Bernard Perbal, APC: the toll road to continued high quality communication, Cell Communication and Signalling 2, 7 (2004). Perbal offers a justification of BioMed Central's decision to impose article processing charges (APCs) for their journals, telling readers: "Contributing to the cost of publishing by paying APCs is comparable to paying a toll for driving safely and more repaildy on good quality highways. Multiple clean, fast and safe lanes kept in good condition, with the same services provided to all customers."
Posted by
Garrett at 7/08/2004 03:32:00 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.
