Increased citation impact for BioMed Central journals
Every year, BioMed Central calculates unofficial impact factors for journals that have published a significant number of research articles but do not yet have… Read more »
Latest posts by Matthew Cockerill (see all)
- Connecting up post-publication commentary via integration with PubMed Commons - 29th November 2013
- It just got easier to find open access research for textmining/redistribution - 7th March 2012
- OSTP publishes public comments in response to RFIs on public access to publications and data - 3rd February 2012
New open access slogan T-shirts now available
We’ve updated our T-shirt store with some new designs for open access advocates – pick your favorite slogan: Visit T-shirt store (Europe)Visit… Read more »
BMC Women's Health, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth and BMC Medical Imaging are now indexed by MEDLINE
Three more BMC-series titles, BMC Women’s Health, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, and BMC Medical Imaging are now indexed by MEDLINE, which means that as… Read more »
Why Wikipedia and open access are a natural match
John Willinsky, from the University of British Columbia, makes an excellent point in his recent article “What open access research can do for… Read more »
Semantics, open access and Freebase
The recent panel on open access/semantic web/web 2.0 at South by Southwest was well attended and prompted lively discussion. Also, this being South by… Read more »
SXSW – Open Access, Web 2.0 and the Semantic Web collide in Austin
I’m currently en route to Austin, Texas which, as well as being the setting for one of my all time favourite films, also hosts a renowned series of annual… Read more »
Top CiteULike tags for BioMed Central articles
Tagging (allowing users to assign their own short keywords to items on the web) has taken off through its use on sites such as del.ic.ious (for web bookmarks)… Read more »
European Research Council grants can include open access publication costs
Some good news for researchers applying for grants from the recently launched European Research Council (ERC).The council’s grant application guidelines… Read more »
Google founder gets open access bug?
Peter Suber notes a talk by Google co-founder Larry Page at the AAAS Annual Meeting in San Francisco. As reported by news.com: [Page said] “Science has a… Read more »
Maximum access at minimum cost
At the EC meeting on scientific publishing in Brussels last week, Nick Fowler, Elsevier’s Director of Strategy, noted that the cost per article download… Read more »