Nature Partner Journals, a new brand of open access journals

"Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is increasing its commitment to open science with the launch of the ‘Nature Partner Journal’ series. This high-quality, online-only subject specific portfolio of journals brings Nature’s reputation for impact and excellence to open access and publishing partnerships. The Nature Partner Journals will be characterized by landmark partnerships with institutions, foundations and academic societies. The home for Nature Partner Journals launched today at www.nature.com/npj. For each journal, NPG and its partner have jointly identified a need for a high-quality, peer-reviewed open access publication in high-impact and emerging or under-served fields. • npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, http://www.nature.com/npjpcrm/ (with Primary Care Respiratory Society – UK and the International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG)) • npj Schizophrenia (with Schizophrenia International Research Society) • npj Biofilms and Microbiomes (with Nanyang Technological University - NTU and Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering - SCELSE) Nature Partner Journals will adopt a modified set of Nature editorial standards, with rigorous requirements for the training and appointment of Editors-in-Chief and continuous assessment of editorial quality against agreed key performance indicators. NPG, with strategic partner Frontiers, is a leading open access publisher. Together, they published 10,500 open access research papers in 2013, 51% of their combined research publication output for the year. All 63 NPG academic, society and partner publications have introduced open access options or are open access journals. For more information see URL (http://www.nature.com/libraries/open_access/index.html)."