PAGEPress is an apparently new publisher of OA journals in biomedicine. It's based in Italy, a brand of MeditGroup.
The PP journals charge a publication fee, which for 2009 is 500 Euros/article. However, PP explains that "the ability of authors to pay publication charges will never be a consideration in the decision as to whether to publish."
PP says its uses CC-BY licenses. But when it spells out what it means, it describes a CC-BY-NC license and links to one. However, the sample article I looked at used a CC-BY license.
The site lists 17 journals in medicine and biology. When I clicked through on each one, I found that 8 were operational, with published content (most still on their inaugural issue), and 9 were still on the drawing boards.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/29/2009 05:14:00 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.
