The hybrid OA journal, Genome Research, boosted its impact factor significantly in 2007. From its July 7 press release:
...[In 2007] Genome Research, published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, ...[had] an impact factor of 11.224, a considerable gain over 10.256 in 2006....
Genome Research now ranks #2 amongst primary research journals in the "Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology" category, #3 in "Genetics & Heredity," and seventh in the "Biochemistry & Molecular Biology" category....
PS: GR's policy is to make all its articles OA after a six month moving wall and to offer an immediate OA option for a $2,000 fee.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/10/2008 10:21:00 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.
