 BioMed Central
George Mason University is an institutional member of
BioMed Central (BMC), a UK based publishing house,
providing immediate and open access to
full-text of research articles published in its 100+ online journals
covering all areas of biology and medicine. The
GMU's Institutional Membership waives the author publishing fee of $525
for all GMU researchers and provides a 15% discount on institutional
subscriptions to any of the paid-for products BioMed Central publishes.
BioMed
Central Institutional Membership
BioMed
Central: For authors
Public Library of Science
George Mason University is an institutional member of
Public Library of Science (PLoS),
a publisher of two online peer-reviewed
journals:
PLoS Biology and PLoS
Medicine. Three new
journals -
PLoS Computational
Biology, PLoS Genetics, and PLoS Pathogens - will be published in 2005.
All GMU researchers
receive a 10% discount on the author publishing fee of $1,500 per article.
FAQ
about the PLoS Institutional Membership Program
PLoS
Biology: Guidelines for authors
PLoS
Medicine: Guidelines for authors
LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe)
George Mason University is an institutional member of
LOCKSS,a
digital repository program
developed at Stanford University.
SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
George Mason University is an institutional member of SPARC, an
organization developed by the Association of Research Libraries, working
to enhance ways of scholarly communication.
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Sciences Librarian,
GMU Libraries
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