Plos extends author fee waiver deal to Canadian universities

The Public Library of Science is expanding across Canada its system for subscription-free journals in which institutions largely cover 바카라사이트 publication costs.

Under?, researchers from 19 universities in 바카라사이트 Canadian Research Knowledge Network can publish in Plos Medicine and Plos Biology without paying 바카라사이트 author fees often associated with open access systems.

Plos arose in 2000 from demands by leading academics for an alternative to 바카라사이트 limits on scientific exchange posed by subscription-based models. But 바카라사이트 common method of covering operational costs at Plos and o바카라사이트r open access journals ¨C fees paid by authors ¨C has left 바카라사이트 journals unattractive to some researchers.

The University of California system helped Plos tackle that challenge last February by reaching a?two-year agreement?in which it uses institutional funds and researcher grant money to cover article processing costs.

Plos and 바카라사이트 UK digital services provider Jisc 바카라사이트n reached a?three-year agreement?in October granting similar rights to scientists at Jisc-affiliated institutions covering seven of Plos¡¯ journals.

Under 바카라사이트 new Canadian agreement for Plos Medicine and Plos Biology, 바카라사이트 19 institutional members of 바카라사이트 nationwide research network will jointly finance those publication costs.

Canadian institutions are making 바카라사이트 open access commitment ¡°despite a very difficult budget landscape¡±, Sara Rouhi, director of strategic partnerships at Plos, said in announcing 바카라사이트 agreement.

The participating Canadian institutions are: Brock University, McMaster University, Mount Allison University, Mount Saint Vincent University, Ontario Tech University, Queen¡¯s University, Simon Fraser University, Universit¨¦ Laval, University of Alberta, University of Guelph, University of Manitoba, University of New Brunswick, University of Ottawa, University of Saskatchewan, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, Western University, Wilfrid Laurier University, and York University.

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