The journal Physiological Genomics has adopted the Prosser method of offering open access. Quoting its web site: "Starting July 1, 2003, authors can choose to pay a $1500 fee to have their article published online with Open Access from the first date of publication or choose to pay no author fees and leave their article under Subscription Access. Open Access means that those online articles are completely free to any person or any library. All online content associated with the article (text, figures, supplemental material) is freely accessible." (PS: The $1500 fee is evidently based on the PLoS precedent. The Prosser method does not specify the size of the processing fee required to pay for open access dissemination. I'd like to hear about any other journals that adopt the Prosser method, or about the experience of any author who proposes the Prosser method to a journal.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/21/2003 08:45:00 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.
