[BOAI] Royal Society OA membership

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from the Royal Society.  --Peter Suber.]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THURSDAY 12 JANUARY 2012****

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*Royal Society launches new open access membership programmes to encourage
open access in scholarly communication*

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The Royal Society has this week confirmed that it is at the leading edge of
open access in scientific publishing by launching two innovative new open
access membership programmes.  ****

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The programmes allow institutions to support open access for their
researchers by giving them a discount of 25% when they publish open access
articles in the Royal Society’s renowned international scientific journals.*
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The new membership programmes acknowledge the growth of open access
publishing as well as the increasing number of open access articles being
published by scientists in the Royal Society’s journals.  ****

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The two new membership programmes have aroused interest from UK and
international scientific institutions with three key Institutions signing
up already. *The Excellence in Science Membership *is relevant for
institutions publishing across all areas of science and *Open Biology
Membership* for those who wish to just support researchers in the
biological sciences at the cellular and molecular level.  Institutions are
given a personalised webpage on the Royal Society publishing site,
showcasing their research and linking through to the full text of the
article.****

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Speaking of the new membership programmes, Chair of the Royal Society
Publishing Board, Professor Mike Brady, FRS commented, “The Royal Society
is delighted to play such an active role in the future of open access
publishing with the launch of *Open Biology* and the two new institutional
membership programmes.   Open access is an established means of delivering
important scientific information to researchers wishing to access and
publish content that is freely and openly available on the web.”****

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The Royal Society is one of the most ‘open access’ friendly of the
established science publishers and its journals cover the broad spectrum of
science from biology, physics through to mathematics, engineering and
multidisciplinary sciences.  ****

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In 2005, the Royal Society introduced its first open access publishing
model *EXIS Open
Choice*<http://royalsocietypublishing.org/site/authors/EXiSFAQs.xhtml>,
allowing authors to make their articles open-access via the payment of an
article-processing fee.  Following this, the Royal Society recently
launched its first completely full open access journal *Open
Biology*<http://rsob.royalsocietypublishing.org/>,
publishing original, high quality research in the field of cell and
molecular biology. All papers are made freely available under a Creative
Commons Attribution License permitting use, distribution and reproduction,
provided the original work is cited.****

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*NOTES FOR EDITORS*

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   1. The *Royal Society *is the UK’s national academy of science.  Founded
   in 1660, the Society has three roles, as a provider of independent
   scientific advice, as a learned Society, and as a funding agency. Our
   expertise is embodied in the Fellowship, which is made up of the finest
   scientists from the UK and beyond.  ****

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   1. For further information on the Royal Society please visit *
   royalsociety.org*. Follow the Royal Society on Twitter at
   http://twitter.com/royalsociety or on Facebook at
   http://www.facebook.com/theroyalsociety .****

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*For further information contact:*

*Daisy Barton*

*Press and Public Relations*

*The Royal Society, London*

*Tel: 020 7451 2510*

*Email: daisy.barton at royalsociety.org*

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Phil Hurst
Publisher
http://www.linkedin.com/in/philhurst****



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publishing service. To find out more or to submit an article visit *
http://royalsocietypublishing.org/authors****

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