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Open Access Press Offers Free Hosting

Posted on October 19, 2009 by admin

Journal Editors and Managers: for a limited time, Open Access Press will host your digital journal on the Open Journal Systems platform FREE for the first year, with a three year agreement. Normal pricing of $700 U.S. applies for years … Continue reading →

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Elsevier Under Fire for Fake Scientific Journals

Posted on May 14, 2009 by admin

This story was reported in the British press a couple weeks ago, but in my mind hasn’t gotten quite enough play. What you have here is a multi-national, multi-billion dollar company producing six publications it passed off to the scientific … Continue reading →

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First U.S. Public Access Policy Made Permanent

Posted on May 6, 2009 by admin

The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition announced today that the appropriations act just passed contains a provision making the NIH Open Access policy permanent. From the release: President Obama yesterday signed into law the 2009 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which … Continue reading →

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