Science Group Gives Open-Access Boost to Publishers: Associations Now

"With a new program, the American Association for the Advancement of Science is partnering up with academic institutions around the world to launch peer-reviewed open-access journals. Two Chinese universities have signed up so far. The American Association for the Advancement of Science  is looking to advance more than science at the moment: It’s taking direct aim at science’s distribution methods, too. Last year, AAAS, best known for its Science family of journals, announced a program called Science Partner Journals, which has the goal to offer free online distribution of high-quality open-access journals distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. The program maintains the rigorous peer-reviewed structure that science journals are known for, while making knowledge distributed through these journals available for the benefit of a wide number of people. “With the launch of the Science Partner Journal program, we look forward to an exciting new chapter of collaboration with top international research organizations,” AAAS Publisher Bill Moran said in a news release last year...."