Two more CERN experiments have endorsed the Statement on Open Access Publishingfirst promulgated by CERN's ATLAS experiment on February 23, 2007. The statement itself is short:
We...strongly encourage the usage of electronic publishing methods for [this experiment's] publications and support the principles of Open Access Publishing, which includes granting free access of our [our] publications to all. Furthermore, we encourage all [our] members to publish papers in easily accessible journals, following the principles of the Open Access Paradigm.
Comment. Recall that CERN's CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) experiment endorsed the ATLAS OA statement earlier this month. Hence, that makes four CERN experiments endorsing the ATLAS statement and five endorsing some form of gold OA.
Note, as I pointed out when the ATLAS board first issued its statement:
Some groups use the term "open access publishing" as a synonym for "open access". But in this case...the authors are using the term carefully to refer to OA journals or gold OA. CERN already has a green OA mandate, and the ATLAS experimenters know that it applies to them. In this statement, they are going beyond it to show their support for gold OA.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 3/20/2007 12:34:00 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.
