<font><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">[Forwarding from Springer, via LibLicense. --Peter Suber.]<br></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>From: Renate Bayaz <<a href="mailto:renate.bayaz@springer.com">renate.bayaz@springer.com</a>><br>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:19:53 -0500<br>
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Transparent and fast publication process for authors in a journal with<br>
guaranteed high scientific standards<br>
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Berlin / New York / London, 12 January 2012<br>
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Springer’s new open access journal SpringerPlus is a further addition<br>
to the publishing company’s SpringerOpen portfolio, underlining its<br>
flexible publication strategy. It is the publisher’s first open access<br>
journal with a broad interdisciplinary approach covering the entire<br>
scientific spectrum. Papers from emerging areas of research are<br>
welcome.<br>
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A transparent and fast publication process is the hallmark of<br>
SpringerPlus. If a manuscript meets the necessary scientific criteria<br>
as determined by peer review, the paper will be accepted immediately<br>
and without major revision. The only thing that counts is the high<br>
quality of research described. The peer review process is organized<br>
efficiently so that authors can count on a very short time to<br>
publication. SpringerPlus is published as an online-only journal.<br>
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SpringerPlus will feature interdisciplinary manuscripts describing<br>
original research, case studies and methods. The journal guarantees a<br>
high standard of scientific quality while extending the range of data<br>
formats, accepting audiovisual formats, data reports, and extensive<br>
tables either as complete articles or part of the paper. There will be<br>
no restrictions on the number of words or figures, and articles<br>
detailing statistically negative correlation will be considered.<br>
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“SpringerPlus follows an interdisciplinary approach that allows us to<br>
bridge the gap for all those authors unable to find an open access<br>
journal at the interface with adjoining disciplines for their research<br>
topic,” explained Peter Hendriks, President STM Global Publishing &<br>
Marketing at Springer.<br>
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Springer ensures distribution to the widest possible audience,<br>
maximizing visibility and citations. Like all other SpringerOpen<br>
journals, SpringerPlus will be published under the Creative Commons<br>
Attribution License. This means that authors retain copyright and all<br>
content is freely available in full to everyone immediately. Authors<br>
will be assessed a standard open access fee.<br>
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Springer began publishing individual open access papers through its<br>
Springer Open Choice model in 2004. Since then, the publishing group<br>
has refined and extended this publication model. In summer 2010,<br>
Springer launched a new open access portfolio which now contains more<br>
than 60 purely open access journals focusing on specific research<br>
areas. The interdisciplinary approach of SpringerPlus supplements this<br>
open access portfolio. Anyone with an internet connection can access<br>
the articles in these journals without a subscription.<br>
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More information at <a href="http://www.springerplus.com" target="_blank">www.springerplus.com</a><br>
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Springer Science+Business Media (<a href="http://www.springer.com" target="_blank">www.springer.com</a>) is a leading global<br>
scientific publisher, delivering quality content through innovative<br>
information products and services. The company is also a trusted<br>
provider of local-language professional publications in Europe,<br>
especially in Germany and the Netherlands. In the science, technology<br>
and medicine (STM) sector, the group publishes around 2,000 journals<br>
and more than 7,000 new books a year, as well as the largest STM eBook<br>
Collection worldwide. Springer has operations in about 20 countries in<br>
Europe, the USA, and Asia, and more than 5,500 employees. In 2010, it<br>
generated annual sales of around EUR 866 million.<br>
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Contact: Renate Bayaz | <a href="mailto:renate.bayaz@springer.com">renate.bayaz@springer.com</a> | <a href="tel:%2B49-171-8668118" value="+491718668118">+49-171-8668118</a> |<br>
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