¡®Shock and derision¡¯ as Kent Anderson named Science publisher

Source: American Association for 바카라사이트 Advancement of Science

The American Association for 바카라사이트 Advancement of Science, which publishes 바카라사이트 prestigious Science journals, has been criticised by open access advocates for appointing a perceived sceptic of open access as its publisher, and for charging up to $5,500 (?3,300) to publish in its new open access journal.

Earlier this month, 바카라사이트 association named Kent Anderson as its publisher, effective from 3?November. He is a former president of 바카라사이트 Society for Scholarly Publishing and founder of its Scholarly Kitchen blog.

Michael Eisen, professor of genetics, genomics and development at 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley and co-founder of 바카라사이트 Plos open access journals, said that many of Mr?Anderson¡¯s blog posts show ¡°an utter disdain for 바카라사이트 supporters of open access and a tendency to impugn our motives¡±.

News of 바카라사이트 appointment was ¡°met with shock and widespread derision¡±, he added, since Mr?Anderson will ¡°not only set publishing policies at influential journals, he will also be seen¡­as 바카라사이트 publishing representative of 바카라사이트 scientific community¡± by policymakers.

Professor Eisen said it was ¡°ironic¡± that Mr?Anderson¡¯s first task in his new role will be to launch 바카라사이트 open access journal Science Advances, which will publish its first articles in February 2015.

The perception that Mr Anderson¡¯s appointment indicates 바카라사이트 AAAS¡¯ hostility to open access has been heightened by 바카라사이트 announcement of very high article fees for 바카라사이트 new journal.

The basic fee will be $3,000, but an additional $1,500 will be charged for manuscripts of more than 10?pages, and an extra $1,000 for authors who want to use 바카라사이트 CC BY licence. This allows full reuse of papers subject to attribution and is required by funders such as Research Councils UK. Most born-digital ¡°mega-journals¡± charge much less. Plos One and Nature Publishing Group¡¯s Scientific Reports charge $1,350, and PeerJ charges just $99 for 바카라사이트 right to publish an article a?year. However, Elsevier¡¯s Cell Reports charges $5,000.

More than 100 scientists have signed urging it to cancel 바카라사이트 extra charges.

A 바카라사이트 $3,000 fee as ¡°competitive¡± and said that 바카라사이트 society ¡°remains fully committed to open access publishing¡±.

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