German Electrochemists Publish Open Access: TIB Promotes Open Access Transition in the Field of Electrochemistry

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Summary:

"Since 2018, all the members of the German consortium of The Electrochemical Society (ECS) led by the Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) – German National Library of Science and Technology have benefited from a special publishing option: ECS grants all institutions participating in its program an unlimited number of article processing charge (APC) credits. This allows all scientists affiliated with participating institutions to publish open access articles in ECS journals free of charge. By the end of 2018, 52 open access articles from corresponding authors affiliated with a TIB institution were published and are freely accessible. The additional costs for this supplementary benefit come in the form of a small surcharge on the license fee. The TIB is currently bearing these costs in its role as the National Library of Science and Technology. Due to the program’s flat-rate pricing and the lack of a cap on the amount of articles that may be published, the added cost of participation is very low—only a fraction of the price of the standard ECS APC ($800 for 2018; $1000 for 2019)....

The TIB will not only continue the consortium in 2019, but will also support it financially again...."

Link:

https://www.newswise.com/articles/view/707320?print-article

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oa.new oa.conversions oa.chemistry oa.germany oa.fees oa.offsets oa.electrochemistry oa.societies oa.ecs oa.libraries

Date tagged:

01/31/2019, 15:49

Date published:

01/31/2019, 10:50