OA Video Journal Implements Subscription Model

[Phil Davis <pmd8@cornell.edu>]

The Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) has implemented a 
subscription model, ending a short reign of free access to 
high-quality scientific videos.

According to the CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Moshe Pritsker: "The 
reason is simple: we have to survive. To cover costs of our 
operations, to break even, we have to charge $6,000 per video 
article. This is to cover costs of the video-production and 
technological infrastructure for video-publication, which are 
higher than in traditional text-only publishing. Academic labs 
cannot pay $6,000 per article, and therefore we have to find 
other sources to cover the costs."

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http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/

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Philip M. Davis
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