Here's the top news in academia this month in open access, academic publishing, higher education, and more.

Open access news took center stage this month, as academics from around the world came together to celebrate the 8th annual global Open Access Week.

During free on-demand webinar editors share tales from the field and insights on what it takes to get an open access publication off the ground.

The 2014 Open Access Week kickoff focused on the importance of early-career scholars pushing the OA movement forward and challenging existing perceptions of academic publishing.

Neil Christensen is helping pioneer a new model for OA publishing, by giving value back to the academic community in dollars.

The OA Journal Starter Kit has all the information you'll need to get a new open access journal up and running.

Here are the newest developments and trending stories in academia that caught our attention this month.

If you want people to know about your scholarly work you have to give them an accessible place, or ideally variety of places, to learn about it.

While you can't control the opinions of reviewers, you can take ownership of the submission process to give your paper a boost towards publication.

Are you starting an open-access journal? Learn why carving out a niche in the marketplace is critical to standing out to authors and readers in this blog post.