Elsevier Tries Open Access Option
By Andrew Albanese -- Library Journal, 7/15/2006
Elsevier, the world’s leading STM publisher, announced last month that it will allow authors to make their articles freely available if they pay a fee to the publisher. Six journals in physics will offer the option, including Nuclear Physics A; Nuclear Physics B; Nuclear Physics B, Proceedings Supplements; Nuclear Instruments and Methods A; Physics Letters B; and Astroparticle Physics. Elsevier officials say that 30 more journals across other fields also will offer this option in the coming months. The author charge for article sponsorship is $3000, excluding taxes and other potential fees such as color charges. In addition, the articles must be accessed through Elsevier’s ScienceDirect. With the move, Elsevier now joins its competitors, including Springer and Blackwell, in offering authors a variation on open access, if not exactly open access.
