The August issue of Greenhouse Effects carries a short, unsigned story on the Public Library of Science. Excerpt: "PLoS represents a hugely disruptive force that could diminish the power and profits of large scientific and medical publishers, such as Elsevier, Blackwell, and BertelsmannSpringer....PLoS looks like it has a good chance of succeeding for a number of reasons. First, its founders are highly-respected scientists....Second, PLoS understands the importance of the traditional editorial and peer-review processes and, armed with a $9 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, it has hired a cadre of experienced editors and reviewers. Third, support for the open access concept is coming from a widening set of voices that are well outside of research and academia."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/28/2003 05:32:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
