RE: BMC in LJ Academic NewsWire

["Ahmed Hindawi" <ahmed@hindawi.com>]

1. http://www.knowledgespeak.com/ has published the following a 
couple of days ago:

Clarification - 05 May 2006

This is with reference to the news alert titled "Editors voice 
concern over BioMed Central publishing process" covered in the 
News Section of Knowledgespeak (dated 3rd May 2006). BioMed 
Central has clarified that under a new agreement which covers 
more than half of its independent titles, journal editors do 
receive payment, in the form of a share of the revenue from 
article processing charges for their journal.

2. Hindawi publishes 30+ open access journals, some of them are 
converts from toll access. We do pay our OA journals 
editors-in-chief an editorial fee, just like we do for the toll 
access journals.

Ahmed Hindawi

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[mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Sally Morris (ALPSP)
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 1:58 AM
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Subject: Re: BMC in LJ Academic NewsWire

Interesting that BMC editors are not paid;  as far as I am aware, 
most traditional publishers (both commercial and nonprofit) do 
pay their journaleditors.  I'm not sure whether unpaid editors 
are the norm in OA journals - can anyone enlighten me?

Sally Morris, Chief Executive
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
South House, The Street, Clapham, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3UU, UK
Email:  sally.morris@alpsp.org