Journal of Insect Science (JIS) is an Open Access journal with several years of independent publication history. As documented in Peter Suber's list of 'Journal declarations of independence', Henry Hagedorn resigned as editor of a similar, commercially published journal and founded this free, online-only competitor. Hagedorn was assisted by SPARC in founding the journal. JIS is currently designated a SPARC Leading Edge journal. The University of Arizona Library has been instrumental in the launch and continued operation of JIS.
JIS, as an Open Access journal, is an excellent candidate for LOCKSS or a LOCKSS-type arrangement. Fortunately, in addition to the JIS website, BioOne has included it as an OA title. Now, PubMed Central has become another repository for this title.
Journal of Insect Science - journal website | BioOne | PubMed Central - Fulltext v1+ (2001+); ISSN: 1536-2442.
(Thanks to Brook Dine at the PMC-News mailing list.)
Posted by
George Porter at 9/28/2004 06:56:00 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.
