The Lewis and Clark Law Review volume 10:4 (Winter 2006) is devoted to papers from a symposium
for open access publishing and the future of legal scholarship.
The other option
for open access publishing is the «gold» option, so - called because of the cost.
Effective in 2017, support
for open access publishing is built into every grant made by the Gates Foundation across program areas.
After six years of negotiation, the Sponsoring Consortium
for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) is now close to ensuring that nearly all particle - physics articles — about 7,000 publications last year — are made immediately free on journal websites.
Not exact matches
In an
open access paper just
published in the Physics of Plasmas journal, we investigate the beam quality
for such a micro accelerator, by running complex numerical simulations.
Forest cover in Borneo may have declined by up to 30 % over the past 40 years, according to a study
published July 16, 2014 in the
open -
access journal PLOS ONE by David Gaveau from the Center
for International Forestry Research, Indonesia, and colleagues.
The study,
published in
open -
access journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science, also shows that the dogs did not suffer from a buildup of electrolytes from the drink, suggesting that electrolyte drinks are a safe hydration alternative
for sniffer dogs, who are at risk of heat stroke in hot weather.
After more than a year of negotiations — and a threat to boycott Elsevier's 2500 journals — a deal has been struck:
For no additional charge beyond subscription fees, 30 % of research
published by Dutch researchers in Elsevier journals will be
open access by 2018.
A new tool, developed by University of Washington and Microsoft researchers Maxim Grechkin, Hoifung Poon and Bill Howe, and described in a Community Page article
publishing June 8 in the
open access journal PLOS Biology, hopes to get around this problem and help advance
open science by automatically detecting datasets that are overdue
for publication.
In a new Essay
publishing 28 December in the
open access journal PLOS Biology, Kristofer Wollein Waldetoft and Sam P. Brown of Georgia Institute of Technology propose that development of alternative therapies
for mild infections could help slow the development and spread of antibiotic resistance, thereby preserving the drugs» effectiveness
for use in severe infections.
A new model
for assessing real - time risk of a Zika virus epidemic in the United States is described in research
published in the
open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases.
Breeding birds that nest above alligators
for protection from mammalian predators may also provide a source of food
for the alligators living in the Everglades, Florida, according to a study
published March 2, 2016 in the
open -
access journal PLOS ONE by Lucas Nell from the University of Florida and colleagues.
For example, since 2014, he says he has
published only in
open -
access journals.
The work,
published this week in mBio ®, an online
open -
access journal of the American Society
for Microbiology, suggests that immunizing pregnant women against HSV and similar infections could prevent serious brain disease related to these conditions in fetuses and newborns, said senior study author David A. Leib, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and immunology at the medical school.
To escape this catch - 22, says Harnad, institutions and funders — who have led the demand
for open access — must mandate grantees to deposit papers
published in subscription journals in
open repositories.
Chlorine, commonly used in the agriculture industry to decontaminate fresh produce, can make foodborne pathogens undetectable, according to new research
published in mBio, an
open -
access journal of the American Society
for Microbiology.
A protein that transports the simple chemical choline plays a major role in vesicle trafficking, ion homeostasis, and growth and development in plants, according to two new studies
publishing 28 December in the
open -
access journal PLOS Biology, by Dai - Yin Chao of the Shanghai Institutes
for Biological Sciences, China, and Sheng Luan of the University of California, Berkeley, USA, and co-workers.
Rare Amur tigers in Russia are succumbing to infection with canine distemper virus (CDV), a pathogen most commonly found in domestic dogs, according to the authors of a study
published in mBio ®, the online
open -
access journal of the American Society
for Microbiology.
«What is a nuisance
for rich - country researchers (constant emails) is a major corruption
for developing - country science — a corruption of the legitimate and vital
open -
access publishing model and a corruption of the vast funds, much of which are public, invested in global health research.
► In big news
for proponents of
open -
access publishing, today at ScienceInsider Kaiser announced that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation «plans to require that the researchers it funds
publish only in immediate
open -
access journals.»
Three ancient river systems, now buried, may have created viable routes
for human migration across the Sahara to the Mediterranean region about 100,000 years ago, according to research
published September 11 in the
open access journal PLOS ONE by Tom Coulthard from the University of Hull, UK, and colleagues from other institutions.
The description of seven new species of underground Trechinae beetles,
published in the
open access journal ZooKeys, attests
for the Du'an karst as the most diverse area
for these cave dwellers in China.
Amongst species of colonial snapping shrimp, the capacity
for defense versus reproduction in queens varies with the level of cooperation, according to a study
published March 14, 2018 in the
open -
access journal PLOS ONE by Sally Bornbusch from Duke University, USA, and colleagues.
Publishing their findings in the
open -
access journal Nature Communications, the researchers discovered DNA sequences
for «control dials» that consistently produce very high levels of gene activity.
The precise movements of a young hammerhead shark have been tracked
for the first time and are
published in the
open access journal Animal Biotelemetry.
Unique protein markers in hair could be used alongside DNA profiling
for human identification, according to a study
published September 7, 2016 in the
open -
access journal PLOS ONE by Glendon Parker from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA, and colleagues.
In a new study
publishing April 1 in the
Open Access journal PLOS Biology, Scientists at the Max Planck Institute (MPI)
for Biology of Ageing in Cologne have investigated the mechanisms by which ageing impairs sleep in the fruit fly.
The study,
published in mBio ® the online
open -
access journal of the American Society
for Microbiology, reveals surprising relationships between diet and the release of hormones that suppress eating.
Their findings,
published in mBio, an online
open -
access journal of the American Society
for Microbiology, reveal key host cell and viral proteins that direct fusion and Ebola infection.
More information about the functionality and potential applications of the OMDB database can be found in the article by S. S. Borysov et al, «Organic Materials Database: an
Open -
Access Online Database
for Data Mining,» PLOS ONE, to be
published 2017.
There are several
open -
access business models, but the Royal Society, like AAAS, has opted
for «gold,» meaning that scientists pay
for submission and then
published papers are available to everyone
for free straightaway.
The committee was often in the news
for its outspoken reports, including those focusing on embryo research, terrorism, and
open -
access publishing.
The findings,
published this week in mBio, an online
open -
access journal of the American Society
for Microbiology, could lead to new ways to reduce or block vaginal transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
In Stephen Curry's look at
open access publishing for science papers (23 June, p 26), one question went unanswered: what...
Scientists will be able to not only
publish their research
for free, but then the papers and data would also be
open access forever.
A coalition of libraries and
open -
access publishers that pushed
for the language says it does not require scientists to
publish in
open -
access journals — just that their final manuscripts be made public.
That could mark a tipping point in scientific
publishing, and a major landmark
for advocates of
open access.
Éric Archambault, who is the lead author of the study and president of Science - Metrix Inc. in Montreal, Canada, says that this is a «tipping point»
for open -
access publishing.
While most of the established must - have journals are still subscription journals, paying to
publish articles in an [
open -
access] journal is not only an additional expense
for institutions that still have to pay their must - have subscriptions, but it is needlessly over-priced,» says
open -
access proponent Stevan Harnad of the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom.
FP7 also includes a project called
Open Access Infrastructure Research
for Europe (OpenAIRE) to help implement the policy, mainly by
publishing papers in a central database.
This «sharing of solutions
for further cumulative improvement,» Wisdom said, «can also be seen in music remixing,
open access scientific
publishing and the use of Creative Commons licensing.»
Springer, which
publishes some 2000 journals, is «ready
for open access,» says Van der Stelt, but favors the gold model, and thinks scientists should be allowed to use Horizon grant money to cover publication fees.
The bamboo - eating giant panda actually harbors a carnivore - like gut microbiota predominated by bacteria such as Escherichia / Shigella and Streptococcus, according to new research
published this week in mBio ®, the online
open -
access journal of the American Society
for Microbiology.
Reanalysis of the World Health Organization's Antenatal Care Trial (WHOACT) shows that there is an increased risk of fetal death at between 32 and 36 weeks
for women who have a reduced antenatal care package, finds research
published in BioMed Central's
open access journal Reproductive Health.
Open access is here to stay in academic
publishing and scholarly communications, and that's been very clear
for nearly 10 years.
Fungi found in the gastrointestinal tracts of healthy adults are largely transient and stem from the mouth or foods recently consumed, according to new research
published this week in mSphere, an
open access journal from the American Society
for Microbiology.
Evolution is a difficult concept
for many students at all levels, however, a study
publishing on May 23 in the
open access journal PLOS Biology has demonstrated a simple cost - free way to significantly improve students» understanding of evolution at the secondary level: teach genetics before you teach them evolution.
By CHRIS LONG and CLAIRE NEESHAM With well over 15 million readers, a catchment area reaching from Paris to Peking and a readership profile that would turn most high - brow publications green with envy, the Internet — the world's largest
open access computer network — looks like the perfect
publishing medium
for many of today's academic -LSB-...]
A diet of junk food not only makes rats fat, but also reduces their appetite
for novel foods, a preference that normally drives them to seek a balanced diet, reports a study
published in the
open -
access journal Frontiers in Psychology.
To generate a comprehensive list of journals
for my investigation, I filtered the DOAJ, eliminating those not
published in English and those without standard
open -
access fees.