Open Access journals
Over 10% of research journals place no barriers between research and readers.
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Up one level- Business Models
- Traditional journals have always used to variety of revenue sources to meet publication costs – subscriptions, page-charges, reprint fees, colour-figure charges, advertising, sponsorship, etc. The same is true of open access journals (without subscriptions!). Publishers need to identify the costs they will have to cover in an open access environment and then look to revenue sources to cover those costs. The resources listed in this seaction will help publishers begin to address these issues.
- Hybrid Models
- A growing number of journals are adopting 'hybrid models' where some of the papers are open access. This is seen by some publishers as a transition method from subscription-based access to open access
- Hosting Systems
- A variety of packages exist that allow organisations to produce and host online journals
- Free Medical Journals
- A listing over over 450 free medical journals
- Developing Open Access Journals: A practical guide
- An abridged online version of David Solomon's book on developing OA journals
