[Insight-developers] OPEN ACCESS: SPRINGER Joins the Bright Side

[Luis Ibanez]

Springer now offers an Open Access option in most
of its Journals. Author can choose to publish their
paper in Open Access by accepting a different fee.

The Open Access option satisfies the standard practice
of not requiring copyright transfer by using the
Creative Commons Attribution License.


Since Springer is the publisher used by conferences such
as MICCAI, it is now up to authors to request the option
when submitting the papers to Conferences and Journals.



    Luis




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More details below:

Springer Open Choice™

Your Research. Your Choice.

Springer operates a program called Springer Open Choice. It offers
authors to have their journal articles made available with full open
access in exchange for payment of a basic fee ('article processing charge').

With Springer Open Choice the authors decide how their articles are
published in the leading and well respected journals that Springer
publishes. Springer continues to offer the traditional publishing model,
but for the growing number of researchers who want open access, Springer
journals offer the option to have articles made available with open
access, free to anyone, any time, and anywhere in the world. If authors
choose open access in the Springer Open Choice program, they will not be
required to transfer their copyright to Springer, either.

Whatever the decision, an author’s work will always benefit from all
Springer has to offer. There is no difference in the way that they are
treated between Springer Open Choice articles and other articles among
the well over 100,000 that Springer publishes annually. All articles
will be peer-reviewed, professionally produced, and available both in
print and in electronic versions on SpringerLink. In addition, every
article will be registered in CrossRef and included in the appropriate
Abstracting and Indexing services. Springer Open Choice articles will
have the possibility of incorporating additional non-text files such as
sound or video in the electronic edition.


Full Details at:

http://www.springer.com/west/home/open+choice?SGWID=4-40359-0-0-0&SHORTCUT=www.springer.com/openchoice