q-bio, the quantitative biology eprint repository at arXiv.org (formerly xxx.LANL.gov), is profiled in the latest issue of Open Access Now. As I noted in January, this development is especially noteworthy in that biology, as a discipline, has not had the same preprint sociology which nurtured the development of arXiv.org for the mathematics and physics communities. q-bio is now approaching its first anniversary of operation with almost 500 papers directly submitted and another 560+ cross-listings.
Posted by
George Porter at 8/17/2004 12:40:00 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.
