A couple of weeks ago the New
England Journal of Medicine published a set of articles on open access
publishing. In order to provide more
information on open access and the cost to authors the links below are
provided. The intention of these links
is to inform those who are interested as to memberships that VCU has that
provide some discounts to authors. Also
in the links below is information on the
economics of open access and a couple of article citations on the topic. - VCU Libraries: Scholarly Communications, Copyright & Publishing
: The resources
here provide a clearinghouse of information on copyright, publishing, and
scholarly communication. The VCU Libraries supports the teaching,
research, and outreach missions of the University by guiding the faculty,
students, and staff in matters relating to the dissemination and use of
knowledge
Memberships VCU has that provide discounts to authors.
|
Membership |
Journals |
Author Discount |
|
BioMed Central, Chemistry Central, and Springer Open Journals |
15% |
|
|
All Hindawi Open Access Journals |
100% |
|
|
All PLoS Journals |
10% |
- Directory of Open Access Journals: can look up journals by topic. In the list of journals it tells if there are publishing fees and if there are it provides a link to the information about what it costs.
- University of California: Selective List of Open Access Fees: This gives a list of fees that will give some idea of the cost that are incurred.
- Beall's List of Predatory, Open-Access Publishers, 2012: This list is compiled by a librarian at the University of Colorado and something to consider. (Blog from author, also contains a running list of questionable publishers)
- Watson, R., Cleary, M., Jackson, D., & Hunt, G. E. (2012). Open access and online publishing: a new frontier in nursing?. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 68(9), 1905-1908.