The first two journals are new launches, while the remaining three journals were previously published as subscription-based journals and are being re-launched using the Open Access model. All articles shall be distributed under the “Creative Commons Attribution License,” which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
All back volumes of the “Laser Chemistry,” “Texture, Stress, and Microstructure,” and “VLSI Design” will be made freely available online. Some back volumes are already available, while the remaining volumes are being retro-digitized and will be made freely available as soon as the retro-digitization is complete.
Hindawi expects its Open Access journal collection to reach 60 titles by the end of 2006 and is planning further expansions in 2007.
PS: Kudos to Hindawi for another giant step forward.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/31/2006 01:19:00 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.
