[I]n contrast to most other journals, the copyright
of the published paper remains with the author. This is in line with European law that favours the rights of authors. The
only requirement of JEOS:RP is the consent of the author not to publish the paper in another journal, book or other publication
means within the first twelve months after publication in JEOS:RP....A second point I would like to bring to your attention is the author fee system. For an open-access journal like JEOS:RP, a fee
from the author is indispensable to cover the cost of editing the journal. The European Optical Society has been able to fix this
fee at a very low level. The basic fee is 400 [Euros]; full members and branch members of EOS receive a discount of 50 . The length
of a submitted paper does not play a role.
PS: Congratulations to the European Optical Society, which joins the small but growing list of scientific societies with OA journals.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/02/2006 09:01:00 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.
