[BOAI] Springer introduces new open access journals

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from Springer.  --Peter Suber.]

 *****PRESS RELEASE*

***Springer introduces new open access journals *

*SpringerOpen titles will cover all disciplines*

Berlin / New York / London, 28 June 2010*** *

Springer is expanding its open access offering to all disciplines.
SpringerOpen (***www.springeropen.com* <http://www.springeropen.com>) will
cover all disciplines within the science, technology and medicine (STM)
fields and will be offered in cooperation with BioMed Central.  The entire
content of SpringerOpen journals  – including research articles, reviews,
and editorials – are fully and immediately open access, and are accessible
to anyone with an internet connection.  No subscription is needed.

 “We are seeing an increasing interest from our authors and from funders in
all areas for open access publishing options and have responded to a need in
the current market,” said Wim van der Stelt, EVP Business Development,
Springer.  “We are happy to serve our authors and editorial boards with the
publishing options they want and are also pleased to supply universities,
research institutions and our other patrons with the ability to use this
content online freely and conveniently.”

SpringerOpen journals are e-only journals.  Springer is committed to
delivering high-quality articles and ensuring rapid publication as with its
traditional journals, from online submission systems and in-depth peer
review to an efficient, author-friendly production process.  The final
articles are not only published in a timely manner on Springer’s online
information platform SpringerLink, but are also distributed to archives such
as PubMed Central and to institutional repositories as requested.

SpringerOpen journals are published under the Creative Commons Attribution
license, which facilitates the open distribution of copyrighted work.
According to this license, Springer will not reserve any exclusive
commercial rights.  The journals ask the authors to pay an
article-processing charge, in accordance with market standards.

BioMed Central, acquired in 2008 by Springer, will provide its expertise and
technology to help establish the SpringerOpen portfolio.  SpringerOpen
journals will publish in emerging and interdisciplinary fields and will
complement both the established Springer journal portfolios and BioMed
Central’s growing list of over 200 life science and biomedicine journal
titles.  Furthermore, in order to reduce the financial burden faced by
individual authors, Springer and BioMed Central are collaborating to extend
BioMed Central’s Open Access Membership scheme, offered to institutions,
societies, groups, funders and corporations, to include the SpringerOpen
titles.  More than 300 institutional open access membership arrangements are
currently in place.

***Springer Science+Business Media*
(***www.springer.com*<http://www.springer.com>
) is a leading global scientific publisher, delivering quality content
through innovative information products and services.  The company is also a
trusted provider of local-language professional publications in Europe,
especially in Germany and the Netherlands.  In the science, technology and
medicine (STM) sector, the group publishes around 2,000 journals and more
than 6,500 new books a year, as well as the largest STM eBook Collection
worldwide.  Springer has operations in about 20 countries in Europe, the
USA, and Asia, and more than 5,000 employees.

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*BioMed Central* (***www.biomedcentral.com*) has been part of Springer
Science+Business Media since 2008.  Founded in 1999, the STM publisher has
pioneered the open access publishing model.  All peer-reviewed research
articles published by BioMed Central are made immediately and freely
accessible online, and are licensed to allow redistribution and reuse.
BioMed Central is the largest open access publisher in the world.


 Contact:
Eric Merkel-Sobotta | Springer Science+Business Media | Office +49 30 82 787
5431 |
Mobile +49 173 260 2377 | ***eric.merkel-sobotta at springer.com*
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