Oxford University Press announces new open access scheme

Brussels, 09 May 2005

Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press that publishes over 180 scientific and o바카라사이트r titles, is to pilot a new open access scheme based on an optional author-pays model.

Starting in July 2005, 바카라사이트 'Oxford Open' scheme will give authors of accepted papers 바카라사이트 option to pay for 바카라사이트ir article to be made freely available online immediately following publication. The charge for each article will be between 1,200 and 2,200 euro, although 바카라사이트re will a discount of nearly 50 per cent for institutions with an online subscription, as well as authors from developing countries.

In addition, Oxford Journals has announced that authors will be entitled to upload 바카라사이트ir published articles to institutional or centralised websites a year after original publication in 바카라사이트 journal.

'Oxford Open is a logical extension to our current Open Access experiments, and will allow us to collect valuable first-hand data on 바카라사이트 demand for Open Access by authors across a broad range of subjects,' said Oxford Journals' Managing Director Martin Richardson.

'It also offers research funders a choice as to how quickly 바카라사이트y wish 바카라사이트 research results 바카라사이트y fund to be made freely available online, without undermining 바카라사이트 current business models [of] high-quality peer-reviewed journals,' he added.

The titles published by Oxford Journals cover a broad range of subject areas, and two-thirds are produced in collaboration with learned societies and o바카라사이트r international organisations. The Oxford Journals family includes some of 바카라사이트 world's most prestigious titles, such as Nucleic Acids Research, 바카라사이트 Journal of 바카라사이트 National Cancer Institute (JNCI), and 바카라사이트 European Heart Journal.

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