Comment. Just for the record, the NIH policy regulates grantees, not journals or publishers. The question isn't whether a journal complies with a policy which only binds other players, but whether it is willing to publish work by NIH-funded authors. I suppose this is what JNPT means. The question isn't even whether a journal lets authorscomply with the NIH policy, since journals are not in a position to allow or disallow it. If a journal offers to publish work by NIH-funded authors but insists that they depart somehow from the NIH policy, then those authors are contractually bound to decline the offer and look for another publisher.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/28/2008 11:52:00 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.
