Learn more about our new tool to find journals eligible for a waiver or discount of the Article Processing Charge, an update on our Elsevier agreement, and the 2025 edition of Journal Citation Reports. WashU Journals Eligible for an APC Waiver or Discount Tool Looking for a journal included in agreements with publishers that allow [Read more]
WashU Libraries and Becker Medical Library are pleased to announce a new tool to support WashU authors as part of an ongoing effort to reduce barriers to open access publishing for the university community. The WashU APC Waiver Finder allows users to search for journals participating in more than 20 publisher agreements secured to date [Read more]
Becker Medical Library and WashU Libraries are pleased to announce a new publish and read agreement for journals published by Bentham Science. The agreement allows WashU corresponding authors a full waiver of Article Processing Charges (APCs) to publish their works under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) Open Access license. The agreement places [Read more]
Learn more about an update to the NIH Public Access Policy, and a current tally of Elsevier Article Processing Charge Waivers for WashU Corresponding Authors. NIH Public Access Policy for Publications: Accelerated Effective Date NIH issued a notice on April 30, 2025 as a revision to the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy for Publications. Per [Read more]
In recent years, there has been exponential growth in the use of machine learning (ML) in the life sciences, fueled by increased access to powerful hardware (e.g., GPUs) and high-quality FAIR biodata enabled by the open science movement. One standout example is AlphaFold, which uses ML to predict protein structure from genetic sequences, a breakthrough [Read more]
The Washington University School of Medicine Oral Histories can now be found at the Digital Commons@Becker, the institutional repository managed by the Bernard Becker Medical Library.
As part of the #SciComm Seminar series, the Center for Health and Science Communication at Becker Library welcomed Ross C. Brownson, PhD, the Steven H. and Susan U. Lipstein Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the Brown School and School of Medicine, in April 2025. During the session, Dr. Brownson shared some insights on communicating [Read more]
In April 2025, the Center for Health and Science Communication at Becker Library hosted a #SciComm Seminar titled “Communicating Effectively with Policymakers.” Ross C. Brownson, Steven H. and Susan U. Lipstein Distinguished Professor of Public Health, presented a basic communication model and discussed its application to communicating evidence-based public health knowledge with local, state, and [Read more]
Bernard Becker Medical Library and WashU Libraries participate in a number of agreements with publishers that offer WashU authors waivers and discounts for Open Access articles. If you are preparing a manuscript and want to publish under an Open Access license, consider a journal that is among the 20 agreements Becker Library has with publishers that [Read more]
NIH issued a notice on April 30, 2025 as a revision to the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy for Publications. The 2024 Policy noted the effective date applicable to: Author Accepted Manuscripts accepted for publication on or after December 31, 2025. Per revision notice: Revision: Notice of Updated Effective Date for the 2024 NIH [Read more]