Editorial, Journal of Biology 3, 5 (2004). In an unsigned editorial, the journal reiterates its open access strategy, and points out four main benefits of its policy, namely: "First, authors are assured that their work is disseminated to the widest possible audience. Second, the information available to researchers is not limited by their library's budget - or their nation's wealth. Third, the widespread availability and central archiving of research articles enhances literature searching and facilitates meta-analyses of data. And fourth, the results of publicly funded research become accessible to all taxpayers, not just those with access to a specialist library." To the complaint against author fees, the journal points out that color images are free of charge, whereas some journals such as Cell charge as much as $1000 to publish them. The editorial concludes by urging authors to stay the course and support open access publishing.
Posted by
Garrett at 5/07/2004 04:31:00 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.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
