41 Nobel Laureates and scientists collaborated to show their support for FRPPA, by lobbying Congress thorough an open letter. The legislation seeks to enhance access to federally funded published research articles, ensuring they are made available in an online repository no later than 6 months after publication. The bill will broaden the reach of scientific… Read more »
As part of Open Access Week last month, Walter H. Curioso, M.D., M.P.H, Research Professor at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, talks about his views of open access and how it can help in developing countries In other open access news, Denise Nicholson recently published her Tips for Developing Countries when reviewing Copyright Laws as part… Read more »
Journal of Hematology & Oncology and Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine (SJTREM) have both been recently accepted for inclusion in MEDLINE. For Journal of Hematology & Oncology this news comes hot on the heels of the news that the journal has been accepted by Thomson Reuters and will receive its first impact… Read more »
All BioMed Central’s journals strive to ensure the integrity of the scientific record and, as members of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), have procedures in place to help prevent covert duplicate (redundant) publication. Non-transparent duplication within the citable literature is academically unethical and, even more importantly, can have severe consequences for the evidence-based assessment… Read more »
Nobel Prize-winning scientists urge Congress to act to ensure free online access to federally funded research results Published Nov 10, 2009 Media advisory For immediate release November 10, 2009 For more information, contact: Jennifer McLennan (202) 296-2296 ext. 121 jennifer [at] arl [dot] org Washington, DC – “For America to obtain an optimal return on our… Read more »
Hot on the heels of our recent announcement we have just heard that three more journals have been accepted by Thomson Reuters and are now on course to receive their first Impact Factors. The journals are: Biotechnology for Biofuels – Impact Factor due June 2010 Cell Communication and Signaling – Impact Factor due June 2012… Read more »
The recently announced Open Access for Hong Kong portal, created by the Hong Kong Open Access Committee, is the latest in a series of such national OA advocacy portals which bring together information about the benefits of Open Access scholarly communication, focusing on the needs of academic researchers in a particular country. These national… Read more »