Re: Library Roles Changing, Open Access Not Compelling

[Michael Clarke <michael@clarkepublishing.com>]

Actually, I think there is:

1.PLoS ONE publishes very fast and authors like to be published 
fast.

2.PLoS ONE is attached to the PLoS brand and they have some very 
high-profile, high-impact titles (PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine, 
PLoS Genetics). This is the "Nature strategy" and it works quite 
well.

3.PLoS ONE's OA fee of $1300 is about the same amount as the page 
charges most traditional journals levy so the OA fee is a 
non-factor.

Michael

On Apr 16, 2010, at 3:37 PM, David Prosser wrote:

> Interestingly, while apparently authors have no interest in
> paying to publish in oa journals, PLoS One has become one of the
> world's largest journals after a launch only about 4 years ago.
>
> Is there a simple answer to that paradox?
>
> David