The AZo Journal of Materials Online --AZojomo for short-- is a new peer-reviewed, open-access journal from AZoM.com. For more details, see the press release. What's most notable about AZojomo its use of the Open Access Rewards System (OARS). Basically, readers pay no subscriptions or access fees and authors pay no processing fees. But the journal content is only free for non-commercial uses. Revenue from advertising, sponsorships, and commercial use will be divided among the authors (50%), referees (20%), and site operators (30%). It's a neat idea. But why did AZoM.com patent it? Is that compatible with the kind of sharing to which AZoM and AZojomo are clearly committed?
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/26/2005 01:01:00 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.
