The multidisciplinary science journal, Best of Science, has dropped its subscription fees and become free. It's not quite "open access" since it asks authors to transfer copyright to the journal, although it will apparently not use the copyright to block any but commercial uses. The publishing subvention or dissemination fee is waived for authors from developing countries. Interestingly, Best of Science does not conduct its own peer review, but asks authors to submit articles that have already been reviewed and endorsed by at least two scientists who are members of at least two different scientific academies from the journal's list of approved academies. (Thanks to LibLicense.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 1/02/2003 05:26:00 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.
