In a press release issued on August 13, the open-access Journal of Medical Internet Research(JMIR) and the Society for the Internet in Medicine(SIM) announced an agreement to designate JMIR as the official journal of the Society for the Internet in Medicine. JMIR will replace Taylor & Francis' subscription-based journal Medical Informatics & The Internet in Medicine as the official journal of SIM.
Also, starting in August 2003, JMIR will be experimenting with a new fast-track model, where peer-reviewers are paid to deliver high-quality and speedy peer-review reports. All reviewers for JMIR are named when the paper is published, whether fast-tracked or not. For fast-tracked papers, JMIR will guarantee an editorial decision within 2 weeks after submission, and publication of the article within 4 weeks after acceptance. The fast-track fee (FTF) is US$ 150, non-reimbursable and payable before submission. For those papers that are accepted for publication, the regular article-processing fee (APF) of US$500 will be charged to cover copyediting and publishing costs. The APF will be in addition to the FTF, if the FTF has already been paid. (Disclosure: I've recently become a member of the editorial board of JMIR).
Posted by
Jim Till at 8/13/2003 12:31:00 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.
