Regulations from the main devlopment journal publishers

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing

Numerous development journals are published through Wiley Blackwell publishing. Their Online Open programme is an equivalent of the author-pays model. For 2008 the OnlineOpen fee is fixed at US$3000 for most journals, whereby the author is assured full OA to the article immediately after publication.

In addition to publication online via Wiley InterScience, authors of Online Open articles are permitted to post the final, published PDF of their article on a website, institutional repository or other free public server, immediately on publication.

All Online Open articles are treated in the same way as any other article. They go through the journal's standard peer-review process and will be accepted or rejected based on their own merit.


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Taylor and Francis Publishing

Taylor & Francis ‘s "iOpenAccess" option covers 234 journals in the physical sciences, environmental and agricultural sciences, behavioural sciences, development studies and medical and bioscience journals. Providing free access to journals at not cost to the reader.

All authors whose manuscripts are accepted for publication in one of these iOpenAccess journals will have the option to make their articles available to all via the Journal's website, and to post to repositories, for a one-off fee of $3250.

Alternatively authors can publish with out open access and then be able to post, after an embargo period commencing 12 months (STM) or 18 months (SSH) after first publication (either in print or online), the revised text version of the final article after editing and peer review on their home page, internal university, college, or corporate network or intranet, or within an Institutional or Subject Repository.


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Springer Publishing

Springer operates a program called Open Choice that offers authors the option of having their articles published with Open Access in exchange for an article processing fee. The standard fee is US$3000.

Authors opting for Open Access in the Springer Open Choice program are not required to transfer their copyright. Instead, simply by confirming the Open Access choice, they certify that they are the authors (and that they are authorized by any co-authors to choose Open Access also on their behalf) and vouch for their articles’ integrity and lawfulness.


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