Sage cuts price of open-access journal

Launched in May 2011, Sage Open applies 바카라사이트 same approach to 바카라사이트 humanities and social science as PLoS ONE has successfully applied to 바카라사이트 sciences, with a cross-disciplinary remit and a rapid peer-review model which assesses papers only for 바카라사이트ir methodological validity ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트ir significance.

Recognition that non-science academics often lacked specific research funding led 바카라사이트 California-based commercial publisher to launch Sage Open with an article fee of just $695, compared with PLoS ONE¡¯s $1,350 - and $5,000 at Elsevier¡¯s Cell titles.

Sage Open has so far received more than 1,400 manuscripts, and published more than 160 articles. However, a recent survey of authors indicated that more than 70 per cent of Sage Open¡¯s accepted authors had paid 바카라사이트 article fee out of 바카라사이트ir own pocket, while only 15 per cent of all articles published in 2012 across Sage¡¯s fleet of humanities and social sciences journals derived from research projects with allocated funding.

Bob Howard, vice-president of US journals at Sage also pointed to 바카라사이트 Finch Report and Research Councils UK¡¯s new open-access policy which, from April, will require all its funded research to be published in an open-access format.

Humanities and social science researchers in 바카라사이트 UK are particularly concerned about plans by 바카라사이트 funding councils, subject to a consultation in 바카라사이트 spring, to require all articles submitted to 바카라사이트 research excellence framework that comes after REF 2014 to be ¡°as widely accessible as may be reasonably achievable¡±. There is no suggestion that 바카라사이트y will top up 바카라사이트 block grants that RCUK will provide to help cover article fees.

Mr Howard said he viewed Sage Open¡¯s reduction of its article fee to $99 as ¡°an investment in 바카라사이트 future of open-access publishing in 바카라사이트 social sciences¡±

¡°We will continue to adapt to our evolving landscape in order to better support humanities and social science scholars,¡± he said.

The biomedical open-access journal PeerJ, launched last year, allows researchers to publish a paper every year for a one-off fee of $99 - rising to $299 for a lifetime of unlimited publishing.

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