American Chemical Society (ACS)

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ACS Publications Announces The Large-Scale Digitization And Open Availability Of Data Coupled To ACS Legacy Archives Journals

Press Release | ACS Publications | October 23, 2013

The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) announced today the completion of a comprehensive undertaking to digitally convert and conserve the Supporting Information for its broadly subscribed ACS Legacy Archives journals collection. Read More »

American Chemical Society Extends New Open Access Program Designed To Assist Authors

Press Release | ACS Publications, American Chemical Society (ACS) | November 1, 2013

ACS Publications, a leading scientific journal publisher and a Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS), announced today a far-reaching expansion of its open access publishing options –– including a major new open access journal, more licensing choices for authors and a stimulus program to support authors who select ACS journals when seeking to publish their work open access. Read More »

American Chemical Society is First Publisher To Implement Copyright Clearance Center’s Next Generation RightsLink® For Open Access Platform

Press Release | Copyright Clearance Center, Inc, American Chemical Society | August 20, 2014

 

Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organization, announced the American Chemical Society (ACS) is the first publisher to implement its next generation RightsLink® for Open Access platform to manage article processing charges (APCs) for ACS Open Access (OA) publications...

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Cannabis-Based Batteries Could Change The Way We Store Energy Forever

Marco Torres | PreventDisease.com | August 18, 2014

As hemp makes a comeback in the U.S. after a decades-long ban on its cultivation, scientists are reporting that fibers from the plant can pack as much energy and power as graphene, long-touted as the model material for supercapacitors. They're presenting their research, which a Canadian start-up company is working on scaling up, at the 248th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society...

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Copyright As Censorship In Science: Striped Nanoparticle Edition

Maneesh Yadav | QuestionCopyright.org | September 19, 2014

A band of researchers has been tirelessly trying to demonstrate that a body of scientific work which rests on a paper from over 10 years ago is completely wrong. The only problem is, their argument isn't being allowed to stand or fall on its merits — instead, copyright restrictions are interfering with their ability to make their case at all...

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Copyright Clearance Center Announces Findings From Open Access Roundtable Discussion With UK Institutions and Publishers

Press Release | Copyright Clearance Center | January 14, 2015

Independent Report Finds a Shared Desire to Simplify and Standardize Payment and Tracking of Article Processing Charges Read More »

Elsevier Experts To Highlight Reaxys®, Other Solutions At ACS Dallas

Press Release | Elsevier | March 14, 2014

Experts from Elsevier...will showcase Reaxys®, a workflow solution for research chemists, and other electronic solutions at the 247th ACS National Meeting in Dallas, March 16-20, 2014. Read More »

Open Access 2015: A Year Access Negotiators Edged Closer to the Tipping Point

It’s the year many negotiators got seriously tough on double dipping – charging for both the ability to read (via subscriptions) and for publishing (author processing charges, or APCs). Last year it was France getting tough on the toughest negotiator: Elsevier. This year, the Netherlands took it right to the brink of cutting Elsevier loose. It was summed up by a January headline: “Dutch universities dig in for long fight over open access.” Coming into the new year, other nations were taking up positions about the future they want to see too...Here’s a month-by-month roundup of some of the major action...

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Top Scientific Publisher Chooses Not To Advance Open Access

Jon Tennant | The Conversation | September 3, 2014

Access to research is limited worldwide by the high cost of subscription journals, which force readers to pay for their content. The use of scientific research in new studies, educational material and news is often restricted by these publishers, who require authors to sign over their rights and then control what is done with the published work...

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Universities 'Get Poor Value' From Academic Journal-Publishing Firms

Ian Sample | The Guardian | June 16, 2014

Research finds secrecy over contracts has stopped some institutions realising they are paying too much for journals

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Walking Away From The American Chemical Society

Jenica Rogers | Attempting Elegance | September 12, 2012

There’s no gentle introduction to this, so I’ll get right to my point: Librarians, this is a call to action. tl;dr: SUNY Potsdam will not be subscribing to an American Chemical Society online journal package for 2013... Read More »

We Cannot Do Modern Science Unless It's Open

Open is about sharing and collaboration. It's the idea that "we" is more powerful, more rewarding and fulfilling than "I". I can't promise jobs, but I do know that open is becoming very big. Governments and funders are pushing the open agenda, even though academics are generally uninterested or seriously self-interested... Read More »