Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that new initiatives being launched in 2011 look to increase the visibility and output of scientific research from across Africa and the wider developing world.
The publisher has announced that its Open Access Africa 2011 conference will discuss the benefits of open access (OA) publishing in an African context. Hosted by BioMed in association with Computer Aid International, the event is scheduled for October 25 -26, 2011, at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Discussions at this event will be led from the perspective of researchers seeking access to information, and authors seeking to communicate the results of their work globally, in an effort to increase visibility and output of African research.
BioMed believes that the facilitation of scientific and medical information flow plays an important role in future international social and scientific development. Removing restrictive journal subscription fees challenges inequalities regarding the access to and use of high-quality scientific resources and increases the visibility and impact of research published from low-income countries.
To meet the cost of publishing, authors who publish in BioMed's OA journals are required to pay an article-processing charge (APC) per published paper. However, the waiver scheme, operated by BioMed, supports researchers in the listed developing countries, enabling authors from these areas to publish their research without incurring the usual APC.
Foundation Membership is projected as a free service from BioMed that enables institutions in developing countries to demonstrate their commitment and support for OA publishing and offers a range of wider benefits for participating Members. In addition, the company's Open Access Package has been designed to provide a complete and affordable OA solution for institutions in developing countries. The package enables institutions to show their commitment for OA and provides them with the tools to support both open access publishing and self-archiving.
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