Rockefeller University Press Copyright Policy
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New policy at Rockefeller University Press allows authors to retain copyright to their published work
Citing the growing demand from the public and the scientific community for access to research data, The Rockefeller University Press has revised its copyright policy to allow authors to retain the rights to work published in its three journals. The policy, which became effective May 1, applies to all three Rockefeller University Press journals: The Journal of Cell Biology, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and The Journal of General Physiology.
The new policy allows authors to reuse their published work in any way and provides for third-party reuse under the terms of a Creative Commons license, say Mike Rossner, executive director of the press, and Emma Hill, executive editor of The Journal of Cell Biology. Hill and Rossner lay out the terms of the new policy in an editorial published in the May issues of all three journals.
Under the terms of the policy, authors may reuse their published work for any purpose, including commercial profit, as long as each use includes attribution to the original publication. Third parties can reuse and redistribute work published in Rockefeller University Press journals, without permission, for any noncommercial purpose, with the same requirement for attribution that applies to authors.
The new policy breaks with common practice among scientific publishers, the vast majority of which require authors to relinquish copyright to the publisher in full as a condition of publication. The press, which now retains licenses from its authors instead of copyright, made its first move toward policy reversal in July 2000, when it gave authors the right to post their articles on their own Web sites immediately after publication. Since January, 2001, the press has released all of its content to the public six months after publication, but permission was still required for any reuse beyond self-archiving.
"Our copyright and public-access policies simply acknowledge who did the work and who paid for it to be done," says Rossner. "Clearly, the peer-review and publication processes add value to the work, but, in our opinion, that does not give the publisher an exclusive right to it."
The terms of the new policy stipulate additional provisions designed to achieve a balance between granting wide access to content and preserving revenue for the press. The press prohibits the creation of mirror Web sites within the first six months after publication, in order to retain essential revenue derived from journal subscriptions. After six months, articles are open to reuse under an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License from Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that offers tools for the creation of "some rights reserved" copyrights. The press retains purview -- along with authors -- over commercial reuse.
The new policy, which was drafted with the assistance of the university's Office of General Counsel, also applies retroactively. Authors who assigned copyright for past work to The Rockefeller University Press are now granted the right to use the work in any way. All work published prior to November 1, 2007 is subject to the Creative Commons license, and all work published since then is subject to the six-month restriction on mirror sites.
The Rockefeller University Press, founded in 1905, is a nonprofit publisher whose journals are edited by active scientists. The press places a strong emphasis on preserving the integrity of primary research data and has garnered international attention as a pioneer in the application of new technologies to achieve that goal. All of the content of the three press journals is also posted on PubMed Central, the online database of scientific articles run by the National Library of Medicine, where it is available to the public six months after publication.
Journal of Cell Biology online: April 30, 2008
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:26 AM
Problems with Blackwell Titles**Resolved
***This issue has been resolved***
We are currently experiencing an outage of service with online titles from Blackwell. We are working with the publisher to have these restored ASAP. Thank you for your patience.
UT Science Librarians
Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:58 PM
New Journal-- Evolution: Education & Outreach
Evolution: Education and Outreach
*** Evolution: Education and Outreach will be free online during 2007/2008! ***
Darwin's Theory of Evolution revolutionized scientific thinking. Since the publication of The Origin of Species 147 years ago, this theory has been extensively and rigorously tested. Overwhelming scientific evidence from many disciplines exists to support this theory. From the vast body of scientific evidence that has accumulated, we have come to an understanding of all areas of the biological world - from our cells and DNA to our lakes and forests. Evolutionary principles are the foundation of all modern biology and have led to major advances in fields as diverse as molecular biology, developmental biology, genetics, behavior, and paleontology. As such, evolutionary theory is a fundamental and necessary component of modern science education.
Evolution: Education and Outreach will promote accurate understanding and comprehensive teaching of evolutionary theory for a wide audience. Targeting K-16 students, teachers and scientists alike, the journal will publish articles to aid members of these communities in the teaching of evolutionary theory.
Authors are encouraged to submit general review articles about evolution and the teaching of evolution on a variety of topics from cosmology to genetics and earth history to the evolution of cultural artifacts. The journal will address the question of why we should care about evolution by exploring the practical applications of evolutionary principles in daily life and the impact of evolutionary theory on culture and society throughout history. Publication will be timely and peer reviewed.
The journal will connect teachers with scientists by adapting cutting-edge, peer reviewed articles for classroom use on a variety of instructional levels. Teachers and scientists will collaborate on multi-authored papers and offer tools for teachers such as unit and lesson plans and classroom activities, as well as additional online content such as podcasts and powerpoint presentations.
Main Features
- General review articles about evolution
- The teaching of evolution
- Evolution and society: medicine
- Evolution and society: creationism and social Darwinism
- Profiles of prominent evolutionary biologists, educators, politicians etc.
Additional Features include
- Editor's page/column/blog
- Letters from the Trenches
- Evolution in the news
- This Month in Evolutionary History
- Op Ed pieces
- Fighting Back: What's wrong with ID/Creationism
- Honors, awards, news and announcements
- What's new on the web
- Q & A with evolutionists
- Curriculum Corner. Ideas on teaching evolution - what works, what does not
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:28 AM
American Ornithologists' Union Taps UC Press as Partner to Publish The Auk
UC PRESS AND BIO-ONE WORK TOGETHER TO EXPAND THE ONLINE PRESENCE OF PREMIER ORNITHOLOGY JOURNAL
Berkeley, California - July 16, 2007, University of California Press Journals + Digital Publishing is proud to announce that The Auk, one of the most distinguished journals of ornithological studies in the world, has joined forces with UC Press. The Press is honored to have The Auk become a part of its publishing program and to begin working with the American Ornithologists' Union, the oldest and largest organization of professional ornithologists in North America. The Press is also eager to begin working closely with BioOne on the online version of The Auk. The journal will continue to be available via BioOne's online aggregation of essential bioscience research journals. It will now also be found as a standalone journal through UC Press and its online hosting platform, Caliber. The partnership between UC Press, BioOne and the AOU is demonstrative of all three organizations' commitment to provide the library community a broader range of options for access to the important scholarship The Auk offers.
Since 1884, The Auk has been a home for serious research articles and has enriched the discipline with lively debate on both theoretical and methodological developments. It has also been a focal point for the nurturing of the ornithology community in America and has seen many prominent members of the society appear in its pages. The Auk has since grown to become one of the top-ranked ornithology journals based on ISI impact factor ratings. Beginning with Volume 125, Issue 1 in January 2008, ornithologists will be able to find the journal at UC Press available in both online and print editions. The journal also will continue to be available on BioOne from Volume 117 (2001) onwards.
"The American Ornithologists' Union and University of California Press are natural partners, as we share the same academic and non-profit goals. We look forward to serving our subscribers better, particularly through offering a wider array of print and electronic subscription options." -Erica Dunn, President, American Ornithologists Union
"The Auk has been a valued participant in BioOne, since the aggregation's launch in 2001. The BioOne community of publishers and librarians is particularly pleased to have found another like-minded partner at UC Press, where our values of independence and sustainability are shared." -Susan Skomal, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, BioOne
"We are honored and very pleased to have been chosen by the AOU to publish The Auk, which is widely regarded as one of the foremost journals in ornithology" says Rebecca Simon, Director, University of California Press Journals + Digital Publishing. "We deeply value our partnership with the AOU, our collaboration with BioOne and the common ground we share in promoting scholarly inquiry and the use of research to serve the public good as well as the scientific community."
For more information about The Auk at UC Press, please visit www.ucpressjournals.com
For more information about The Auk at BioOne please visit www.bioone.org
For more information about The American Ornithologists' Union please visit www.aou.org
Posted by admin at 12:04 PM
Nature Archive Now Available
The UT Libraries has purchased an archive to the journal NATURE--UT Libraries now provides online access to NATURE from 1950-present.
Pre-1950 volumes are located in Hodges stacks at Q1 .N2
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:48 PM
Royal Society Journals
Important changes to Royal Society journals in 2008
As a result of increasing popularity of our high quality journals we have seen unprecedented growth in our Royal Society journals leading to major expansion next year.
Two of the internationally acclaimed and long-running Royal Society journals will double their frequency in 2008.
· Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A (ISSN 1364-503X), the best in multidisciplinary physical sciences, will be published twice monthly, doubling in frequency from 12 to 24 issues in 2008. Information on forthcoming issues can be found by visiting www.publishing.royalsoc.ac.uk/philtransa.
· Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (ISSN 0962-8436), the best in multidisciplinary biological sciences, will be published twice monthly, doubling in frequency from 12 to 24 issues in 2008. Information on forthcoming issues can be found by visiting www.publishing.royalsoc.ac.uk/philtransb.
Summary of Royal Society journal developments for 2008
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A (ISSN 1364-503X)
Frequency:
Increase from 12 to 24 issues for Volume 366 in 2008
Print:
From 2008 published on the 13th & 28th day of each month
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 13 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages A and S
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (ISSN 0962-8436)
Frequency:
Increase from 12 to 24 issues for Volume 363 in 2008
Print:
From 2008 published on the 12th & 27th day of each month
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 13 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages B and S
Journal of the Royal Society Interface (ISSN 1742-5689)
Frequency:
Increase from 6 to 12 issues for Volume 5 in 2008
Print:
From 2008 published on the 6th day of each month
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 13 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages A, B and S
Notes & Records of the Royal Society (ISSN 0035-9149)
Frequency:
Increase from 3 to 4 issues for Volume 62 in 2008
Print:
From 2008 published on 20th day of March, June, September & December
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 10 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages S and H
Biology Letters (ISSN 1744-9561)
Pages/Articles:
30% increase in content in 2008
Frequency:
No change in frequency, remains 6 issues for volume 4 in 2008
Print:
Published 23rd day of February, April, June, August, October & December in 2008
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 10 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages B and S
Proceedings of the Royal Society A (ISSN 1364-5021)
Frequency:
No change in frequency, remains 12 issues for Volume 464 in 2008
Print:
Published 8th day of each month
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 10 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages A and S
Proceedings of the Royal Society B (ISSN 0962-8452)
Frequency:
No change in frequency, remains 24 issues for Volume 275 in 2008
Print:
Published 7th & 22nd day of each month
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 10 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages B and S
Posted by admin at 12:08 PM
BioOne Impact Factor
2006 ISI Journal Citation Report Confirms BioOne High-Impact Status
Five BioOne titles gain an Impact Factor according to recently published report
Washington, DC (June 29, 2007)
BioOne (www.bioone.org) is delighted to announce the cumulative increase of journal impact in its BioOne.1, BioOne.2, and Open Access Collections, according to the Thomas Scientific Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) 2006 Journal Citation Report (JCR), published last week.
An innovative full-text aggregator of essential bioscience research journals published by independent not-for-profit societies and institutions, BioOne now boasts 86 ISI ranked titles--a robust 68% of its total collection of 126 journals. This includes five titles that have gained an Impact Factor in the 2006 JCR including:
Castanea, published by the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
URSUS, published by the International Association for Bear Research and Management
Rangeland Ecology and Management, published by the Society for Range Management
Haseltonia, published by the Cactus and Succulent Society of America
Journal of Insect Science, published by the University of Wisconsin
Several other BioOne publications saw marked increases in their Impact Factor from the 2005 to 2006 Journal Citation Reports. BioScience, the journal of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, became BioOne's most highly ranked participating publication with an Impact Factor of 5.424, up from 4.708 in the 2005 index. BioScience now is ranked 6th of 64 titles in biology.
BioOne also increased its title presence in a number of ISI subject categories, including Ornithology. The Auk, published by the American Ornithologists' Union, ranks 2nd of 19 titles in Ornithology, with an Impact Factor of 2.056 (up from 1.838 in the 2005 index.) The Condor, published by the Cooper Ornithological Society, ranks 3rd in Ornithology, with an Impact Factor of 1.604 (up from 1.337 in the 2005 index.)
Mindful that the ISI Impact Factor is most useful when combined with other metrics for assessing journal quality, we applaud the BioOne participating titles that have made such impressive strides in the 2006 ISI Journal Citation Report.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:53 PM
Library purchases backfiles to Nature
UT patrons now have electronic access to Nature back to 1950.
Search for Nature in the e-journals list or bookmark the link below.
http://www.lib.utk.edu/cgi-bin/auth/connect.cgi?sfxejournal=0028-0836
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:15 PM
Nature Methods- Free Access during February
As of November 2006, Nature Methods' website page views reached 330,000 which is our highest to-date. This is a significant achievement for a journal that has been in publication just over 2 years. To celebrate this occasion we are offering free access to Nature Methods online for the month of February.
Nature Methods has become a success within the scientific community by publishing only the highest quality content from some of the best researchers in the field. The articles in Nature Methods are rigorously peer-reviewed. Providing online access to researchers within your organization will give them a valuable resource for laboratory methods and techniques.
Getting started couldn't be easier. Simply contact us today to purchase your site license at: mailto:institutions@nature.com
Each issue of Nature Methods presents rigorously peer-reviewed articles and brief communications, describing the development of novel methods and significant improvements to tried-and-tested techniques.
A Nature Methods site license enables your users to browse through the latest issue and archived content, where readers can experience the many benefits of this critical journal, which include:
• Brief and engaging news overviews of the latest methodological developments in biological and chemical research from across the literature.
• Features covering the latest technological developments, with insights into important principles and applications.
• Detailed step-by-step protocols for technically challenging techniques, accompanied by additional tips for guidance and troubleshooting.
• Application notes, which inform researchers of innovative new products and technologies, and describe their uses in the laboratory.
• NEW - One click access to methagora - a new comment forum from Nature Methods that is only offered online. Your users can check the site regularly for discussions on methodological topics of interest to their research community.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:17 AM
Publisher Article Charges
BioMed Centeral has created a chart that shows the article charges for major publishers including Springer, Blackwell, Nature, PLoS, and PNAS.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:32 PM
Elsevier Backfiles Now Available
The UT SciTech Librarians are pleased to announce several Elsevier backfile packages. The links below provide a spreadsheet of all journals and coverage dates in the backfile.
To access the individual journals, visit the UT e-journals webpage.
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Decision Sciences
Energy and Power
Nursing and Health Professionals
Physical and Analytical Chemistry
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:29 PM
New Nature Titles Available
The UT Sci-Tech Librarians are pleased to announce new subscriptions to 14 Nature titles.
Nature Biotechnology
Nature Cell Biology
Nature Genetics
Nature Immunology
Nature Medicine
Nature Neuroscience
Nature Structural Biology
Nature Reviews Cancer
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
Nature Reviews Genetics
Nature Reviews Immunology
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Nature Reviews Microbiology
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:38 PM
PNAS Goes All the Way Back
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) is pleased
to announce that its legacy content dating back to volume 1, issue 1,
in 1915 is now digitally archived, searchable, and freely available on
the PNAS web site at www.pnas.org.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 09:36 AM
PLoS Debuts With A 13.9 Impact Factor
San Francisco, CA; June 27, 2005 - The open-access journal PLoS Biology has been assessed by Thomson ISI to have an impact factor of 13.9*, which places PLoS Biology among the most highly cited journals in the life sciences. This is an outstanding statistic for a journal less than two years old, from a new publisher promoting a new business model that supports open access to the scientific and medical literature.
An impact factor of 13.9 places PLoS Biology above such established journals as EMBO Journal, Current Biology, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In fact, in ISI's category of general biology journals, PLoS Biology is ranked number 1.
>>Continue reading the press release
Posted by Donna Braquet at 09:50 AM
Journal Prices for 2005
This is a price survey that is conducted by Library Journal every year to track the cost of journals.
TABLE 1 AVERAGE 2005 PRICE FOR SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
Discipline Average Price Per Title
Chemistry $2,868
Physics 2,719
Engineering 1,683
Biology 1,494
Technology 1,460
Math & Computer Science 1,267
Astronomy 1,235
Geology 1,197
Botany 1,109
Food Science 1,107
Health Sciences 1,081
General Science 1,059
Zoology 1,053
Geography 945
Agriculture 799
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:12 PM
BBC radio program on Scientific Publishing
Publish or Be Damned (scroll down to "p")
A program about the journals pricing crisis, scientific publishing, and new options in Open Access.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:14 AM
Exhange Rate Profiteering?
Exchange rate profiteering and cost-effectiveness of physics journals - 2004 Update
The STLQ blog reports on this presentation given at the Special Libraries Association conference.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:03 AM
2004 Journal Price Survey
In Library Journal, the annual periodical price survey is now available.
Average 2004 Price for Scientific Disciplines
Chemistry $2,695
Physics $2,543
Astronomy $1,602
Engineering $1,491
Biology $1,377
Technology $1,350
Math & Computer Science $1,171
Food Science $1,080
Geology $1,071
Botany $1,048
Health Sciences $975
General Science $962
Zoology $918
Geography $859
Agriculture $714
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:41 PM
New BioMed Central Title
Journal of Neuroinflammation is the latest addition to BioMed Central's
constantly expanding universe of Open Access
journals. In the coming weeks, a mirror site for Journal of
Neuroinflammation will be created at PubMed Central, ensuring long term access to the material,
regardless of the vicissitudes of the economic models of publishing.
Journal of Neuroinflammation
Fulltext v1+ (2004+)
ISSN: 1742-2094
Posted by Donna Braquet at 12:48 PM