Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced its support for the Open Access Week with special prices for OA publication. Throughout Open Access Week, the publisher is highlighting its hybrid open access model, MORE OpenChoice, and reducing author fees in order to encourage open access publication. Open Access Week is a global event running from October 22-28 organised by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC).
Maney's response to the changing requirements and expectations of funding bodies, academic libraries and governments, was to develop a hybrid open access model, 'MORE OpenChoice'. In 2011, Maney extended MORE OpenChoice to cover not only STM journals but also those in the humanities and social sciences.
Maney has published a range of open access articles in the health sciences, materials science and humanities. To mark Open Access Week, the publisher will be reducing the article publication charge for a period of 3 months. The revised rates will apply to papers submitted between October 22, 2012 and January 22, 2013.
