Helen Doyle, Andy Gass, and Debra Lappin, A Changing Landscape, PLoS Biology, December 22, 2003. A good overview of the current state of the experiment with open-access journal publishing. Excerpt: "These experiments suggest a variety of business models that might sustain open-access publications....A formal evaluation of these open-access experiments should be a top priority for funders interested in optimizing the dissemination of scientific knowledge....As an open-access publisher, PLoS intends to maximize the savings and benefits afforded by open-access electronic publishing and collaborate with others to create more open-access journals....Funders, librarians, scientists, members of industry, and of course publishers must ensure that open-access experiments proliferate --and, in time, open-access publications will no longer be seen as experimental."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/22/2003 09:03:00 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.
