Open Access Africa: 2011 initiatives
BioMed Central, the open access publisher, believes that the facilitation of scientific and medical information flow plays an important role in future… Read more »
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- The Global Open Access Portal: A snapshot of open access progress worldwide - 5th December 2011
- Join the debate – Open Access in higher education - 26th October 2011
- Closing the digital divide - 10th October 2011
EPSRC joins other major funding agencies with new open access policy
Earlier this month, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) announced its ‘Policy on Access to Research Outputs’, stating that all… Read more »
BioMed Central and Edanz host free "Open Access and Scientific Writing" workshops in China
BioMed Central and Edanz hosted two complimentary workshops for authors in China last month. Zhejiang University School of Medicine (ZUSM), a BioMed Central… Read more »
Open access publishing: ten-fold increase in ten years
A new study into the growth of open access publishing has highlighted a ten-fold increase over the last decade. The average annual growth rate in the number… Read more »
Breaking down barriers with new Edanz partnership
BioMed Central has announced a new agreement with Edanz, a leading medical and scientific editing service provider, to provide researchers with cost-effective… Read more »
A new Flavour of journal is cooking up a storm
Enter Flavour’s exclusive competition for your chance to win a free copy of Peter Barham’s Science of Cooking The recent explosion of Molecular Gastronomy… Read more »
Computer Aid International and BioMed Central partnership moves into its fifth year – bringing access and support to the developing world
BioMed Central has been working with Computer Aid International since 2006 with a conjoined aim of providing the developing world with access to scientific… Read more »
Scientific funding in Nigeria takes a step back
Just one year ago, ministers promised 2011-2020 would be the decade of science for Africa. However at the end of last year, the Nigerian government announced… Read more »
Dr DNA may rid the world of the ‘Whodunnit’ dilemma
Developments in forensic genetics may eventually render the old age question of ‘Whodunnit?’ redundant. Certain phenotypes (a person’s outward traits such… Read more »
Hundreds log on for BioMed Central’s sCMOS technology webinar
BioMed Central hosted the hugely successful “Neo sCMOS – Harnessing the full performance potential of Scientific CMOS Technology” webinar on Thursday… Read more »