Manoj Pandey, Steven D Heys and Albert B Lowenfels, World Journal of Surgical Oncology: One year of Open Access publishing, World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2, 14 (12 May 2004). The editors reflect on one year of their online journal and affirm their belief in open access publishing. "It is important that advances in Surgical Oncological practice should be available to all those involved in the care of the patient, no matter where they are in the world," particularly if funds and other resources are scarce, they point out. Furthermore, Pandey and company cite the internationality of their journal's editorial board, "and its global reach due to open access offers one of the fastest disseminations of new knowledge and technical know-how that there is." At the same time, they comment on the journals' peer reviewing and acceptance, noting that 57.6 per cent of the 52 papers submitted to the journal were accepted. Finally, the editors quote some usage statistics, noting that several papers were downloaded more than 3000 times.
Posted by
Garrett at 5/12/2004 03:05:00 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.
