Preprints and the ASAPBio “Central” Services
Preprints and the ASAPBio “Central” Services
Jo McEntyre, EMBL-EBI; Thomas Lemberger, EMBO; Mark Patterson, eLife; Kristen Rattan, Collaborative Knowledge Foundation; Alfonso Valencia, Barcelona Supercomputer Centre. The use of preprints in the life sciences offers tantalising opportunities to change the way research results are communicated and reused, and the work of ASAPbio has been key in engaging the scientific community to promote […]
Perspectives from the EMBO meeting
Perspectives from the EMBO meeting
I was at the EMBO meeting in Amsterdam earlier this week, with a poster about Europe PMC. Before I get onto that, three brief observations from the conference: 1. The plenary lecture was by Kai Simons, of lipid raft fame. Professor Simons gave a fascinating history of the development of this area of research. Having […]
Open Access uptake prompts 9% price reduction for The EMBO Journal and EMBO Reports
Open Access uptake prompts 9% price reduction for The EMBO Journal and EMBO Reports
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) have announced that the prices for site licence access to The EMBO Journal and EMBO reports will be reduced by 9% in 2010, reflecting the increased publication of Open Access content in 2008. Only last month (October 2009) the Wellcome Trust called for greater […]
Partnerships & funding
Europe PMC is a service of the Europe PMC Funders' Group, in partnership with EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI); and in cooperation with the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NCBI/NLM) . It includes content provided to the PubMed Central (NLM/PMC) archive by participating publishers.
