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OA shifts to mainstream with BioMed deal.(on Springer's acquisition of BioMed Central, and on its expected impact on open access publishing)

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| November 03, 2008 | Griffin, Daniel | COPYRIGHT 2008 Incisive Media, published with the permission of Incisive Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Daniel Griffin

OA shifts to mainstream with BioMed deal

Daniel Griffin

The acquisition of open access (OA) science publisher BioMed Central by the world's second largest STM publisher Springer could mark the transformation of OA into a mainstream publishing model.

BioMed Central publisher Matthew Cockerill said: "Springer is absolutely committed to maintaining BioMed Central's policy of full open access to all research, and this acquisition is great news for open access."

Springer CEO Derk Haank said: "This acquisition reinforces the fact that we see open access publishing as a sustainable part of STM publishing, and not an ideological crusade."

Former chief executive of the BMJ Publishing Group Richard Smith said: "At the moment, fewer than 10% of scientific articles are published open access, but Springer's acquisition may bring us to the tipping point where ...

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