Date: 3 Oct 2003 04:35:19 -0000
From: afsar bukhari
Apologies for cross posting, if any,
Wellcome support for open access!
UK based charity Wellcome Trust has announced its support to fund authors
for
publishing in Open Access Journals.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20031001/03/
Has also released a report ^ÓAn Economic Analysis of Scientific Research
Publishing^Ô
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/1/awtpubrepeas.html
The US-based Howard Hughes Medical Institute has already agreed to provide
its
investigators with up to $3,000 each in 2004 to cover open-access
dissemination
fees. In its report, Wellcome calls on other funding bodies to adopt
similar
policies.
^ÓWith two pre-eminent funding bodies now offering significant support,
and
promising to cover publication charges, it is clear that open access
publishing
is set to become the way of the future."
In a separate statement, the trust also pledged its support for online
journals, such as those of the Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Seems we are heading in the right direction!
Happy reading
Warm regards
Bukhari
