Internet upstarts v traditional publishers

Anonymous Patron writes The Financial Times Looks At the growing number of scientific journals have adopted an open access model and the Directory of Open Access Journals now lists more than 1,300 journals. Open access publishers, such as BioMed Central, recognise that there should be no barriers to access in order to maximise the impact of scientific research. Open access publishers tend to cover their costs via a charge for processing articles that is paid by an author’s institution or funder – hence the “author-paysâ€? tag for this model.”