[Open-access] SCOAP3

Thu Jul 19 11:34:46 UTC 2012

On 19 Jul 2012, at 12:21, Peter Murray-Rust wrote:

> So does anyone know whether there is anything like SCOAP3 in the field of
> medical publishing?
> 
PMR>
> I don't think there is anything directly comparable - I would be happy to post this on the GOAL open access list to gather ideas and to get some idea of what the best estimate of break-even costs may be. 

SCOAP3 is unique as far as I know, in part because of the important factors that Peter points out. I did note yesterday that synthetic chemistry is an area where you could imagine this working. Its a defined literature and community. There is a lot of community cohesion and synthetic chemistry subscription budgets are often devolved to departments. <ironic>Of course this would require some imagination on the part of synthetic chemists</ironic>

Cheers

Cameron