Vinod Scaria, Open, Online and Global: Benefits of BioMedical Journals Going Online and Open, Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences, 4, 1, (2003), an editorial endorsing open access and documenting how OJHAS itself grew in visitors, incoming links, and visibility since adopting OA. Excerpt: "Open Access publishing is perhaps the future of scientific communication in developing countries. The landmark success of many new Open Access Journals in India and other developing countries speak for this. The sad fact is that most publishers are not really aware of the new perspectives offered by Open Access and are often reluctant to convert their existing publication to Open Access. Since most scholar societies interested in experimenting with Open Access Journals are little aware of the intricacies of this domain, a support organisation comprising of Open Access publishers is the need of the day. This would enable more Open Access Journals from developing countries emerge successful, both regionally and internationally. This would help disseminate research from developing countries more effectively."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 3/08/2004 02:02:00 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.
