I've blogged several times recently about the future of the open access journal Biomedical Digital Libraries. After several years of successful publication by BioMed Central, the journal had become non-viable because of high author fees.
I'm very pleased to announce that we're now accepting new papers at a new web site, http://biodiglib.org. We're publishing via Open Journal Systems, and hosted by Scholarly Exchange. There are no author fees.
Prospective authors should register on the web site and then complete the submission process. Author guidelines are available on the site, and I'm happy to answer any questions.
The first version of BDL had an automatic linkage with PubMed, which we do not have at this time. However, all papers published going forward will be deposited in one of two archives: DLIST or E-LIS. We'll also seek to make the journal LOCKSS-compliant. All of these steps should ensure open access to new articles in perpetuity. The articles already published will be available forever in PubMed Central.
Two years ago BDL took the innovative step of supporting open peer review, as a means of enhancing transparency and the rigor of reviews. We'll continue that commitment now. So if you're looking to publish in a vibrant peer-reviewed journal, please consider submitting an article to Biomedical Digital Libraries.
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