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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

New free journal on evolution outreach

Evolution: Education and Outreach is a new peer-reviewed journal from Springer.  (Thanks to John Timmer.) 

Each of its articles is free online, and it doesn't seem to use the Springer Open Choice hybrid model.  I'd call it Springer's first full OA journal except that it requires individual request and permission for all "reuse" (no qualifications).   By contrast, Springer's hybrid OA articles use CC licenses.

Clearly something is wrong:  the same "reuse" page incorrectly says that access requires payment ("To purchase or view a PDF of this article, please...select 'add to shopping cart' "), and of course copyright law permits some reuse without permission.

The editorial in the inaugural issue says nothing about the journal's access policy.