Science Library Blog
August 25, 2008
Chemistry Central Journal accepted into Web of Science
Chemistry Central Journal has been accepted for tracking by Thomson Reuters. The journal will be included in the Science Citation Index starting from Volume 1 (2007). All the articles published in Chemistry Central Journal will be available through Web of Science, and the journal will receive its first Impact Factor in June 2009.
This is great news for Chemistry Central Journal, and more broadly reflects increasing momentum for open access in chemistry, as demonstrated by projects such as PubChem and ChemSpider.
from BioMed Central, Blog 8/20/08
Posted by ebrown at 03:48 PM
April 09, 2008
National Geographic Videos on YouTube
National Geographic has almost 500 short video clips on Youtube that could be used for instructional material.
http://www.youtube.com/user/NationalGeographic
Posted by ajbrown at 09:44 AM
January 10, 2008
SCOAP3 Model Proposed for Funding Particle Physics Journals
The SCOAP3 project is an innovative new model for funding high energy physics journals. SCOAP3, the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics, has proposed a mechanism for particle physics to pay for its own publishing costs and make articles in the field openly available to the world without cost to the reader. Rather than rely on typical journal subscriptions, in the SCOAP3 model, universities, labs, and funding agencies involved in producing particle physics literature pay into a consortium (SCOAP3). The consortium then pays publishers to publish their journals openly on the web.
From the MIT LIbrary News blog, 1/9/2008.
More information is available at:
http://www.scoap3.org/
http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/model-funding-energy/882/
Posted by ebrown at 11:17 AM
December 03, 2007
Open Access Science Journals – Bentham OPEN
Bentham Publishers announced that they “are launching more than 200 peer-reviewed open access journals during this year, under the banner of “Bentham OPEN.” The journals will cover all major disciplines and are exclusively open access publications. All articles are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication.”
Journal topics include biology, biotechnology, computer science, engineering, environmental science, geology, material sciences, mathematics, medical, nanoscience, nursing, physics, and psychology.
Posted by jdixon at 11:36 AM
November 30, 2007
Open Access and the Developing World Portal
BioMed Central, the world's largest publisher of open access scientific research, recently created a new information portal that calls attention to the developing world's need for open access to the scientific and medical literature. This portal highlights the most relevant peer-reviewed research from BioMed Central's open access journals and brings together the latest news and resources relating to open access and the developing world. Read more here....
Posted by erushton at 01:18 PM
November 27, 2007
Open Environmental Data Wiki
The Open Knowledge Foundation has launched an Environmental Data Wiki.
Open Environmental Data is data relevant to the study of the environment that anyone is free to access, re-use and redistribute. This includes data that is in the public domain, and data that has been made available under an open license.
There are opportunities to contribute to the wiki and to download data. You can find lists of Environmental Datasets, Data Distributors, Research Groups, and Software.
Posted by ajbrown at 04:51 PM
November 21, 2007
New BMC Titles Accepted for Tracking by Thomson Scientific
Biomed announced earlier this summer that four medical journals from the BMC series were accepted for tracking by Thomson Scientific. These four journals, BMC Family Practice, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, BMC Medical Research Methodology, and BMC Psychiatry will receive Impact Factors in 2010. So far 27 BMC-series journals already received Impact Factors, or are being tracked for Impact Factors by Thomson Scientific.
Posted by erushton at 03:13 PM
September 25, 2007
SciVee: Web Video for the Sciences
The National Science Foundation, the Public Library of Science and the San Diego Supercomputing Center have joined forces to launch SciVee, an experimental media sharing platform that allows scientists to synch short video lectures with paper outlines:
"SciVee, created for scientists, by scientists, moves science beyond the printed word and lecture theater taking advantage of the internet as a communication medium where scientists young and old have a place and a voice."
Video entries can be navigated internally by topic segments, and are accompanied by a link to the full paper, jpegs of figures, tags, a reader rating system and a comment area. Peer networking functions are also planned.
Look at the pubcast and paper on the structural evolution of the protein kinase.
By ptk on Science News
posted on the Scholarly Communications blog
Posted by ebrown at 09:13 AM
August 13, 2007
Loading Research Papers into PubMed Central
From the National Library of Medicine:
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy requests that researchers funded by NIH submit their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts, which have been accepted for publication, to PubMed Central (PMC). To facilitate the submission process, the NIH has developed the NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS). NIHMS allows users to deposit and manage manuscripts.
Posted by erushton at 10:57 AM
July 23, 2007
House Backs Taxpayer-Funded Research Access
Press release from The Alliance for Taxpayer Access:
Washington, D.C. – July 20, 2007 – In what advocates hailed as a major advance for scientific communication, the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday approved a measure directing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide free public online access to agency-funded research findings within 12 months of their publication in a peer-reviewed journal. With broad bipartisan support, the House passed the provision as part of the FY2008 Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Bill.
Click here to read the full press release.
Posted by erushton at 01:42 PM
July 03, 2007
SciTalks - videos of science lectures
From the Open Access News Blog
SciTalks is a new portal for OA videos about science. (Thanks to ResourceShelf.) From Tuesday's press release:
...[SciTalks] is a focused, searchable repository of video recordings of science lectures from all over the world. The site launches today with over 1,000 lectures online, and more are being added daily. Segments range from a series of hour-long lectures by the late Richard Feynman, to a short, hilarious Ali G interview with Noam Chomsky, and a fascinating talk on designing a semiconductor-based brain, by up-and-coming Stanford researcher Kwabena Boahen.
Posted by amcmanus at 08:43 AM
June 06, 2007
New Tool for Scholarly Publishing
Science Commons and the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) recently released an online tool to "help authors exercise choice in retaining critical rights in their scholarly articles, including the rights to reuse their scholarly articles and to post them in online repositories."
According to the press release, the tool was created to "simplify the process of choosing and implementing an addendum to retain scholarly rights. By selecting from among four addenda offered, any author can fill in a form to generate and print a completed amendment that can be attached to a publisher’s copyright assignment agreement to retain critical rights to reuse and offer their works online."
Read more here....
Posted by erushton at 07:29 PM
May 11, 2007
ePosters - new OA journal for scientific posters
From Peter Suber's Open Access News blog
ePosters is a new OA journal of scientific posters. (Thanks to Science Quick Picks.) From the site:
Welcome to ePosters.net, the free online journal where you can share your scientific or medical poster with the world.After you present your poster at a conference or meeting you why not upload it here at ePosters.net?....
Benefits of submitting your poster:
• The process is easy and free of charge
• You can cite your poster by its reference number and date on your résumé
• Access to your work is no longer restricted to meeting attendees; it will have worldwide exposure
• Your poster can always be found using keywords or it's unique reference number
• Readers can contact you directly about your work (via anonymous email) increasing collaborative opportunities
• Visitors can print your poster locally thereby reducing your administration.
ePosters.net is now accepting submissions
ePosters.net is now accepting submissions
Posted by amcmanus at 07:56 AM
May 07, 2007
J. Craig Venter Institute's Global Ocean Sampling Expedition in PLoS Biology
From the Public Library of Science:
"Researchers from the J. Craig Venter Institute recently published several studies from the Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition in PLoS Biology. This research details the discovery of millions of new genes after a voyage of thousands of miles. The PLoS pages devoted to this expedition also include a web seminar, interactive poster, editorial, and several links." Click here to access this item.
Posted by erushton at 12:53 PM
May 03, 2007
Plant Physiology Announces Open Access Initiative
The editor of Plant Physiology recently announced that all papers in Plant Physiology corresponded by American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) will be published with full Open Access. This includes full access to the publish-ahead-of-print version (Plant Physiology Preview) as well as to the final, fully edited version, full access to supplemental data, and full access to all the advanced linking and tracking tools. According to the editorial, since more than 50% of the papers currently published in Plant Physiology are corresponded by ASPB members, more than half of the papers in the January 2007 issue will be fully Open Access. Read more here….
Posted by erushton at 03:09 PM
March 28, 2007
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Supports Open Access
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) recently announced its “Position on Public Access to Scientific Literature”. The statement calls for free public access to federally funded research within six months of publication. Read more here...
The American Society for Cell Biology publishes the high-impact monthly journal Molecular Biology of the Cell. This journal is available for free after a two-month embargo.
Posted by erushton at 04:36 PM
February 20, 2007
Update on Nature Peer Review Trial and Debate
In June 2006, Nature began trialling an open peer review for authors who submitted papers to the journal. Participating authors allowed Nature to post their manuscript publicly for comment. Despite enthusiasm for the concept, Nature recently reported that open peer review was not widely popular, either among authors or by scientists invited to comment. Read more about the trial here.
Posted by erushton at 02:56 PM
February 07, 2007
Impact Factors for BioMed Central
Two additional BioMed Central titles have been accepted by Thomson Scientific (ISI) for inclusion in the Science Citation Index (Expanded). BMC Medicine will receive an Impact Factor in 2009. BioMed Central has calculated an “unofficial 2005 Impact Factor” for BMC Medicine at 2.87, placing it in the top 15% of ranked journals in the Journal Citation Report. Biology Direct will also receive an impact factor in the future. Thomson Scientific (ISI) now tracks 43 of BioMed Central's journals.
Posted by erushton at 02:11 PM
February 05, 2007
Students Rally for Access to Publicly Funded Research
Press release from The Alliance for Taxpayer Access:
February 15th marks the fifth anniversary of the landmark Budapest Open Access Initiative, when the worldwide open access movement first took form. In recognition of this historic day, Freeculture.org, the international student movement for free culture, and the Alliance for Taxpayer Access (ATA) will a hold a "National Day of Action”. The organizers hope to rally support for Congressional passage of the Federal Research Public Access Act, an act that is awaiting reintroduction in the 110th Congress. If passed, the bill would require federal agencies that fund over $100 million in annual external research to make manuscripts of peer-reviewed journal articles stemming from that research publicly available via the Internet. (http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/frpaa/).
Campuses nationwide will be announcing individual events and support for the National Day of Action in the coming weeks. For more information, please visit the freeculture.org-Alliance for Taxpayer Access student resource at http://www.taxpayeraccess.org.
Click here to read the full press.
Posted by erushton at 10:05 AM
February 02, 2007
British Library, U.S. DOE Partner on Science Portal
News item from LJ Newswire posted to the Science & Technology Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
The British Library (BL) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
have announced a collaborative effort to develop a global science
gateway, to be named Science.world. The free online resource will
eventually make accessible science information resources from
many countries via a single Internet portal. Following the model
of Science.gov, offered by a group of U.S. federal agencies, the
Science.world effort will rely on scientific resources published
by each participating nation.
"Our goal is to speed up the sharing of knowledge on a global
scale. As a result, we believe that science itself will speed
up," said Raymond Orbach, DOE undersecretary for science.
For the DOE, the project marks a return of sorts. On November 4,
2002, the lights went out on PubSCIENCE, the DOE's effort to
offer a free multi-disciplinary database in the physical
sciences. PubSCIENCE allowed users to search across abstracts and
citations of multiple publishers at no cost. The effort quickly
became the target of an intense lobbying campaign, spearheaded by
the Washington-based Software & Information Industry Association
(SIIA), which claimed that PubSCIENCE competed with its members'
services.
It was not immediately clear what resources the new portal would
provide, although a British Library news release said the
project's aim was "direct, free searching of open source
collections and portals" that would "complement existing
information collections and systems."
Posted by amcmanus at 08:50 AM
January 18, 2007
BioMed Central Launches 100th Journal
BioMed Central, the independent publishing house that provides free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research, has recently launched its 100th independent journal, Source Code for Biology and Medicine.
The BioMed Central’s independent journal programme was launched in August 2001. The programme allows groups of researchers to start open access journals under their own editorial control. Thomson Scientific (ISI) currently tracks 41 of BioMed Central's journals.
Posted by erushton at 10:50 AM
December 19, 2006
New Open Access Journals from BioMed Central
BioMed Central, the independent publishing house that provides free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research, has recently launched the following new Open Access journals:
Chinese Medicine
From BioMed Central: an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of research on Chinese medicine, provided the material, methods, results, and conclusions are evidence-based, scientifically justified, and ethical.
Journal of Molecular Signaling
From BioMed Central: an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of molecular signaling.
Posted by erushton at 04:40 PM
November 13, 2006
New Open Access Journals from BioMed Central
BioMed Central, the independent publishing house that provides free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research, has recently launched the following new Open Access journals:
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
From BioMed Central: An open access, peer-reviewed online journal that will encompass all aspects of clinical and basic research studies related to musculoskeletal issues.
Infectious Agents and Cancer
From BioMed Central: an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of basic, clinical and translational research providing an insight into the association between chronic infections and cancer.
Posted by erushton at 09:51 AM
October 31, 2006
New Open Access Journal for the Enviromental Sciences
Launched at the end of October 2006 as a high-impact, open-access Letters journal, Environmental Research Letters (ERL) will provide a coherent and integrated approach including research articles, perspectives, news and editorials, as well as meeting notices for the environmental science community. Completely free to read online, ERL will be funded by an article publication charge.
Environmental Research Letters
Posted by ajbrown at 01:28 PM
October 19, 2006
Open Access News
As of October 1st 2006, five major UK research funders will require open
access to the published results of all the research they fund. According to a BioMed Central press release, the Medical Research Council (MRC), Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) and National Environmental Research Council (NERC) have all introduced policies requiring deposition in an open access repository, which took effect on October 1st 2006. The policies come into effect on the anniversary of the introduction of theWellcome Trust's policy on open access, on October 1st 2005.
Read more here....
Posted by erushton at 08:55 AM
September 06, 2006
New Open Access Journals from BioMed Central
BioMed Central, the independent publishing house that provides free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research, has recently launched the following new Open Access journal:
Carbon Balance and Management
From BioMed Central: An open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of research aimed developing a comprehensive, policy relevant understanding of the global carbon cycle.
Posted by erushton at 11:20 AM
July 18, 2006
New Model for Scholarly Publishing
From Inside Higher Ed:
Rice University recently announced it would revive its University Press. However, unlike traditional university presses, Rice University will publish only electronic books which will be made freely available online. A peer review panel will determine which manuscripts are published. Read more here….
Posted by erushton at 01:55 PM
July 17, 2006
New Open Access Journals from BioMed Central
BioMed Central, the independent publishing house that provides free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research, has recently launched the following new Open Access journals:
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
From BioMed Central: An open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of veterinary research and medicine of domestic and wild animals.
Diagnostic Pathology
From BioMed Central: An Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal that considers research in surgical and clinical pathology, immunology, and biology.
Geochemical Transactions
From BioMed Central: An Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal that covers high-quality research in all areas of chemistry as it relates to materials and processes occurring in terrestrial and extraterrestrial systems.
International Breastfeeding Journal
From BioMed Central: An Open Access, peer-reviewed online journal that will encompass all aspects of breastfeeding.
Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology
From BioMed Central: An Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal that considers original research related to the field of occupational medicine and toxicology.
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
From BioMed Central: An Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal that publishes high quality review articles encompassing all aspects of diagnosis, clinical description, clinical work-up and management as well as aetiopathogenesis, *epidemiology, and genetic counselling of rare diseases.
Scoliosis
From BioMed Central: An open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of research on prevention, control, and conservative treatment of scoliosis and other spinal deformities.
Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy.
From BioMed Central: An Open Access, peer-reviewed online journal that will encompass all aspects of research concerning substance abuse, with a focus on policy issues.
Posted by erushton at 09:40 AM
June 19, 2006
SPARC Partners with Bioline International
SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, recently announced that it had formed a partnership with Bioline International, an online publishing service that provides open access to peer-reviewed research journals published in developing countries. Read more here…
Posted by erushton at 12:31 PM
June 15, 2006
Cellscience's New Publishing Alternative
The journal Cell Science recently introduced a micropayment system as a publishing alternative to subscriptions or pay-to-publish models (open access). The micropayment system generates a small revenue every time an article or edition is accessed by an end user. The revenue is used to cover publication costs, and also the payment of royalties to authors and third party payment processing fees. According to the press release, Cell Science “aims to transform the way in which scientific journals are funded to enfranchise authors and reduce the cost burden to readers and institutions.” Click here to read more about the “academic library funding crisis” and the journal’s new publishing alternative.
Posted by erushton at 10:51 AM
June 07, 2006
New Open Access Journals from BioMed Central
BioMed Central, the independent publishing house that provides free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research, has recently launched the following new Open Access journals:
Cell Division
From BioMed Central: An Open Access, peer-reviewed online journal that will encompass all aspects of cell cycle control in eukaryotes.
Journal of Biomedical Discovery and Collaboration
From BioMed Central: An Open Access, peer-reviewed online journal that will encompass all aspects of scientific information management and studies of scientific practice, with a particular emphasis on biomedical laboratory investigations.
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine
From BioMed Central: An open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of the philosophy of medicine and biology, and the ethical aspects of clinical practice and research.
World Journal of Emergency Surgery
From BioMed Central:World Journal of Emergency Surgery is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that will encompass all aspects of clinical and basic research studies related to emergency surgery (traumatic and non-traumatic) and its allied subjects.
Posted by erushton at 07:02 PM
May 15, 2006
Medical Journals Backfiles Digitization Project
Wellcome Trust, the UK's largest non-governmental source of funds for biomedical research, recently launched its Medical Journals Backfiles Digitisation Project. Wellcome Trust is working with the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to digitise the complete back-files of a number of important and historically significant medical journals. On completion, this project will deliver over three million pages of medical journals to PubMed Central, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) full-text, life sciences repository. Click here read more about the project.
Found via Resource Shelf
Posted by erushton at 09:21 AM
May 02, 2006
Biointerphases: a new Open Access journal
Biointerphases
Topics in the new journal include:
Interface spectroscopy
In vivo mechanisms
In vitro mechanisms
Interface modeling
Adhesion phenomena
Protein-surface interactions
Biomembranes on a chip
Cell-surface interactions
Biosensors and biodiagnostics
Bio-surface modification
The nano-bio interface
Biotribology and Biorheology
Molecular recognition
Cell patterning for function
Polyelectrolyte surfaces
Ambient diagnostic methods
posted to STS-L by George Porter
Posted by ebrown at 09:23 AM
April 19, 2006
New Open Access Journals from BioMed Central
BioMed Central, the independent publishing house that provides free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research, has recently launched the following new Open Access journal:
Biomedical Digital Libraries
From BioMed Central: Biomedical Digital Libraries is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal that considers manuscripts on all aspects of digital library content and usage in biomedical settings, including academic medical centers, research and development institutes, and health care institutions.
Posted by erushton at 08:49 PM
March 27, 2006
New Open Access Journals from BioMed Central
BioMed Central, the independent publishing house that provides free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research, has recently launched the following new Open Access journals:
Journal of Biomedical Discovery and Collaboration
From BioMed Central: Currently, many scattered disciplines study aspects of scientific practice, including informatics, computer science, sociology, cognitive psychology, scientometrics, rhetoric, and history and philosophy of science. The journal will connect these disparate perspectives with each other, and with contemporary scientific practice.
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine
From BioMed Central: Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of the philosophy of medicine and biology, and the ethical aspects of clinical practice and research. It also considers papers at the intersection of medicine and humanities, including the history of medicine, that are relevant to contemporary philosophy of medicine and bioethics.
Posted by erushton at 11:13 AM
March 08, 2006
New Open Access Journals from BioMed Central
BioMed Central, the independent publishing house that provides free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research, has recently launched the following new Open Access journals:
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
From BioMed Central: an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that will encompass all aspects of research in the field of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Implementation Science
From BioMed Central: an Open Access, peer-reviewed online journal that aims to publish research relevant to the scientific study of methods to promote the uptake of research findings into routine healthcare in both clinical and policy contexts.
Posted by erushton at 03:53 PM
March 02, 2006
New Open Access Journals from BioMed Central
BioMed Central, the independent publishing house that provides free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research, has recently launched the following new Open Access journals:
Algorithms for Molecular Biology
From BioMed Central: Algorithms for Molecular Biology is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of algorithms and software tools for molecular biology and genomics.
Areas of interest include but are not limited to: algorithms for RNA and protein structure analysis, gene prediction and genome analysis, comparative sequence analysis and alignment, phylogeny, gene expression, machine learning, and combinatorial algorithms.
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
From BioMed Central: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of rare diseases and orphan drugs. The journal welcomes high quality review articles encompassing all aspects of diagnosis, clinical description, clinical work-up and management as well as aetiopathogenesis, *epidemiology, and genetic counselling of rare diseases. It brings together knowledge of basic research and clinical practice. By providing this information, crucial for optimised diagnosis and management, the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases aims to contribute to the improved care of patients affected by rare diseases.
Radiation Oncology
From BioMed Central: Radiation Oncology is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that will encompass all aspects of research that impacts on the treatment of cancer using radiation. It will publish findings in molecular and cellular radiation biology, radiation physics, radiation technology, and clinical oncology.
Posted by erushton at 05:39 PM
February 25, 2006
New Open Access Journals from BioMed Central
BioMed Central, the independent publishing house that provides free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research, has recently launched the following new Open Access journals:
Biology Direct
From BioMed Central: Biology Direct will publish original research articles, hypotheses, and reviews from the full spectrum of biology; the first subject areas to be launched will be Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology and further subject areas will be launched from time to time until the full spectrum of biology is covered. Subjects covered will include any aspect of molecular, cellular, organismal or population biology, as well as methods, theoretical and computational biology, comparative biology, and evolution.
Implementation Science
From Biomed: Implementation Science is an Open Access, peer-reviewed online journal that aims to publish research relevant to the scientific study of methods to promote the uptake of research findings into routine healthcare in both clinical and policy contexts.
Posted by erushton at 02:00 PM
December 13, 2005
Open Access chemistry journal -- Bioinorganic Chemistry & Applications
Bioinorganic Chemistry & Applications is an Open Access journal published by Hindawi Publishing.
The journal's raison d'être "... is to publish original research ..." "...relating to metalloenzymes and model compounds, metal-based drugs, biomaterials, biocatalysis and bioelectronics, metals in biology and medicine, metals toxicology and metals in the environment, metal interactions with biomolecules and spectroscopic applications."
Bioinorganic Chemistry & Applications - Fulltext v1+ (2003+); ISSN: 1565-3633.
Posted by George Porter on the Open Access News Weblog.
Posted by ebrown at 03:42 PM
BioMed Central Journal Accepted by ISI
BioMed Central has recently announced that the journal BMC Plant Biology has been accepted for tracking by The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). The journal has an unofficial impact factor of 2.10.
Posted by erushton at 09:21 AM
November 29, 2005
BioMed Central Journals Accepted by ISI
BioMed Central has recently announced that four journals in the BMC-series have been accepted for tracking by The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). The four journals are BMC Developmental Biology, BMC Immunology, BMC Neurology and BMC Structural Biology. Read more here…
Posted by erushton at 11:51 AM
October 19, 2005
New Open Access Journals from BioMed Central
BioMed Central, the independent publishing house that provides free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research, has recently launched the following new Open Access journals:
Plant Methods
From BioMed Central: Plant Methods is an Open Access, peer-reviewed online journal that will encompass all aspects of technological innovation in the plant sciences.
Head & Face Medicine
From BioMed Central: Head & Face Medicine is an interdisciplinary journal considering original research on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of cranial and facial disorders, including molecular genetics, pathophysiology, epidemiology and new therapeutic strategies.
Posted by erushton at 09:39 PM
October 10, 2005
New Open Access Journals from BioMed Central
BioMed Central, the independent publishing house that provides free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research, has recently launched the following new Open Access journals:
Cough
From BioMed Central: Cough is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal that will encompass the scientific and clinical aspects of both acute and chronic cough.
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
From BioMed Central:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal that aims to promote the exchange of original knowledge and research in any area of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine. Specifically, the journal will cover the following topics: ethnobotany, ethnozoology, ethnoecology, ethnopharmacy, ethnomedicine, ethnoveterinary, traditional medicines, traditional healthcare in households and domestic arenas, migrant healthcare/urban ethnobiology, pluralistic healthcare in developing countries, evidence-based community health, visual ethnobiology and ethnomedicine, gender studies and ethnobiology, as well as other related areas in nutritional, medical and visual anthropology.
Posted by erushton at 11:48 AM
October 05, 2005
Inaugural Issue of PLoS Pathogens
The Public Library of Science (PLoS) recently launched the inaugural issue of PLoS Pathogens, an international open-access, peer-reviewed journal. The journal will publish articles about pathogens and how they interact with their host organisms.
Posted by erushton at 09:38 PM
August 31, 2005
TOC Alerts from BioMed Central
BioMed Central now offers article alerts for its journals. Click here to register for a free BioMed account. As of April 2005, all SUNY four-year and university and health science center campuses are enrolled as BioMed Central (BMC) members. BMC is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free access to peerreviewed biomedical research with a portfolio of over 100 journals.
Posted by erushton at 11:40 AM
Forthcoming Journal from PLoS
Later this year, the Public Library of Science (PLoS) will be launching the journal PLoS Clinical Trials. The journal is described as "an international peer-reviewed open-access journal that will publish results of Phase III and late Phase II human clinical trials from all medical and public health disciplines. The journal's main aim is to increase the breadth of clinical trials reporting and thus ensure that all trials on human participants can be reported in the peer-reviewed literature."
Posted by erushton at 10:32 AM
August 23, 2005
New Open Access journals from Libertas Academica Ltd
Libertas Academica is a new publisher that specializes in promoting and expanding Open Access scientific, technical and medical literature. Libertas Academica has recently launched the peer-reviewed journal Cancer Informatics. As well, Libertas Academica is planning to launch the peer-reviewed journal Evolutionary Bioinformatics Online. The Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Dr Mark Pagel, is inviting prospective authors to submit manuscripts for consideration.
Posted by erushton at 10:55 AM
August 03, 2005
Launch of PLoS Genetics
PLoS Genetics, the new open-access journal from the Public Library of Science (PLoS) was officially launched on July 25, 2005. PLoS Genetics covers genetics and genomics research. Read more here...
Posted by erushton at 10:14 PM
July 12, 2005
Impact Factors of BioMed Central Journals
From press release: "Impressive impact factors prove that BioMed Central's Open Access journals are high quality and widely read and cited. Journals published by BioMed Central have again received impact factors that compare well with equivalent subscription titles, it was announced today, with five titles in the top five of their specialty. The high impact factors for these journals affirm that they are respected by researchers, and are fast becoming the place for authors to submit important research findings." More here...
Posted by erushton at 04:39 PM
June 27, 2005
Inaugural Issue of PLoS Computational Biology
This week, the Public Library of Science (PLoS) launched their third Open Access journal, PLoS Computational Biology.
As described in the press release, PLoS Computational Biology is "a new open-access, peer-reviewed journal reporting major biological advances achieved through computation. Unique in its scope, the journal publishes research from one of the most rapidly growing and exciting areas of scientific inquiry. As a collaboration between a scholarly society and an open access publisher, the journal also provides further momentum to the shift towards unrestricted access and use of all scientific and medical literature." More here...
Posted by erushton at 10:10 AM
June 20, 2005
Coming Soon: PLoS Genetics
On July 25, the Public Library of Science will launch their new open access journal PLoS Genetics. PLoS Genetics will focus on genetics and genomics research. Several "sneak preview articles" are available online.
Posted by erushton at 04:53 PM
June 03, 2005
New Open Access Journals Added to PubMed Central
The following journals have recently been added to the collections at PubMed Central
International Journal of Medical Sciences
From site: A peer-reviewed scientific journal publishes papers of excellence in all areas of medical sciences. The Journal serves wide ranges of international audiences, including medical researchers, pharmaceutical employees, students, general and specialized clinicians. More here....
International Journal of Biological Sciences
From site: Publishes peer-reviewed scientific papers of significance in all areas of biological sciences. The Journal targets wide ranges of international audiences of researchers and biotechnology company employees. The scope of the Journal includes cell biology, developmental biology, structural biology, microbiology, molecular biology & genetics, biochemistry, biotechnology, biodiversity, ecology, marine biology, plant biology, and bioinformatics. More here...
Posted by erushton at 01:19 PM
May 31, 2005
New backfiles from PubMed Central
PubMed Central has recently completed scanning the back issues of three more journals. This is part of PubMed's efforts to create a complete digital archive of the journals that are in PubMed Central. Read more about the project here.
Journal of Clinical Investigation: Full text coverage includes volume 1 (1924) to the present.
Medical History: Full text coverage includes volume 1(1948) to 2004.
Plant Physiology: Full text coverage includes volume 1 (1926) to 2004 (1 year moving wall).
Posted by erushton at 04:28 PM
May 11, 2005
PNAS Backfiles
PubMed Central has finished digitizing the back issues of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). Coverage includes V.1(1), 1915 to the present. (A six-month delay on availability of current content is imposed by the publisher.) PNAS is one of the world's most-cited multidisciplinary scientific serials.
Posted by erushton at 11:32 AM
May 05, 2005
Oxford Journals Launches Oxford Open
From Press Release: Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press (OUP), has announced its latest Open Access (OA) project, Oxford Open. Commencing July 2005, it will offer an optional author-pays model to authors of accepted papers in a range of Oxford Journals titles. Oxford Journals has also amended its post-prints policy to be compliant with the latest National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy. Both of these announcements further support Oxford Journals’ central remit, as a leading not-for-profit publisher, to bring the highest quality research to the widest possible audience.
Posted by erushton at 06:48 PM
Free Biomedical Literature Resources
The National Library of Medicine has created a listing of Free Biomedical Literature Resources.
Posted by erushton at 06:42 PM
May 02, 2005
New Open Access Journal
From website: Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal established to provide a forum for public health researchers and practitioners to share study results and practical experience. The journal is published by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, one of eight centers within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Posted by erushton at 02:44 PM
April 25, 2005
New Open Access Journals from BioMed Central
BioMed Central, the independent publishing house that provides free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research, has recently launched the following new Open Access journals:
Globalization and Health
From BioMed Central: Globalization and Health is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal that provides a platform for research, knowledge sharing and debate on the topic of globalization and its effects on health, both positive and negative.
Behavioral and Brain Functions
From BioMed Central: Behavioral and Brain Functions is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal that encompasses all aspects of neurobiology where the unifying theme is behavior or behavioral dysfunction.
Behavioral and Brain Functions is aimed at the scientific community interested in behavioral and cognitive neuroscience, investigating the psychological, computational, and neuroscientific bases of normal and abnormal behavior including the mind. The interdisciplinary nature of the field covers developments in human and animal behavioral science, neuroscience, neuropsychology, cognitive psychology, neurobiology, linguistics, computer science, and philosophy.
Posted by erushton at 09:54 AM
April 22, 2005
New Open Access Journal on Sustainability
From website: Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy is a new peer-reviewed, open access journal that provides a platform for the dissemination of new practices and for dialogue emerging out of the field of sustainability.
Read E.O. Wilson's editorial here
Posted by erushton at 11:33 AM
April 18, 2005
Molecular Systems Biology
Nature Publishing Group(NPG) and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) have recently announced the launch of the online-only journal, Molecular Systems Biology. Access to the primary research is free of charge. Publication is supported in part by an author charge.
The journal covers all aspects of systems biology and hopes to attract quality research in the evolving areas of genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, microbial systems, and the integration of cell signaling and regulatory networks.
Posted by erushton at 01:25 PM
April 12, 2005
PLoS Community Journals
In the April 2005 issue of PLoS Biology, the Public Library of Science announced that they would be launching PLoS community journals. According to the editorial, "each PLoS community journal will cover a broad field of research - so the journals serve specific scientific communities. The journals are also run by the community—academic editors-in-chief and associate editors, supported by PLoS staff."
Read more here
Posted by erushton at 02:09 PM
PNAS experimenting with Open Access
PNAS and Open Access
By Nicholas R. Cozzarelli
As I announced in a recent Editorial, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS) has begun an Open Access (OA) option, whereby authors may pay a surcharge of US$1,000 to make their paper freely available on the PNAS and PubMed Central (PMC) websites immediately upon publication. The experiment will run until 31 December 2005. The PNAS will then consider ways to make the journal entirely OA, maintain the option in the same or modified form, or discontinue the option.
From Nature Web Focus: Access to the Literature: The Debate Continues
Posted by amcmanus at 10:14 AM
April 05, 2005
Free Access Articles from APS Journals
The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is making research published in Phytopathology, Plant Disease, and Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (MPMI) freely accessible after 24 months of subscriber-only access. For each journal, a two-year-old issue gains free-access status when the current month’s issue is published on the web.
Read more here...
Posted by erushton at 04:29 PM
March 09, 2005
Public Library of Science Launches New Open-Access Journal for the Pathogen Research Community
From Press Release: The Public Library of Science (PLoS) today announces the launch of PLoS Pathogens, an international open-access, peer-reviewed journal. The journal is accepting submissions at www.plospathogens.org, and commences publication in September 2005. PLoS Pathogens aims to address research on pathogens including bacteria, fungi, parasites, prions, and viruses.
Read more of the press release at http://www.plos.org/news/announce_pathogens.html
Posted by erushton at 10:03 AM
New Open Access Computing Journal
Theory of Computing
Fulltext v1+ (2005+)
http://theoryofcomputing.org/
It has a separately published section, Quantum Computing
Posted on ERIL-L by George Porter.
Posted by amcmanus at 09:28 AM
March 01, 2005
Molecular Biology Database Collection: 2005 Update
Nucleic Acids Research Molecular Biology Database Collection is a public online resource that lists freely available databases. The 2005 update includes 719 databases.
Read more at: http://www.bio-itworld.com/archive/021105/itin_explosion.html
Posted by erushton at 12:47 PM
February 15, 2005
PoS Proceedings of Science
Posted on EngLib blog:
The SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste) is offering a new online proceedings service to the science community, PoS or Proceedings of Science.
From Dr. Andrea Wehrenfennig on PAMNET: PoS publishes online, at moderate rates for organizers, conference proceedings in the fields of Astronomy, Biophysics, Mathematics, Neuroscience and Physics and Science communication. Access by the readership is OPEN ACCESS, without registration or charge. Moreover, the online publication procedure is fast and user-friendly thanks to the software system that runs the entire editorial procedure.
Posted by amcmanus at 02:35 PM
February 08, 2005
Logical Methods in Computer Science
Logical Methods in Computer Science (LMCS)
Posted by amcmanus at 12:46 PM
February 03, 2005
NIH Public Access Policy Released
From Open Access News:
The NIH has finally released the language of its public-access policy, which will take effect May 2, 2005.
Posted by amcmanus at 03:35 PM
Sun opens access to software patents
From Open Access News
By Peter Suber
Sun Microsystems is not only opening the source code for Solaris but opening access to 1,600 Solaris software patents for open-source developeprs. From yesterday's press release: 'Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced the largest single release of patent innovations into the open source community by any organization to date, marking a significant shift in the way Sun positions its intellectual property portfolio. By giving open source developers free access to Sun(TM) OpenSolaris related patents under the Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL), the company is fostering open innovation and establishing a leadership role in the framework of a patent commons that will be recognized across the globe. "As the largest business contributor to the open source community, Sun has always been an ardent believer in open standards and the open source process going back to the inception of this company," said Scott McNealy, Chairman and CEO, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "The release of more than 1,600 patents associated with the Solaris(TM) OS far eclipses any other vendor's contribution. Today represents a huge milestone for Sun, for the community, for developers and for customers."' The Sun announcement follows the similar announcement from IBM earlier this month that it would open access to 500 software patents for open-source developers.
Posted by amcmanus at 03:01 PM
Open access Journal of Maps
From Open Access News
By Peter Suber
The Journal of Maps is a new peer-reviewed, open-access journal from the Earth Sciences and Geography faculty at Kingston University.
The first issue appeared on January 5. Although access to full-text articles and maps is free of charge, it does require registration, which will block crawlers and other research tools. Excerpt from Mike Smith's editorial in the inaugural issue: 'JoM emerged out of the desire for myself and colleagues at the Kingston Centre for GIS to publish bespoke maps. As an applied research group we collect (and map) spatial data for a variety of geographic disciplines, however the publication of such material is difficult; a cursory survey of geography-related journals showed that map publication was uncommon and usually incurred high page costs. Maps are central to the process of understanding within spatially aware disciplines, through the use of maps to analyse, store and present spatial information. The lack of map publication is an undesirable effect of the modern publication process and weakens the value of research findings. JoM was established to redress the imbalance in map publication; the high page costs of printed maps is unavodiable and therefore JoM was only viable as an e-journal. This constraint presented the opportunity for us to "self-publish", thereby by-passing the whole commerical publication process. It was at this stage that we decided JoM should be open-access, with a nominal author fee to cover running costs....JoM wishes to actively contribute to the debate on map data and copyright, with a view to lessening the restrictions on map publication.' (Thanks to UKSG Serials-eNews.)
Posted by amcmanus at 02:03 PM
February 02, 2005
Nature's new archiving policy
From Open Access News:
By Peter Suber
Tracey Caldwell, Nature opts for new policy on archiving, Information World Review, January 31, 2005. Excerpt: 'Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has changed its self-archiving policy to allow authors to publish articles on a funding body's archive site six months after publication. Previously, authors were only permitted to self-archive their contribution on their personal websites. Now, authors of original research papers published by NPG will be encouraged to submit the peer-reviewed manuscript to their funding body's archive, their institution's repositories and their personal websites for release six months after publication....Peter Suber, editor of the Open Access News blog...told IWR: "This is a significant step. It even goes beyond the NIH policy...by signalling that Nature will never refuse the NIH request or encourage its authors to refuse the NIH request. On the contrary, Nature will encourage its authors to comply with it. However, it also has the effect of trying to apply the six-month embargo to archiving at the author's institutional repository and personal website." Suber told IWR: "I hope [the embargo on self-archiving] does not become a...standard as that is contrary to the public interest....I would not like to see [an embargo] applied where it had not been before." '
Posted by amcmanus at 08:38 AM
January 25, 2005
New Open Access Journal: AIDS Research and Therapy
BioMed Central has launched a new independent journal AIDS Research and Therapy. This journal will publish clinical and scientific research involved in abating the spread of AIDS.
Read more at http://www.aidsrestherapy.com/home/
Posted by erushton at 09:18 AM