Springer Announces New Open-Access Journals - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education

"The Springer publishing company today announced that it is setting up a new open-access journal program. Called SpringerOpen, the program will initially include 12 new online-only, peer-reviewed [fee-based OA] journals in science, technical, and medical fields. The Chronicle sat down with Eric Merkel-Sobotta, Springer's executive vice president for corporate communications, and Bettina Goerner, the company's manager of open access, to talk about the program...."