Nature Communications invites submissions of original research papers in all areas of the natural sciences. This multidisciplinary, online-only journal from Nature Publishing Group (NPG) will publish its first articles in April 2010. The journal website is now live ...
All papers will be peer-reviewed to the standards associated with a Nature title, but papers published in Nature Communications are unlikely to have the scientific reach and public interest associated with papers in Nature and the Nature research journals. ...
If a paper was previously reviewed at another Nature journal, authors can opt to automatically transfer the manuscript and its associated referees' reports to Nature Communications for consideration.
Nature Communications authors can opt to make their published Article open access, through payment of an article processing charge (APC) of GBP 3,035/USD 5,000/ EURO 3,570/ YEN 637,350. Peer reviewers will be blind to the author's choice, which is not confirmed until acceptance. ...
Open-access Articles will be published under non-commercial Creative Commons licenses. ... Nature Communications will offer NPG's Manuscript Deposition Service.
Nature Communications will publish a proportion of content as open access and therefore operates a unique business model within the Nature family of journals. ... Institutional subscription prices will be set based on the number of Articles published under the open access option. Pricing and full details, including licensed pay-per-view and APC membership options, will be announced in 2010. ...
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.
