The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has announced a membership agreement with open access publisher BioMed Central to cover publication costs for research articles published by researchers at its institutions. CAS has long been a supporter of open access, having signed the Berlin Declaration in 2004.
Under the terms of the arrangement, CAS, through its library, will centrally cover half of the article processing charge (APC) for its researchers, should the article be accepted for publication in one of BioMed Central’s 205 peer-reviewed open access journals. By funding APCs in this way, the Academy seeks to make it as easy as possible for its researchers to make their results universally accessible, bringing increased international recognition for China’s research output.
BioMed Central has seen significant growth in the number of published articles from authors based in mainline China and the Far East. Just 1.5 percent of all submissions received in 2004 came from the region, compared to 6.2 percent in 2008. This expansion in both the quantity and also the quality of published research demonstrates the increasing significance of open access across the region.
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