Update. I just got a copy of the text. Here's an excerpt: 'The spirit of open access is something Stem Cells has fostered for some time. The journal already offers every published paper to all readers online after 1 year --the same time frame that the NIH policy specifies for submission of NIH-supported research articles that have been accepted to peer-reviewed journals. And coming soon there's even better, faster news on the journal's horizon: Stem Cells EXPRESS. With this new feature, Stem Cells will present online --within 2 weeks of acceptance-- all manuscripts accepted for publication as Rapid Communications. To be sure, these will not be copy-edited, final versions; but they will be searchable in Medline and citable, and they will be posted and accessible to subscribers far earlier than their corrected, edited, proofread versions....And beyond Rapid Communications, we plan to gradually expand the online "ahead-of-print" publication of accepted manuscripts to include every manuscript we accept.'
(PS: Just to be clear: The new policy is not OA. Access to Rapid Communications is still limited to subscribers. Moreover, the 12 month embargo is tolerated but not encouraged by the NIH, which "strongly encourages" free online access "as soon as possible after publcation".)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 3/27/2005 07:51:00 AM.
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.
