The Global Open Access Portal: A snapshot of open access progress worldwide
The Global Open Access Portal (GOAP), recently launched by UNESCO, offers a current snapshot of the status of open access to scientific information around the… Read more »
Latest posts by Guy Melzack (see all)
- The Global Open Access Portal: A snapshot of open access progress worldwide - 5th December 2011
- Join the debate – Open Access in higher education - 26th October 2011
- Closing the digital divide - 10th October 2011
Join the debate – Open Access in higher education
With open access publishing firmly in the minds of the those shaping higher education policies, join BioMed Central’s Managing Director Matthew Cockerill in a… Read more »
Closing the digital divide
Rachel Astall, Corporate and Events Officer Computer Aid International, explains the importance of IT development in the developing world. Millions of… Read more »
ISRCTN Trial Register: achievements and challenges 8 years on
As the ISRCTN trial registermanaged by Current Controlled Trials (CCT) now includes over 10,000 trial records, a new article published in the Journal of… Read more »
EQUATOR Network Seminar and Annual Lecture 3 October 2011
Guest blog post from Shona Kirtley at the EQUATOR Network, which is endorsed by all BioMed Central journals, about their up-coming seminar and annual lecture in… Read more »
ZubaBox connects African scientists to open access research
Computer Aid International highlighted its innovative ZubaBox at BioMed Central’s recent Research Awards. This unique solar powered Internet hub is a shipping… Read more »
Getting aid to where it is needed: research from Globalization and Health
In the early 2000s, the international aid community started to fund health programs through Global Health Initiatives (GHIs) which provide aid and… Read more »
Faces behind the research: meet some of our open access authors
Some of the many pioneering researchers and clinicians who chose to publish open access research with BioMed Central discuss their research topics and share… Read more »
Women in science: access is crucial
Figure 1: Women as a share of total science researchers in 2007 or latest available year. Calculations based on head counts (HC) of full-time equivalents… Read more »
Championing open access to research
For many scientists and medics, especially those in lower income countries, access to the latest research can be limited and restricted behind subscription… Read more »