News Release: Open Access Membership: Reporting tool brings convenience and control

["Charlotte Webber" <Charlotte.Webber@biomedcentral.com>]

News release from BioMed Central
18/05/09

Open Access Membership: Reporting tool brings convenience and 
control

Following the recent rapid growth of institutional Memberships 
for open access publications, innovative publisher BioMed Central 
announces the introduction of the "Online Reporting System" for 
its open access Prepay and Postpay Membership accounts. Building 
on BioMed Central's cutting edge publishing platform, the new 
reporting system will assist organizations' annual publication 
budgeting and help reduce the administrative costs associated 
with managing open access publications.

The unique online system, accessible anywhere in the world 24 
hours a day, provides members with greater account control, 
allowing for management of their published and 'in progress' 
articles and detailed, customizable statements. This will allow 
all members to keep a close eye on their outstanding balances and 
purchase histories.

The quick and easy reporting tool allows users to monitor authors 
claiming their "Article Processing Charge" payment via a Prepay 
or Postpay Membership, whilst also providing an unprecedented 
level of reporting into submission dates, costs-per-article and 
forecasts into future balances once 'in progress' submissions are 
published.

The system gives BioMed Central's members a timely, crucial tool 
to aid the management of their budget. This ensures that 
organizations get the most from their open access Membership, 
whilst also significantly reducing the time spent managing and 
monitoring submissions to BioMed Central's journals.

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