New and improved impact factors for BioMed Central journals in the 2008 JCR
The latest edition of Thomson Reuter’s Journal Citation Reports has just been released, with official Impact Factors for a total of 59 BioMed Central… 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
Wikipedia and open access journals – now more compatible than ever
A couple of years ago, I posted a blog noting the complementarity between Wikipedia (which excludes original research from its scope, but strongly… Read more »
Universities UK/Research Information Network report recommends creation of central instititutional funds to cover open access publication charges
A new report released on 27th March 2009 by Universities UK and the Research Information Network, delivers an important set of recommendations aiming to ensure… Read more »
We're moving!
BioMed Central is moving to new offices on Friday 20th March. Our new contact details will be as follows: BioMed Central Ltd236, Gray’s Inn RoadLondon,… Read more »
White Rhino – a guest post from Writers Without Borders
This post is from Omar Khan and Tim Brookes of Writers Without Borders: The following reflects Tim and my experiences while working with the World Health… Read more »
Lignocellulosic plants of possible use for biofuel production
A recent review article [Simmons BA, Loque D, Blanch HW: Next-generation biomass feedstocks for biofuel production. Genome Biol 2008, 9:242] published in Genome… Read more »
Slides from presentation at Online Information: "Latest developments in Open Access"
The presentation below, given at the annual Online Information exhibition and conference which took place at Olympia, London, from Dec 2-4 2008, highlights some… Read more »
Presentations from OA session at SRA International 2008 Annual Meeting now available online
The presentations from the session: Introduction to Open Access Publishing for Research Administrators and Managers at the SRA International 2008 Annual Meeting… Read more »
BioMed Central acquired by Springer Science+Business Media
Earlier this month, BioMed Central was acquired by Springer Science+Business Media, the world’s second largest publisher of Scientific, Technical and… Read more »
Open Access Day and the launch of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association
October 14th saw the first international Open Access Day, which succeeded beyond all expectation, with involvement from 100+ campuses on 5 continents. BioMed… Read more »