The Library Open Access Publishing Fund is an educational opportunity to increase Brock engagement in open access publishing. Researchers may apply for grants from the $15,000 fund to cover article processing charges (APCs) levied by some open access journals.
Open Access Memberships
The Library is pleased to support open access memberships which allow Brock researchers to publish in open access journals for a reduced fee – or for free:
- American Chemical Society — 25% discount on Author’s Choice APCs
- Cambridge University Press – 20% discount on APCs – use Brock token code:
- Hindawi Publishing Corporation – no charges for any articles submitted by Brock authors
- Open Book Publishers — no fees for authors to publish
- Open Library of the Humanities – no APCs for authors; publishing funded by library subsidies
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute – 25% discount on APCs
- NRC Research Press — reduced fees of $1,500 per article
- SAGE – 40% discount on certain APCS
Funded Publications
Publications in Hindawi journals
The Library Open Access Publishing Fund has supported the publication of the following publications, which are freely available via the Brock Digital Repository and the publishers’ websites:
Crawford, J., Ahmad, F., Bierman, A.S. et al. (2017). Cognitive testing of the Colon Cancer Screening Behaviours Survey with South Asian immigrants in Canada. Journal of Patient-reported outcomes. (1) 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41687-017-0007-4
Kouvelioti, R., Josse, A. & Klentrou, P. (2017). Effects of dairy consumption on body composition and bone properties in youth: a systematic review. Current Developments in Nutrition.
Lustig, K., Stoakley, E., MacDonald, K., Geniole, S., McCormick, C., & Cote, K. (2017). Research Paper: Sex hormones play a role in vulnerability to sleep loss on emotion processing tasks. Neurobiology Of Sleep And Circadian Rhythms, doi:10.1016/j.nbscr.2017.10.001
Naimi, M., Vlavcheski, F., Shamshoum, H., & Tsiani, E. (2017). Rosemary Extract as a Potential Anti-Hyperglycemic Agent: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives. Nutrients, 9(9), 1-19. doi:10.3390/nu9090968
Sullivan, P., & Black, M. (2017). The Effect of Different Phases of Synchrony on Pain Threshold in a Drumming Task. Frontiers In Psychology, Vol 8 (2017), doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01034/full
Vlavcheski, F., Naimi, M., Murphy, B., Hudlicky, T., & Tsiani, E. (2017). Rosmarinic Acid, a Rosemary Extract Polyphenol, Increases Skeletal Muscle Cell Glucose Uptake and Activates AMPK. Molecules, 22(10), 1-16. doi:10.3390/molecules22101669
Behie, S. W., Moreira, C. C., Sementchoukova, I., Barelli, L., Zelisko, P. M., & Bidochka, M. J. (2017). Carbon translocation from a plant to an insect-pathogenic endophytic fungus. Nature Communications, 8, 14245. http://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14245
Moore, J., Yousef, M., & Tsiani, E. (2016). Anticancer effects of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) extract and rosemary extract polyphenols. Nutrients, 8(11).
Stradwick, L., Inglis, D., Kelly, J. & Pickering, G. (2017). Development and application of assay for determining β-glucosidase activity in human saliva. Flavour 6:1 DOI: 10.1186/s13411-017-0054-z
Allison, D., & Ditor, D., (2015). Targeting inflammation to influence mood following spinal cord injury: a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Neuroinflammation, 12:204. DOI: 10.1186/s12974-015-0425-2
Sanchez, A., Gabrie, J. et al. Soil-Transmitted Helminths, Poverty, and Malnutrition in Honduran Children Living in Remote Rural Communities. Human Parasitic Diseases 2016:8 27–35 doi:10.4137/HPD.S33458.
Akseer, N., Kish, K., Rigby, W. A., Greenway, M., Klentrou, P., Wilson, P. M., & Falk, B. (2015). Does bracing affect bone health in women with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis? Scoliosis.
Prentice, D., Engel, J., Taplay, K., & Stobbe, K. (2015). Interprofessional collaboration: the experience of nursing and medical students’ interprofessional education. Global Qualitative Nursing Research. 1-9.
Ramos, S. V., MacPherson, R. E., Turnbull, P. C., Bott, K. N., LeBlanc, P., Ward, W. E., & Peters, S. J. (2014). Higher PLIN5 but not PLIN3 content in isolated skeletal muscle mitochondria following acute in vivo contraction in rat hindlimb. Physiological Reports, 2(10), e12154.
Barron, C. C., Moore, J., Tsakiridis, T., Pickering, G., Tsiani, Evangelia. (2014). Inhibition of human lung cancer cell proliferation and survival by wine. Cancer Cell International. 14:6
Dwivedi, V.D. (2013). Interpreting quantifier scope ambiguity: evidence of heuristic first, algorithmic second processing. PLoS ONE 8(11): e81461. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081461
Sanchez, A. L.; Canales, M.; Enriquez, L.; Bottazzi, M. E.; Zelaya, A. A.; Espinoza, V. E.; Fontecha, G. A. (2013). A research capacity strengthening project for infectious diseases in Honduras: experience and lessons learned. Global Health Action, (6), 21643 – http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v6i0.21643
Mondloch, C. J., Nelson, N.L., Horner, M. (2013). Asymmetries of influence: Differential effects of body postures on perceptions of emotional facial expressions. PLoS ONE 8(9): e73605. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073605
Liu, J., Hay, J., Faught, B.E. (2013). The association of sleep disorder, obesity status and diabetes mellitus among U.S. adults – the NHANES 2009-2010 survey results. International Journal of Endocrinology (2013) Article ID 234129, 6 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/234129
Geniole S., Keyes A., Mondloch C., Carré J., McCormick C. (2012). Facing Aggression: Cues Differ for Female versus Male Faces. PLoS ONE, 7(1). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030366
Liang, P. & Ahmed, M. (2012). Transposable elements are a significant contributor to tandem repeats in the human genome. Comparative and Functional Genomics, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/947089
Mia, A., Rab, M., Akter, T.(2012). Some Traveling Wave Solutions of KDV-Burgers Equation. International Journal of Mathematical Analysis, 6(22),1053-1060.
Mitchell, R., May, B., Purdy, S., Vella, C. (2012). UNESCO Biosphere Reserves Towards Common Intellectual Ground. In The BiosphereI (Chapter 14). N. Ishwaran (Ed.). doi: 10.5772/32857
Ormerod, K., Rogasevskaia, T., Coorssn, J., Mercier, J. (2012). Cholesterol-Independent Effects of Methyl-β-Cyclodextrin on Chemical Synapses. PLoS ONE 7(5). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036395
Pinault L., & Hunter, F. (2012). Larval habitat associations with human land uses, roads, rivers, and land cover for Anopheles albimanus, A. pseudopunctipennis, and A. punctimacula (Diptera: Culicidae) in coastal and highland Ecuador. Frontiers in Physiology, 3(59). doi: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00059