BioMed Central has released the results of a survey showing why its authors chose BMC. 60% of BMC authors said the reason was BMC's open-access policy --the third most common reason after speed of publication (62%) and journal scope and reputation (61%).
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/20/2004 11:42:00 AM.
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.
