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Established Journals To Publish Under Open Access Model

Press Release | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | February 19, 2013

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announced today that Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Microbial Biotechnology have joined the Wiley Open Access publishing program. All articles in these two journals are now open access and free to view, download and share. Read More »

EU Commission: Pilot Launched To Open Up Publicly Funded Research Data

Dillan Yogendra | Healthcare IT News | January 13, 2014

Researchers from projects participating in the pilot have been asked to make the underlying data needed to validate the results presented in scientific publications and other scientific information available for use by other researchers, innovative industries and citizens. This will lead to better and more efficient science, as well as improved transparency for society [...]. Read More »

European Commission Embraces Open Access

Richard Van Noorden | Nature | July 17, 2012

The European Commission has announced its intention to make open access all research findings funded by Horizon 2020, its enormous, €80-billion (US$98-billion) research-funding programme for 2014–20. And it is urging member states to follow its lead. Read More »

Explorer Allows Public Access to Results Of Sea Monster Search

Jørn Hurum | National Geographic | November 4, 2012

NG Emerging Explorer Jørn Hurum recently returned from an expedition to Spitsbergen Island in the Arctic Circle excavating the remains of ancient marine reptiles worthy of the most fantastic Norse legends. Read about their exciting adventure here on Explorers Journal through their frequent updates from the field. Get the results of the search in the Norwegian Journal of Geology. Read More »

F1000 Prime And Public Library Of Science Collaborating On Article-Level Metrics

Press Release | Faculty of 1000 (F1000), Public Library of Science (PLOS) | August 8, 2013

Faculty of 1000’s F1000Prime (http://f1000.com/prime) article recommendation service has partnered with Public Library of Science (PLOS), to provide enhanced information to researchers on the impact of their published articles. Read More »

Federal Budget Politics: Where’s Health IT Research Going?

Anthony Brino | Government Health IT | September 13, 2012

Amidst so much political talk of budget deficits and the role of government, the greater science community is wondering what a Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan budget would mean for federal research funding. Read More »

Finch Access Plan Unlikely To Fly Across The Atlantic

Paul Jump | Times Higher Education (THE) | December 6, 2012

Felice Levine, executive director of learned society the American Educational Research Association, told the Academy of Social Science's Implementing Finch conference last week that the Finch report on open access had been "noticed" in the US. Read More »

Finding Philanthropy: Like it? Pay for it

Jim Giles | Nature | January 18, 2012

If Harada's experience sounds like a one-off, think again. Crowd-funding — raising money for research directly from the public — looks set to become increasingly common. Established platforms such as Kickstarter are wooing scientists. And similar websites dedicated to connecting scientists with potential funders are being built, or have already launched. Read More »

Five Healthcare Startups That Should Have Crowdfunding Pitches On MedStartr

Veronica Combs | MedCity News | September 26, 2012

Health startups are always looking for money so what better solution than a crowdfunding site that understands the complexity of the industry. Read More »

Follow The Honey: 7 Ways Pesticide Companies Are Spinning The Bee Crisis

Michele Simon | Civil Eats | April 28, 2014

If you like to eat, then you should care about what’s happening to bees. Two-thirds of our food crops require pollination–the very foods that we rely on for healthy eating–such as apples, berries, and almonds, just to name a few. That’s why the serious decline in bee populations is getting more attention, with entire campaigns devoted to saving them. Read More »

For Patents, Against Open Access: The Sad State Of University Leadership

Michael Eisen | It Is NOT Junk | February 15, 2013

Quick. Name a leader of a major research university who has taken a courageous stand on any important issue in the last decade. I know they’re out there. They must be. But I can’t think of one. Instead, I’m left dumfounded reading this amicus brief filed in a case – Bowman v. Monsanto – about to be heard by the US Supreme Court. Read More »

Free Availability Of Knowledge – Open Access At DLR

Marco Trovatello | DLR | October 16, 2013

International Open Access Week will be held from 21 to 27 October 2013. Universities, libraries, research centres and government institutions around the world will join in events and activities to demonstrate the benefits and advantages of open access, the principle of unrestricted availability of scientific results, and to promote experience, inspiration and participation. [...] Read More »

Free Ebola Online Courses Now Available From The University Of Nebraska Medical Center And Its Hospital Partner, Nebraska Medicine

Press Release | University of Nebraska Medical Center , Nebraska Medicine | October 27, 2014

The University of Nebraska Medical Center and its primary clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine, are launching two free online Ebola education courses. The downloadable courses will provide easy-to-understand instruction and resources for health care professionals, as well as the general public...

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Freedom For Scholarship In The Internet Age

Heather Morrison | The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics | December 13, 2012

Freedom for Scholarship in the Internet Age examines distortion in the current scholarly communication system and alternatives, focusing on the potential of open access. [...] Read More »

Freeing The Prisoners Of NASA

Michael Hiltzik | Los Angeles Times | October 7, 2013

Like the late Swartz, who campaigned for free public access to government publications and academic papers, UC Berkeley biologist Eisen is one of the genuine pioneers of open-access academic publishing. That's the notion that scientific papers should be made available free to researchers and the community at large, rather than hidden behind the expensive paywalls of profitable scientific journals. Read More »