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The Bioinformatics Open Access option
Biosciences Editor, Oxford Journals
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We are pleased to report that July 2005 saw the launch of our new Open Access option, part of the Oxford Open initiative (http://www.oxfordjournals.org/oxfordopen/). Bioinformatics authors can now choose to publish their work open access in an established, high-impact journal, under what we believe is a sustainable publication model.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR AUTHORS SUBMITTING TO BIOINFORMATICS
The decision of whether to pay for open access is made by the corresponding author upon acceptance (importantly this decision is kept completely separate from the editorial review process). If a Bioinformatics author chooses to pay for the Open Access option, his or her paper will be made freely available online immediately; if an author does not choose the option his or her
WHY WE ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH OPEN ACCESS
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