Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has introduced a range of new affordable access options for readers. A number of Nature journals now offer 24-hour 'view only' access via the DeepDyve platform and a range of access models via the nature.com iPhone app. The nature.com reader for iPad is expected to launch later this month.
Readers can now view selected NPG content on the DeepDyve platform. Access to a single article for a 24 hour period is available for a prescribed amount. Articles are available from Nature, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Cell Biology, Nature Medicine and Nature Chemical Biology. An archive is available back to 2008, and new content will be added as it is published. The rental allows viewing only - readers may not download, print or copy and paste from the article. In addition, abstracts and metadata from all NPG journals will be viewable and searchable on the DeepDyve platform. Links to the DeepDyve platform to rent individual articles will be provided on participating journals on nature.com.
Low cost access options are also now available on the nature.com iPhone app. Initially introduced in February 2010, the app has recently been upgraded and now includes Nature Genetics, Nature Medicine, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Reviews Microbiology, Nature Reviews Genetics, Nature Physics and Nature Communications. Thirty-day and annual subscriptions are available. Like the DeepDyve offering, article access through the app is read-only. Access via the app is included in existing personal subscriptions. A future release of the app will allow iPhone users to purchase a week's access to individual articles, and support site license access via IP range. NPG expects to launch a nature.com iPad app, the nature.com reader, later this month.
Over 4500 institutions worldwide have site license access to Nature. For readers who do not have subscription access, all the features of the full text HTML or PDF articles remain available through established document delivery services or using article pay-per-view, available on nature.com.
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