SpringerOpen – Open Access for Authors In All Disciplines
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Open access for authors in all disciplines. SpringerOpen makes it easier than ever for authors to comply with open access mandates, retain copyright and benefit from Springer’s trusted brand. SpringerOpen features the following: a) Rigorous peer review; b) E-only and continuous publication; c) No page budgets or restrictions on color, multi-media, or other supplemental elements; d) Considered by ISI and other abstracting & indexing services; the services apply the same standards as they do for traditional journals; e) Thumbnails of additional files (e.g. embedded movies) shown in the article; f) Quick navigation in article HTML XML can be downloaded; and h) See ‘most viewed’ articles and articles citing an article. SpringerOpen authors resources include: 1) Authors retain copyright under the Creative Commons Attribution License; 2) Articles freely available online and can be freely redistributed and reused; 3) Easy to use submission system allows the upload of manuscripts in various formats as well as multimedia and datasets; 4) Personalized website allows users to track manuscripts they are working on as authors, editors or reviewers and even pause and return to task later; 5) Authors can supply information about payment by invoice or credit card or indicate their eligibility for waivers; 6) Articles by authors from a member institution enjoy centralized payment and/or a discounted fee as well as promotion on a special member page; 7) Use of blogs, tweets and social networking for promotion and visibility. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.