[IRTalk] CORONAVIRUS: Publishers open access to their journals

[Dr Leti Kleyn]

Tools for coronavirus researchers

  *   Springer Nature (the publisher of Nature) has joined others in making papers relevant to the outbreak free to read<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=01458ac228&e=ba31e2f257> and emphasizing that it embraces preprints and early data-sharing.
  *   Elsevier has done a similar thing<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=b1125214f5&e=ba31e2f257>, and The Lancet<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=6b103da204&e=ba31e2f257>'s collection is here<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=9c31df85a8&e=ba31e2f257>.
  *   Wiley's collection of free articles is here<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=fd47a46dde&e=ba31e2f257>.
  *   The New England Journal of Medicine gathers its resources here<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=21e734c1f5&e=ba31e2f257> and The BMJ<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=5d5fbdc48b&e=ba31e2f257>'s collection is here<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=54917df91f&e=ba31e2f257>.
  *   Manuscript-editing service AJE is offering free English language editing and translation<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=c3062d984a&e=ba31e2f257> for articles related to the coronavirus.
  *   Chinese journal database Chongqing VIP Information has opened its website<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=379090cb45&e=ba31e2f257> to readers for free.
Many of the above, and others, have signed a joint statement, sent out by the health charity Wellcome, committing to work together<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=4ad3a67f23&e=ba31e2f257> to ensure that research findings and data relevant to the new coronavirus are shared rapidly and openly.

Dr Leti Kleyn
Programme Officer: Humanities & STEM Education
Science Advisory Programme
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