...The journal's Editorial Board, together with the Boards of SIMFER [Società Italiana di Medicina Fisica e Riabilitativa] and MFPRM [Mediterranean Forum of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine], has decided to move forward with these advances in communication: from 1964, when the journal was first published, to 2004 with Medline/PubMed listing, by 2008 when, thanks to Minerva Medica, both online OA e-pub and in print editions will be available. Nearly one year ago preparation began for setting up the current "Free Full Text" (FFT) version of all printed articles (i.e. all articles are freely available and printable in Internet without limitations but the copyright remains with the Editor), and will culminate next year with the full OA. Few journals offer both print and OA editions: viewing our past achievements, we recognized the advantageous prospects that OA offers authors, journals, and the research and clinical community....
Italian Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (Società Italiana di Medicina Fisica e Riabilitativa, or SIMFER)
Mediterranean Forum of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (MFPRM)
European Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ESPRM)
Comment. I applaud the decision to make the articles free to read. But please reconsider the policy to demand full copyright from authors and please unlock the PDFs!
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/30/2007 11:07:00 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.
