| WorldScientificOpen Journals World Scientific currently publish more than 120 journals offering 'Gold' publishing options in either dedicated Open Access or hybrid journals. For authors who wish to have their articles published under these hybrid journals, please indicate your open access preference preferably during the submission stage. World Scientific's Policy on Gold Open Access Publication With the support of the open access Article-Processing Charge (APC), World Scientific enables authors to have their final version of their papers published on an open access basis, granting on publication, immediate and unrestricted access to the final published version of the paper. This is made available using the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) or (CC BY-NC) licence. It also allows immediate deposit of the final published version in other repositories without restriction on re-use. The Article-Processing Charge (APC) of Open Access is US$1500 but can vary across journals. When authors choose WorldScientificOpen, they will retain the copyright to the article and sign a "Open Access Licence to Publish" with us. Each WorldScientificOpen article will be clearly identified with an "Open Access" List of Full Open Access Journals:
In order to ensure that an author's decision to pay an APC to make their article open access does not influence editors' or reviewers' decisions about an article, authors submitting to any WSPC hybrid journals are not asked to confirm whether they would like to publish their article open access until after it has been accepted. This will reassure the research community and funding agencies that all submitted articles go through the same (rigorous) process of editorial assessment and peer review, ensuring that the high standards the scholarly community has come to expect from World Scientific journals' are maintained. World Scientific's Policy on Self Archiving & Green Open Access Authors can post the preprints of their research papers anywhere at any time. Authors can also post the accepted author manuscripts of their research papers freely available at the end of an embargo period of 12 months following official publication or later, by placing them on personal websites, subject or institutional repositories or as stipulated by the Funding Agency. For more details, please check out our Author Rights page. Contact Us Please email to [email protected] if you have any specific queries. |
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| WorldScientificOpen Books Guidelines for Authors - Book proposals & Peer Review Please indicate your intention to publish your book as Open Access in the book proposal form under "Specific Remarks Pertaining to Proposal" and submit the proposal to us at [email protected]. Upon submission, all Open Access book manuscripts will be subjected to our standard peer review process to ensure that the titles are of high academic quality and fit within our genre of books. The review comments are anonymously shared with our authors so they have a chance to respond to the feedback received. The reviews are an important part of our decision making process in acquisitions. Upon acceptance, these manuscripts will receive the same high level of production and publishing service standards as per our non-open access titles.
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Preservation The Open Access book will be archived at Portico, an electronic archiving service for preserving electronic content for future preservation and access. Types of books accepted as Open Access Publication We accept monographs and edited volumes. Please let us know if you have other special project types in mind. Fees for publication vary by subject area, length and book type. Discounts are available for individuals at institutions subscribing to our current year collection through World Scientific website. Please contact us at [email protected] for more details. |