It appears, to me at any rate, that the European Geophysical Union (EGU) and Copernicus Gesellschaft are planning to launch another pair of Open Access journals, Ocean Science and Ocean Science Discussions.
EGU has pioneered the dual journal model. The ... Discussions titles feature discussion manuscripts, publicly posted peer review, author responses, and give and take from other members of the scientific community. The open discussion period lasts eight weeks and is permanently archived and citable. The polished paper then is published in the companion journal.
Ocean Science will be the third set of titles in this Open Access series. Already in production are the following four journals:
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions - Fulltext v1+ (2001+); Print ISSN: 1680-7367 | Online ISSN: 1680-7375.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics - Fulltext v1+ (2001+); Print ISSN: 1680-7316 | Online ISSN: 1680-7324.
Biogeosciences Discussions - Fulltext v1+ (2004+); Print ISSN: 1810-6277 | Online ISSN: 1810-6285.
Biogeosciences - Fulltext v1+ (2004+); Print ISSN: 1726-4170 | Online ISSN: 1726-4189.
Posted by
George Porter at 9/23/2004 07:42:00 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.
