Radiology has announced a policy for its NIH-funded authors. Excerpt: 'In response to the NIH policy, the RSNA [Radiological Society of North America] Publications Council recommended, and the RSNA Board of Directors approved, that: [1] Authors of articles in Radiology will be encouraged but not required to specify a release date 12 months from the month of print publication. [2] RSNA may, pending NIH's decision, establish a service for authors through which RSNA will send manuscripts to PubMed Central on behalf of the author if the author specifies the 12-month release date...."Some publishers have required authors to specify the 12-month release date because an earlier release jeopardizes subscriptions and thus the funding for a journal," explained RSNA Board Liaison for Publications and Communications Hedvig Hricak, M.D., Ph.D. "We understand that the NIH policy puts authors in a difficult position. Should they abide by the copyright statement they sign when submitting their manuscripts or should they agree to the NIH request that they provide a copy of their manuscript to PubMed Central immediately following acceptance? The RSNA Publications Council and the RSNA Board of Directors recognize that authors cannot treat a request from a granting agency lightly. That's why we've decided to make it as easy as possible for authors to comply."...RSNA is willing to provide an electronic copy of accepted manuscripts to PubMed Central, if the authors specify the 12-month release date; however, NIH has not yet decided if it will allow "third-party submissions."..."For most journals, and certainly for Radiology, the accepted manuscript differs from the revised, copyedited final version. The differences are often substantive and, thus, the manuscript on PubMed Central may contain errors," said Roberta E. Arnold, M.A., M.H.P.E., assistant executive director for RSNA publications and communications. "This is why RSNA is working with other publishers to develop a uniform statement that would appear on manuscripts deposited with PubMed Central. The statement would indicate the journal name and provide a Web link to the final published version," Arnold explained.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/31/2005 01:04:00 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.
