The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Elsevier announce new publishing partnership
peter.suber's bookmarks 2020-05-18
Summary:
"The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) and Elsevier, a global information analytics business specializing in science and health, are delighted to announce a new partnership to publish the ASBMB’s Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC), Molecular & Cellular Proteomics (MCP) and Journal of Lipid Research (JLR). As part of this agreement, all three titles will move to a gold open access (OA) publishing model, making articles immediately and permanently available for everyone to read, download, copy and distribute. The journals will be hosted on Elsevier’s leading online platform, ScienceDirect, beginning January 1, 2021....
Elsevier’s experience transitioning journals to gold open access was a key factor in their selection...."