Open access: Toward the mainstream?

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Bryan A Vickery, bryan.vickery@chemistrycentral.com and Gino G D'Oca, gino.doca@chemistrycentral.com. Chemistry Central, Middlesex House, 34 - 42 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4LB, United Kingdom
There has been significant growth in the adoption of open access publishing since the first OA journals began publishing in 2000. The DOAJ lists almost 3000 such titles now, but just 65 of these are listed as "chemistry". Our estimate is that 10% of articles in PubMed will soon be freely available immediately after publication. This presentation will look at the spread of open access and open science from biomedicine to other disciplines, such as chemistry, and the benefits to researchers and educators. Models for funding open access publishing, the role of funding agencies and institutional repositories will also be discussed.