David Malakoff, Opening the Books on Open Access, Science Magazine, October 24, 2003 (accessible only to subscribers). A detailed and serious survey of the open-access movement, long enough to be useful, focusing on PLoS and PLoS Biology. Among other things, Malakoff compares the processing fees charged by six open-access journals from six publishers, compares PLoS to other open-access publishing initiatives, flags the OA journals that had to retreat to priced access, and covers the debate over the Sabo bill and the viability of the open-access business model. (Thanks to Garrett Eastman.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/23/2003 09:16:00 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.
