Open access biomedical publishing enters critical stage, Beinentanz Buzz Letter, August 2005. A brief, unsigned snapshot of the state of OA journals, which mistakenly assumes that they all charge author-side fees and that authors pay the fees out of pocket. The conclusion is no better than the premises: 'Open access publishing has, however, a second front it is attacking from. Scores of publishers in Third World countries are turning to this distribution model as selling print subscriptions to cash-strapped libraries is becoming increasingly difficult. Following the inevitable consolidation phase, some journals might grow to become reputable leaders in their respective fields - at which point their publishers, if commercially minded, might come to the conclusion that they have more to gain from serving the needs of subscribers than tending to those authors who are willing to spend the most cash.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/28/2005 08:42:00 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.
