Friends: All scholars and scientists and research students are on the look out for good journals to publish their research findings. And in the last few years many of them are looking for 'open access' journals so their publications can reach a very large audience. There are shades of openness; some are more open than others. To know more about it, please look up this handy guide: http://www.plos.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/OAS_English_web.pdf. You may print out on a card and pin it on your work table. The guide points out that Journals can be more open or less open, but their degree of openness is intrinsically independent from their • Impact • Prestige • Quality of Peer Review • Peer Review Methodology • Sustainability • Effect on Tenure & Promotion • Article Quality Please spread the word, pass on this guide to your friends and to other lists. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.