerJ Launches Open Access Journal and Preprint Server (Roundup)
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Here’s a roundup of some of today’s PeerJ launch coverage. + New OA Journal, Backed by O’Reilly, May Disrupt Academic Publishing (by Michael Kelley, Library Journal) PeerJ will do without the widely employed and often expensive article-processing charge (commonly called author fees) of other OA journals, which average about $900 per published paper, according to […]
New Statistics From Scholar One: “Global Publishing: Changes in Submission Trends and the Impact on Scholarly Publishers”
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Scholar One is a Thomson Reuters service. The full text white paper is available (free) but requires registration. From a News Release: The ScholarOne Manuscriptsreport, Global Publishing: Changes in submission trends and the impact on scholarly publishers, confirms what scholarly publishers have long suspected: submission rates are not only rising overall, but are increasing significantly […]
Title Research Blogs and the Discussion of Scholarly Information Authors Hadas Shema Department of Information Science, Bar-Ilan University (Israel) Judit Bar-Ilan Department of Information Science, Bar-Ilan University (Israel) Mike Thelwall University of Wolverhampton (UK) Source PLoS ONE 7(5) e35869. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035869 Abstract The research blog has become a popular mechanism for the quick discussion of scholarly […]
Scottish Library Consortium (SHEDL) Signs Comprehensive Licensing Agreement with Springer
| Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, National Libraries, Publishing
From Today’s Announcement: Springer and the Scottish Higher Education Digital Library Consortium (SHEDL) recently signed a ground-breaking agreement for access to electronic journal subscriptions and eBooks on Springer’s platform SpringerLink. Every SHEDL member will now have access to an enormous database of content consisting of nearly 2,000 journals and over 40,000 eBooks. The license will […]
New Report: Publishers Association & ALPSP Release: “Detailing Potential Effect of Making Journals Free After 6 Month Embargo”
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The Publishers Association and Association of Learned, Professional and Society Publishers [ALPSP] are both based in the UK. ‘The potential effect of making journals free after a six month embargo’, a report commissioned by The Publishers Association and the Association of Learned, Professional and Society Publishers [ALPSP], found that an across-the-board mandate might have a […]
Open Access: Major Milestone for SCOAP3: Invitation to Tender sent to Publishing Partners
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From the SCOAP3 Web Site: SCOAP3 is pleased to announce that it has issued its Invitation to Tender to the leading publishers of high-quality peer-reviewed journals carrying content in the field of High-Energy Physics, who had previously agreed to the key SCOAP3 principles in a qualifying market survey This process is the culmination of one […]
Europe: “Horizon 2020: A €80 Billion Battlefield for Open Access”
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From Science: As negotiations proceed to shape the next installment of Europe’s gargantuan research funding programs, scientists, librarians, and publishers are eagerly awaiting the answer to a critical question: How strong will the new 7-year program, called Horizon 2020, be on Open Access (OA)? [Clip] Last week, the commission’s director-general of research and innovation at […]
Standards: NISO Seeks Public Comment on Draft of Recommended Practice, PIE-J: Presentation & Identification of E-Journals
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From a Summary by the National Library of Medicine: The National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library and a component of the National Institutes of Health, has a deep interest in the publishing models used by scientific journals, from the viewpoints of practical and efficient use of titles that are indexed for MEDLINE, […]
Scholarly Publishing Platforms: Publishing Technology Adds 10 New Agreements Including 4 With Chinese Publishers
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From the PT News Release: In a series of recent signings, content from six academic publishers is now open to the ingentaconnect network of over 25,000 libraries, including James Nicholas Publishers, Paris Legal Publishers, the Institute of Noise Control Engineering, Science International Corporation, the Association for Perioperative Practice and Rosenberg & Sellier Editori. Alliances have […]
From a De Gruyter eMail Alert: De Gruyter just added 19 political science journals to its extensive and high quality journal collection, and to celebrate the good news, we are pleased to offer you a free taste of our newest titles – all articles published in 2011 and 2012 are now available for free! The […]
