Cell Press Introduces Sneak Peek Initiative
Cell Press has its beginnings in 1974 when Benjamin Lewin founded Cell. Since then Cell Press has gone on to publish more than 30 academic research journals. Cell Press is an…
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Gates Open Research: Private Funding Platforms Take Control of Academic Publishing
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has demonstrated its support for rapid dissemination of research data through the open access policy that they support. Self-described as…
OpenTrials: An Open Database for Clinical Trials
Data gathered in clinical trials is critical to effective medical treatment, as they allow doctors to make informed decisions in patient care. Researchers and policymakers also…
Springer Nature’s Data Access Innovations
Springer Nature has been busy finding new ways to serve the research community. Close on the heels of the release of SharedIt and Recommended they have now pioneered SciGraph.…
A New Day for Open Access
This is a follow-up post to our feature article on the Gates Foundation accelerating open access
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been a major funder of academic…
ASAPBio: A Preprint Archive for Biology
Preprint archives allow the submission of scholarly articles before they have been subject to peer review. These archives are open access repositories, i.e, submissions can obtain…
Wiley Content Sharing Pilot Brings Science to the Public
Wiley is a publishing company with a global reach and is on a mission to support research, education, and professional practice with learning and knowledge dissemination tools such…
ArXiv Next Generation – The Upgrade Plan
ArXiv is an open access repository maintained by the Cornell University Library. Articles deposited in arXiv are subject to moderation by more than 150 subject experts who…
Boycott of Elsevier Journals: Can New Ideas Reduce the Cost for Scientific Publications?
Recently, researchers in Germany, Peru, and Taiwan found themselves without access to many online scientific journals. Negotiations with Elsevier, a major scientific journal…
Gates Foundation Accelerating Open Access
Traditionally, academic research frequently existed behind a paywall. This meant that in order to access journal articles, a researcher would have to pay to rent or download an…
Center for Open Science: Will It Disrupt Subscription-Based Publishing?
Academic publishing is still largely the domain of traditional academic journals. Academics understand the impact of their work when published in an established and prestigious…
The Global Scientific Village: Open Access Driving Collaborative Research
Scientists Working Together
Collaboration is undoubtedly a powerful tool. Bringing groups of scientists together with different skill sets makes it possible to answer complex…