Re: Royal Society launches new open access journal

[Joseph Esposito <espositoj@gmail.com>]

So how long will it be before the competition in this area drives 
down the author fees?  How low will they go?  With downward 
pressure on pricing, what reductions in the cost structure of the 
journal are we likely to see?

Joe Esposito

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Lusty, Charles
<Charles.Lusty@royalsociety.org> wrote:

> Launch of a new open access journal from the Royal Society
>
> Open Biology (http://rsob.royalsocietypublishing.org) is a new,
> fast, open access journal covering biology at the molecular and
> cellular level. This selective, online Royal Society journal will
> publish original, high quality, peer-reviewed research in cell
> biology; developmental and structural biology; molecular biology;
> biochemistry; neuroscience; immunology; microbiology; and
> genetics. The criteria for acceptance will be scientific
> excellence, importance and originality.
>
> Importantly, the Open Biology Editors and Editorial Board
> (http://bit.ly/nENEYM) are practising scientists who aim to
> provide a journal that will serve their respective communities.
> They will actively engage in identifying excellent papers,
> selecting referees and  steering the overall direction of the
> journal. Our intention is to publish research of the highest
> quality and to ensure a fair and speedy review process without
> recourse to unnecessary rounds of revision.  Articles will
> include a minimum of supplementary material, presented separately
> from the main text.
>
> Author benefits include:
> - rapid publication in a Royal Society journal
> - rigorous and constructive peer-review
> - immediate open access
> - e-only continuous publication model, which allows immediate citation of articles
> - author retention of copyright and liberal reuse rights via 
Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC by 3.0)
> - publisher deposit of articles in PubMedCentral
> - information on individual article downloads
> - high levels of author service and support
> - media promotion of articles
> - free online colour
>
> If you would like your research peer-reviewed fairly, published
> rapidly and disseminated widely, please submit your next research
> article to Open Biology. For further information on the journal,
> browse the Open Biology web pages
> (http://rsob.royalsocietypublishing.org) or contact Victoria
> Millen (openbiology@royalsociety.org).
>
> Open Biology represents the Royal Society's first fully open
> access journal.  You can find out more about the Royal Society's
> policy on open access by visiting our website
> (http://bit.ly/qzxG2U).
>
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