The Open
Access model of publishing is the "unrestricted, free availability of
scholarly research, online for all". Despite resistance from certain
quarters (traditional publishers who fear that this model will completely
destroy the traditional subscription model, thereby rendering them
extinct), it continues to grow and receive acceptance from the industry and
academia alike. Unrestricted and free availability of research publications,
especially to the developing world, will in fact serve the very purpose of
scientific research and scientific publication. If quality of publication can
be maintained, this truly is a revolution in
publishing.
Bentham Science
Publishers is a well known international STM ( Scientific and Technical Manual)
publisher. They have several high impact factor journals to their credit, which
are quite popular in their fields such as Current Medicinal
Chemistry, Current Pharmaceutical Design, Current Organic Chemistry, Current
Alzheimer Research etc. The authors who have contributed in Bentham journals
are quite satisfied with their publication processes and peer review procedure.
For authors’ comments, please visit:
Their
sub brands include Bentham eBooks and Bentham Open.
The
research published by them is of high quality and rigorously peer reviewed.
They practice the single-blind peer review procedure; the review and editorial
policies are transparent and clearly disclosed on their official website; and
the members on board of their journals are highly qualified and well-known,
with several worthy publications to their credit. For more information, visit:
Most
of their journals, both subscriptions based and Open Access, are indexed in
internationally recognized indexing agencies like Scopus, Medline, EMBASE and
PubMed etc.
Bentham Open is
actually charging quite an affordable fee for open access as compared to other
known publishers and, in case of authors from the developing world, the
publisher makes it totally free for the contributor. Just as in their
subscription journals, a single blind review
process is rigorously followed here as well.
Open
Access Publishing has also generated some controversies but this is to be
expected in a new publication model. There are always some teething problems in
the initial stage of anything and fine tuning is always required. Compared to
over five hundred years of traditional publishing models, Open Access is still
a new born baby and has to be nurtured in good faith. There is a concerted
effort going on out there by unknown quarters to try and discredit this form of
publishing but if that happens it would be to the detriment of the scientists
and researchers. Blind acceptance of whatever is published against Open Access
must be resisted with an open mind.
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