The entire November 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association is freely available to anyone without a subscription in recognition of global hunger and poverty.
Entries from October 31st, 2007
November issue of J. of the American Dietetic Association is Open Access
October 31st, 2007 by Cathy · No Comments
Tags:Open Access, Publishing Models
Does Sharing Research Data Increase Impact?
October 30th, 2007 by Cathy · No Comments
“Sharing Detailed Research Data is Associated with Increased Citation Rate“ documents a study of cancer microarray clinical trial publications in which a correlation between publicly available microarray data and increased literature impact was found.
Tags:Impact Factors, Intellectual Impact, Open Access, Research Data
NIH Public Access Policy Update–Bill was Approved
October 24th, 2007 by Cathy · No Comments
Last night, the U.S. Senate approved the Bill that included a provision to change the current voluntary NIH Public Access Policy to mandatory by a 75 to 19 voting margin. For more details: http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/media/release07-1024.html and http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs/bmcblog/entry/mandate_for_open_access_to
Update on NIH Public Access Policy
October 22nd, 2007 by Cathy · No Comments
The Senate is scheduled to vote on the FY’08 Labor-HHS bill on Monday 22 October (approved by the HR and the full Senate Appropriations Committee) that includes a provision to change the current voluntary NIH Public Access Policy to mandatory. On Friday 19 October, Senator Inhofe (R-OK) filed two amendments (3416 and 3417) which call for the [...]
NLM Releases New Reference Publication
October 12th, 2007 by Cathy · No Comments
Citing Medicine: the NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors and Publishers is now available online. Citing Medicine contains examples of bibliographic references for published and unpublished material including blogs and wikis.
WU Amendment to Publication Agreement Revised
October 9th, 2007 by Cathy · 1 Comment
wupubamendment.pdf What is the WU Amendment to Publication Agreement? The WU Amendment is a tool to allow authors to retain some rights to their work and is used as an addendum to a publisher’s copyright agreement. The WU Amendment enables authors to reuse their work (the final published version) for research and teaching efforts, allows for [...]
Tags:Author Addenda, Author Rights, Authors at WU, Copyright, NIH Public Access Policy, Support for Authors
Research Performance Measurement is Revving Up
October 5th, 2007 by Cathy · No Comments
Interesting newsletter article from Elsevier on intellectual impact. http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/lcn/0503/lcn050302.html
Tags:Impact Factors, Intellectual Impact, Support for Authors
Taylor and Francis Announces Extended Coverage of “iOpenAccess” Journals
October 5th, 2007 by Cathy · No Comments
Taylor & Francis recently announced that their “iOpenAccess” option has been extended to cover 31 journals in environmental and agricultural sciences, behavioral sciences and development studies. This is in addition to the 175 journals from T&F’s Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics portfolios, seven behavioral science journals from Psychology Press, and medical and bioscience journals from Informa Healthcare. [...]
Tags:Author Rights, NIH Public Access Policy, Open Access, Publishing Models, Support for Authors
HHMI Expresses Support for Springer Open Choice
October 4th, 2007 by Cathy · No Comments
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has expressed support for Springer’s Open Choice program whereby articles are immediately published with full open access and deposited in repositories such as PubMed Central, at a flat-rate fee per article of $3,000. Under the new policy, HHMI will pay up to $2,000 in open access charges per article with [...]
Tags:Author Rights, NIH Public Access Policy, Open Access, Publishing Models
KeepYourCopyrights
October 3rd, 2007 by Cathy · No Comments
New resource on copyright intended to “contribute to a broader understanding of the legal aspects of creative works of authorship, including their dissemination and use.” Created by Columbia University. http://keepyourcopyrights.org/about/us
Tags:Author Rights, Copyright
