The Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) are launching an open-access journal, Molecular Systems Biology (no web site yet). From today's press release: "Researchers worldwide will be able to access original research in Molecular Systems Biology without charge. Costs of publication will be met in part by an author charge for each article published. The ‘author-pays’ model is intended to allow papers to be made available free of charge online, immediately upon publication, to the widest possible audience. This experimental publishing model has been subject to much recent debate, and both organizations believe that it is timely to explore the new possibilities that it presents. Sponsorship and advertising are expected to help subsidize the total costs of publication. NPG and EMBO will serve the interests of all authors and readers, and will waive fees for qualifying authors without research funding, or those in developing countries." (PS: This is not NPG or EMBO's first OA experiment but I believe it is their first OA journal. Kudos for taking this bold step.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/08/2004 01:00:00 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.
