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European Research Council renews its commitment to open access by joining...
The European Research Council (ERC) announced today that it will participate in the UK PubMed Central (UKPMC) open access repository service, joining 18 existing UK and European funders[i].The ERC...
View ArticleSearch using vernacular journal titles
Have you ever wanted a JBC article and been irritated by the need to type ‘Journal of Biological Chemistry’ into your literature search engine?Have you ever struggled to remember what ‘PNAS’ stands...
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eLife - first articles now online
eLife, the new open-access journal for outstanding scientific advancements, has published its first four research articles.First announced in summer 2011, eLife is a researcher-led initiative for the...
View ArticleUKPMC becomes Europe PubMed Central
We are delighted to launch Europe PubMed Central (Europe PMC), which reflects a growing commitment from European Life Sciences research funders to make their research freely available around the...
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New science-writing competition now open!
Access to Understanding is a new science-writing competition, developed by Europe PubMed Central and The British Library, aimed at early career researchers and PhD students. The winner will receive an...
View ArticleCC-BY: which publishers offer this license?
On the 1st April 2013, both the Wellcome Trust and the Research Councils UK will require that any article which attributes their funding and incurs an Article Processing Charge (APC) must be licensed...
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Access to Understanding competition winners announced
We were delighted to announce the winners of the Access to Understanding science-writing competition at an awards ceremony held last night (11 March) at The British Library in London.Entrants to the...
View ArticleA RESTful Web Service for Europe PubMed Central
Europe PMC is pleased to release a new RESTful Web Service, in addition to the existing SOAP service. Both Web Services can be accessed via the ‘Resources’ menu option on the Europe PMChomepage.As with...
View ArticleWhy I entered the Access to Understanding competition
By Emma Pewsey, Department of Materials Science, University of Cambridge.I’m a relative newcomer to biosciences – at school, physics and chemistry were more my thing. However, starting a PhD on the...
View ArticleInstitutional and Subject-Specific Repositories: Responding to HEFCE’s Call...
Earlier this month HEFCE invited advice on developing their open access policy in the post-2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF).Both EMBL-EBI, who run the Europe PubMed Central (Europe PMC)...
View ArticleMy reflections on the Access to Understanding competition
By Claire Sand, Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College LondonThe Access to Understanding competition had instant appeal for me because it seemed to combine my two greatest interests –...
View ArticleThe Importance of Jargon
by Ian Le Guillou, Department of Biochemistry, University of CambridgeAlthough contradictory to the hopes of the Access to Understanding competition, writing about the work described in 'NLK is a Novel...
View ArticleYorkshire Cancer Research joins Europe PMC
On May 1st 2013 Yorkshire Cancer Research (YCR) became the newest member of the Europe PMC Funders’ Group, and we’re delighted to have them on board. YCR fund cancer research that is carried out by...
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Wellcome Trust supports open access award programme
The Wellcome Trust has joined with the Public Library of Science and Google to launch the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP) to recognise the use of scientific research, published through open...
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Acromine: a new tool is featured on Europe PMC labs
There is a new prototype tool available for browsing on Europe PMC labs: Acromine. Developed and hosted by the National Centre for Textmining, University of Manchester, Acromine suggests expansions of...
View ArticleNew route to access grant data
Europe PMC has released a new GRant Information SysTem (GRIST) that is loaded with grant data from the 20 Europe PMC funders. It includes all of the data provided by the Funders from the beginning of...
View ArticleWhy should I use Europe PMC – isn’t it just about European research?
I attended the UCL Neuroscience Symposium on Friday, an event showcasing work being carried out by scientists at UCL and its partners in to all areas of Neuroscience – from Developmental Neuroscience...
View ArticleMonographs and book chapters must become a larger part of the open access...
Imagine, if you will, open access as a train, running up and down the length of the country, travelling anywhere track is laid, delivering papers, books, ideas to all and sundry. Research funders have...
View ArticleWhy do we need 'another' PubMed?
I have just been to the BioBricks Fondation SB6.0 conference, an international Synthetic Biology conference, this year hosted in the UK at Imperial College London. Synthetic Biology is one of the most...
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New Europe PMC External Links Service: enabling access to more resources
In an exciting new development, Europe PMC now provides direct links from articles to relevant externally held information, and enables third parties to suggest relevant resources that enrich our...
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