<font size="2"><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">[Forwarding from Palgrave Macmillan, via LibLicense. --Peter Suber.]<br></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>Palgrave Macmillan launch initiative offering Open Access<br>
publishing to scholars in the social sciences<br>
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Palgrave Macmillan today announces the launch of Palgrave Open<br>
(<a href="http://www.palgrave-journals.com/palgraveopen/" target="_blank">www.palgrave-journals.com/palgraveopen/</a>) offering authors of<br>
accepted primary research papers the option to publish their<br>
articles with immediate open access.<br>
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Working in collaboration with scholarly institutions and learned<br>
society partners, Palgrave Macmillan has selected eighteen<br>
journals to offer Open Access at launch:<br>
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*BioSocieties<br>
*British Politics<br>
*Comparative European Politics<br>
*Contemporary Political Theory<br>
*European Journal of Development Research<br>
*French Politics<br>
*International Politics<br>
*Journal of Asset Management<br>
*Journal of Brand Management<br>
*Journal of Banking Regulation<br>
*Journal of Derivatives & Hedge Funds<br>
*Journal of International Business Studies<br>
*Journal of Public Health Policy<br>
*Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management<br>
*Journal of Simulation<br>
*OR Insight<br>
*Social Theory & Health<br>
*Subjectivity<br>
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David Bull, Journals Publishing Director at Palgrave Macmillan,<br>
says: "Palgrave Open is a timely and exciting initiative for the<br>
social sciences, a sector that has not hitherto found itself<br>
significantly involved with open access models. We're now taking<br>
a lead in presenting our communities with an alternative<br>
publishing model, to sit beside our existing subscription and<br>
site license business. It is important that we are at the<br>
forefront of exploring scaleable and sustainable publishing<br>
solutions in the digital age. Over the next 18 months we will<br>
carefully assess and review the impact and operation of Palgrave<br>
Open."<br>
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Authors can choose to publish their article Open Access under one<br>
of two Creative Commons licenses and Palgrave Open's publishing<br>
policies ensure that authors can fully comply with the public<br>
access requirements of major funding bodies worldwide.<br>
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The first article to be published via Palgrave Open, 'Creating<br>
the 'ethics industry': Mary Warnock, in vitro fertilization and<br>
the history of bioethics in Britain' by Duncan Wilson, University<br>
of Manchester, UK, is now freely available in the June issue of<br>
BioSocieties.<br>
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Palgrave Open: <a href="http://www.palgrave-journals.com/palgraveopen/" target="_blank">www.palgrave-journals.com/palgraveopen/</a><br>
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BioSocieties: <a href="http://www.palgrave-journals.com/biosoc/" target="_blank">www.palgrave-journals.com/biosoc/</a><br>
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About Palgrave Macmillan<br>
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Palgrave Macmillan is a global publisher, serving learning and<br>
scholarship in higher education and the professional world. We<br>
have an established and distinguished track record in<br>
international academic publishing with considerable strengths in<br>
the Humanities, Social Sciences and Business. Our academic<br>
publishing programme includes textbooks, journals, monographs,<br>
professional and reference works in print and online. Palgrave<br>
Macmillan represents an unbroken tradition of 150 years of<br>
independent publishing, continually reinventing itself for the<br>
future. For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.palgrave.com" target="_blank">www.palgrave.com</a><br>
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For further information please contact:<br>
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Charley Holyhead<br>
Head of Scholarly Marketing<br>
<a href="mailto:c.holyhead@palgrave.com">c.holyhead@palgrave.com</a><br>
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