[Open-access] MalariaWorld Journal

[Laura Newman]

Great news Tom - many congratulations!! :)



On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Jenny Molloy <jcmcoppice12 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Congratulations Tom!
> A great step forward for @ccess and a chance to show how this model works
>
> Jenny
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Mike Taylor <mike at indexdata.com> wrote:
>
>> This is indeed excellent news!  Congratulations!
>>
>> -- Mike.
>>
>>
>> On 17 February 2012 09:22, Tom Olijhoek <tom.olijhoek at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > we have got fantastic news!  MalariaWorld has received funding from the
>> > Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research to further develop an
>> Open
>> > Access 2.0 journal: the MalariaWorld Journal. This followed their call
>> for
>> > proposals to develop new Open Access journals and bring more scientific
>> > articles in the public domain. This journal is already publishing at a
>> slow
>> > rate, but with the help of this funding it can develop into a
>> full-fledged
>> > peer-reviewed scientific journal. The journal is absolutely @ccess
>> compliant
>> > and reading and publishing are zero-pay. We can do this because
>> MalariaWorld
>> > Journal is run under a new publication model with minimal costs.
>> > We think that this the first open access journals run by a @ccess
>> community
>> > for the community. All in line with the ideas of the @ccess initiative
>> on
>> > open access and open science. What do you think?
>> >
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