Open Access Publication in Value in Health

peter.suber's bookmarks 2016-05-13

Summary:

An editorial explaining the OA policy of this Elsevier hybrid journal. "Open access journals have now been in existence for several years. These journals fund their activities predominantly through fees charged to the authors of articles, rather than through the traditional route of institutional and individual subscriptions. For authors, the main advantage of open access is that their articles can be freely accessed, with the potential to enhance their likely scientific impact and influence on health policy or clinical decision making. In recent years, the importance to authors of open access has been increased by the policies of major research funders in many countries, requiring that the publications arising from the work they fund should be freely available to all. In this context, we thought we should outline Value in Health ’s current approach to open access publication...."

Link:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1098301516303084

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » peter.suber's bookmarks

Tags:

oa.new oa.elsevier oa.fees oa.gold oa.societies oa.embargoes oa.hybrid oa.journals

Date tagged:

05/13/2016, 16:55

Date published:

05/13/2016, 12:55