[The Endocrine Society was] (n)ot just a signer, Lenne P. Miller, Senior Director of Publications, was one of the originators of the DC Principles. The Society has a very strong commitment to the open dissemination of science.
Recent Progress in Hormone Research is (or rather used to be) a book published once a year. I am not aware of any books in the STM area where content is free after a given period. This is due to the nature of the publication and the value to the publisher of a small back list.
However, the issue is pretty much moot now that the Society journal, Endocrine Reviews, is adding an extra issue to its publishing schedule which will contain the focused content which has been the hallmark of RPHR. Endocrine Reviews' manuscripts are published online upon acceptance and are always free. Formatted and copyedited articles are free after 12 months.
Posted by
George Porter at 10/06/2004 06:51:00 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.
