The battle for open access is far from over
Today marks the beginning of the 8th Open Access (OA) week, a global event to highlight all things open access.
Other
Oct 19, 2015
0
8
Page 18 - News tagged with open access
Related topics:
plos one
· biomed central
Publisher pushback puts open access in peril
Delegates at the The Higher Education Technology Agenda (THETA) conference on the Gold Coast last week heard from futurist Bryan Alexander about four possible scenarios for the future of knowledge.
Other
May 21, 2015
0
31
Over 50 years of marine litter research now available to all in new book
University of Exeter researcher, Professor Tamara Galloway, has contributed to one of the most expansive summaries of our knowledge of man-made litter in the world's oceans to date. The new book, Marine Anthropogenic Litter ...
Environment
May 15, 2015
0
43
New gold standard established for open and reproducible research
A group of Cambridge computer scientists have set a new gold standard for openness and reproducibility in research by sharing the more than 200GB of data and 20,000 lines of code behind their latest results - an unprecedented ...
Computer Sciences
May 3, 2015
4
120
Mobile DNA sequencer shows potential for disease surveillance
A pocket-sized device that can rapidly determine the sequence of an organism's DNA has shown its potential in disease detection, according to a study published in the open access, open data journal GigaScience.
Biotechnology
Mar 26, 2015
0
683
Seven myths about scientists debunked
As scientific researchers, we are often surprised by some of the assumptions made about us by those outside our profession. So we put together a list of common myths we and our colleagues have heard anecdotally regarding ...
Other
Feb 16, 2015
41
42
Journal team adds reviewer pay to open-access model
A new open-access journal called Collabra plans to pay reviewers, and that's a twist in the world of scientific publishing. The reviewers get to exercise some options. They can keep the cash (generally a modest sum) or give ...
March of the penguin genomes
Two penguin genomes have been sequenced and analyzed for the first time in the open access, open data journal GigaScience. Timely for the holiday season, the study reveals insights into how these birds have been able to adapt ...
Biotechnology
Dec 11, 2014
0
0
Addressing the opportunity for wilderness experiences on military lands
The often untraveled landscapes of the nearly 450 military installations in the continental United States contain some of the most pristine wilderness experiences in the country and are often better managed than many federally ...
Environment
Nov 12, 2014
1
0
Corporate interest is a problem for research into open-access publishing
The open-access movement, which aims to provide researchers and the public with free access to academic work, has been growing. But most academic research remains behind expensive paywalls, which decreases its reach for the ...
Other
Oct 31, 2014
0
1
