Open Access Journal PeerJ Launches

PeerJ, an new Open Access Journal, launched June 12. Here is a Publishers Weekly article containing an interview with cofounder Peter Binfield, formerly with PLoS1. PeerJ will operate on a basic lifetime author fee of $99 for article publishing with expanded publishing options available.

Henry Stewart Talks - June updates

Henry Stewart Talks June updates include additions to the following series: Macrophage Heterogeneity and Function; Cells of the Innate Immune System: Roles in health and disease; Calcium Signaling: regulation, mechanisms, effectors, role in disease and recent advances; Neurotrauma; basic research, clinical care and patients' perspectives; Introduction to Human Genetics: fundamentals and latest advances.

Identifying Open Access Predatory Publishers

Here is a Chronicle of Higher Education interview with Jeffrey Beall, who blogs about predatory publishers that he self-identifies. In the interview, he points out some of the characteristics that stand out as bogus when certain publishers claim to be Open Access.