The Biochemical Society, and its wholly-owned publishing subsidiary Portland Press Limited, have announced that authors from low income countries will no longer have to pay open access author processing charges.
With this move, authors from 71 countries can have their accepted papers published and made publicly available for free in the Biochemical Journal, Clinical Science, and the fully open access journal, Bioscience Reports from September 2014. Authors from a further 45 countries can receive a discount on their author processing charges.
All Portland Press Limited journals offer a gold open access option, meaning everyone can view the research online as soon as it is published. Papers will continue to undergo robust peer review processes and adhere to strict publishing guidelines.
Biochemical Society Chair Steve Busby says the move reflects the benefit of having a Society-owned publisher.
Low income countries will be defined by the HINARI Access to Research in Health Programme.
