BioMed Central has recently launched a Japan Gateway, bringing together resources and information from researchers across Japan as well as highlighting high-impact research from the region. The Japan Gateway also hosts a new brochure (available in both Japanese and English), which demonstrates the benefits of publishing in open access journals. Profiles of highly respected scientists… Read more »
In recognition of the fact that science publishing now goes beyond the traditional journal article, we have teamed up with Microsoft Research and Panton Principles to introduce the Open Data Award as part of our 4th Annual Research Awards. Data sharing, its preservation and re-use, is an increasingly important part of the research and publication… Read more »
Computer Aid International’s Stephen Campbell visited the community of Macha to see the impact of the Internet and the research it enables, on an African community. You won’t find the community of Macha on many maps. It’s 50 miles from the nearest road in the Southern Province of Zambia, itself a land-locked southern African country –… Read more »