Interesting manuscript by Steven Harnad that discusses the importance of open access for biomedical research findings. Abstract: The ethical case for Open Access (OA) (free online access) to research findings is especially salient when it is public health that is being compromised by needless access restrictions. But the ethical imperative for OA is far more general: [...]
Tags:Clinical Impact, Impact Factors, Intellectual Impact, Open Access, Responsible Conduct of Research
WU authors who publish in a BioMed Central journal are entitled to a 15% discount on article processing fees. Among the benefits of publishing in a BioMed Central journal include rapid publication, high visibility, inclusion in PubMed, SCOPUS, Google, and PubMed Central, and no space constraints for your work. An added benefit for authors is that the [...]
Tags:Author Rights, Authors at WU, Copyright, NIH Public Access Policy, Open Access, Publishing Models
Ear and Hearing recently announced that it will allow authors to comply with policies set forth by funding agencies that stipulate that publications generated by agency-funded research be publicly available. Authors who publish in Ear and Hearing can submit their post-print (the author’s final version that reflects changes made as a result of the peer review process) to an [...]
Tags:Author Rights, NIH Public Access Policy, Open Access, Research Data
The entire November 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association is freely available to anyone without a subscription in recognition of global hunger and poverty.
Tags:Open Access, Publishing Models
“Sharing Detailed Research Data is Associated with Increased Citation Rate“ documents a study of cancer microarray clinical trial publications in which a correlation between publicly available microarray data and increased literature impact was found.
Tags:Impact Factors, Intellectual Impact, Open Access, Research Data
Last night, the U.S. Senate approved the Bill that included a provision to change the current voluntary NIH Public Access Policy to mandatory by a 75 to 19 voting margin. For more details: http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/media/release07-1024.html and http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs/bmcblog/entry/mandate_for_open_access_to
The Senate is scheduled to vote on the FY’08 Labor-HHS bill on Monday 22 October (approved by the HR and the full Senate Appropriations Committee) that includes a provision to change the current voluntary NIH Public Access Policy to mandatory. On Friday 19 October, Senator Inhofe (R-OK) filed two amendments (3416 and 3417) which call for the [...]
Taylor & Francis recently announced that their “iOpenAccess” option has been extended to cover 31 journals in environmental and agricultural sciences, behavioral sciences and development studies. This is in addition to the 175 journals from T&F’s Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics portfolios, seven behavioral science journals from Psychology Press, and medical and bioscience journals from Informa Healthcare. [...]
Tags:Author Rights, NIH Public Access Policy, Open Access, Publishing Models, Support for Authors
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has expressed support for Springer’s Open Choice program whereby articles are immediately published with full open access and deposited in repositories such as PubMed Central, at a flat-rate fee per article of $3,000. Under the new policy, HHMI will pay up to $2,000 in open access charges per article with [...]
Tags:Author Rights, NIH Public Access Policy, Open Access, Publishing Models
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