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The European Science Foundation (ESF) released a report this week which aims
to accelerate the adoption of open access to research articles in the
biomedical sciences. The briefing emphasises the "moral imperative"
(ESF 2012) of open access to maximise the value of biomedical research.
The Guardian reported this week on a new study in the BMC Medicine on open access
(OA) and academic publishing. The primary aim of the study was to "measure
the volume of scientific articles published in full immediate OA journal from
2000 to 2011" (Laakso & Bjork 2012). Further to this, the study also
measured the share of open access articles which included publications th
SAGE Open
Engineering is a new Open Access peer-reviewed journal designed for the
publication of high quality research in all areas of engineering. SAGE is a
large international academic publisher of journals, books and electronic media
in all subject areas. Access UQ Library's SAGE subscription
journals.
UQ eSpace is the single
authoritative source for the research outputs of the staff and students of the
University of Queensland. UQ eSpace serves to raise the visibility and
accessibility of these publications to the wider world and to provide data for
reporting requirements such as Higher Education Research Data Collection
(HERDC) and Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) and for the internal UQ
systems such as the Q-Index and UQreSearchers.
Athabasca University Press (AUPress) can demonstrate a significantly larger
readership for its books as evidenced by the number of downloads of the open
electronic versions. Read about a recent study that compares an open access
university press with traditional presses. The study is available from:
SAGE Open Engineering is a new open access journal covering wide ranging
topics on engineering. The new journal's aim is to be inclusive and according
to the journal's website "lend itself to papers of both a multi-disciplinary
and inter-disciplinary nature but all engineering research will be considered
provided authors can demonstrate that their work contributes to the aca