Journal of Experimental Botany OA announcement

["ISON, Helen" <helen.ison@oxfordjournals.org>]

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19 June 2007

Journal of Experimental Botany announces free open access for 
authors at subscribing institutions

Oxford Journals is pleased to announce that all primary papers 
published in the Journal of Experimental Botany after 1 April 
2007 are being published without any open access charge if the 
corresponding author's institution has  a current subscription to 
the journal.

The Journal of Experimental Botany (JXB) launched the first phase 
of its open access (OA) experiment in April 2004 and since this 
time approximately 30% of primary research articles have been 
made freely available online from the time of publication.  In 
the first phase of the experiment, publication costs were met in 
part by OA fees from authors (GBP250 per paper) and by two grants 
from the UK Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).

The unique feature of the new phase of JXB's open access 
experiment is that institutional subscriptions will now pay not 
only for content (including reviews and special issues, which are 
not eligible for open access) but also for open access 
publication.  Corresponding authors from subscribing institutions 
will have no OA charges to pay, while others who wish to take 
advantage of OA publication in JXB will have to pay GBP1500 
($2800/EUR2250).

'We are working hard at building a viable business model that can 
provide a sustainable service to the plant science community,' 
explains Professor Jerry Roberts, Editor-in-Chief, based at the 
University of Nottingham. 'The cost of a full online subscription 
to the JXB in 2007 is GBP816 ($1469/EUR1224). On a cost per page 
basis this is a very competitive price; it is cheaper than any 
other comparable plant science journal without page charges or 
subsidy, and will now include the additional benefit of providing 
free open access for member authors.'

The Journal of Experimental Botany is one of 50 journals 
published by Oxford Journals that offer optional open access, and 
its new initiative broadens Oxford Journal's experiments with 
open access publishing models. Instead of Oxford Open's standard 
optional open access model, which offers a two tier author 
payment system with substantial discounts for authors from 
subscribing institutions, this initiative makes open access 
completely free for these authors, thus enabling libraries to 
support open access via their members.

For further information on the second phase of the JXB experiment 
please visit 
http://www.oxfordjournals.org/exbotj/openaccess.html.

For further information on the Oxford Open please visit 
http://www.oxfordjournals.org/oxfordopen/


For further information please contact:
Kirsty Luff
Senior Communications and Marketing Manager
Oxford Journals

+44(0)1865 354206
kirsty.luff@oxfordjournals.org