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Entries Tagged as 'Publishing Models'

New England Journal of Medicine - No Registration Required for Access to Research Articles

January 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Since 2001, the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has provided free access to original research articles six months after publication to users who registered on the NEJM website.  Effective as of 10 December 2007, registration is no longer required in order to access the original research articles six months after publication.  Full text articles on [...]

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Tags: Open Access · Publishing Models · Uncategorized

Nature Introduces “Creative Commons” License for Reuse of Genome Papers

December 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Nature recently announced that genome papers will now be licensed under a “Creative Commons” license to “. . . encourage research and development and to maximise its benefit to society.”

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Tags: Open Access · Publishing Models · Research Data

WU Authors Who Publish in BioMed Central Journals

December 5th, 2007 · No Comments

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 [...]

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Tags: Author Rights · Authors at WU · Copyright · NIH Public Access Policy · Open Access · Publishing Models

November issue of J. of the American Dietetic Association is Open Access

October 31st, 2007 · No Comments

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.

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Tags: Open Access · Publishing Models

Taylor and Francis Announces Extended Coverage of “iOpenAccess” Journals

October 5th, 2007 · No Comments

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.  [...]

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Tags: Author Rights · NIH Public Access Policy · Open Access · Publishing Models · Support for Authors

HHMI Expresses Support for Springer Open Choice

October 4th, 2007 · No Comments

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 [...]

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Tags: Author Rights · NIH Public Access Policy · Open Access · Publishing Models