Initially I was impressed by this, but then I checked open access facts: http://www.nature.com/srep/faqs/openaccess-faqs.html
"As costs are involved in every stage of the publication process, from peer review to copy editing and hosting the final article on dedicated servers, authors will be asked to pay a discounted article-processing charge (APC) in 2011 of $1350 (€1,046/ ¥142,500/ £890)*, plus VAT where applicable, in order for their article to be published open access, without access control. By paying the one-off APC, authors can post the final, published PDF of their article on a web site, institutional repository or other free public server, immediately on publication." Is this going to fly? Isn't $1350 excessive!? Harry ----- Original Message ---- > From: Harry Veeder <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, March 22, 2011 11:16:29 PM > Subject: [Vo]:"Scientific Reports — a new era in publishing" > > > http://www.nature.com/srep/marketing/index.html > > > Scientific Reports — a new era in publishing > > Online and open access, Scientific Reports is a brand new primary research > publication from the publishers of Nature, covering all areas of the natural > sciences — biology, chemistry, physics and earth sciences. > > Scientific Reports exists to facilitate the rapid peer review and publication >of > > research that is of interest to specialists within any given field in the > natural sciences, without barriers to access. > > > Scientific Reports is: > * Fast — rapid review and publication > * Rigorous — peer review by at least one member of the academic community > * Open — articles are freely available to all and authors retain copyright > * Visible — enhanced browsing and searching to ensure your article is noticed > * Interlinked — to and from relevant articles across nature.com > * Global — housed on nature.com with worldwide media coverage > Manuscript submissions > > Scientific Reports is now open for submissions. The journal will publish its > first papers in June 2011. > > > Harry > > > > >
