New publisher Announces Open Access Journals in Petroleum Engineering http://ua.cmzms.cn/speak/520399
Today Petroleum Journals Online announces the launch of a group of open access electronic journals in a new publishing initiative. This initiative is designed to allow petroleum engineers to publish peer-reviewed articles online while retaining their copyright. Petroleum Journals Online will provide free access to the articles within these new journals on the principle that 'making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge and that such access is associated with increased readership and increased citation of an author's work. The journals will use Simon Fraser Universitys established publishing system (Open Journal Systems), comprising an online submission system, electronic tools for peer-review, and the ability to publish accepted articles in both PDF and HTML formats. The peer-reviewed research articles in the journals will be indexed by metadata harvesters within a globally distributed system of hundreds of research databases. Metadata harvesters will collect records from each indexed item in the journals, enabling accurate and collective searching among research sites that adhere to the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. The journals will also be indexed by the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) system to ensure a secure and permanent archive for the journals. The first 6 journals to be published cover a wide range of research and practice areas in petroleum engineering -- reservoir engineering, production engineering, drilling and completion technology, production geology, petrophysics, and petroleum management and economics. Petroleum Journals Online (http://petroleumjournalsonline.com) is a new Canada based not-for-profit online publishing house committed to providing immediate free access to the peer-reviewed petroleum engineering research it publishes. It operates a rapid publication policy meaning that accepted papers are published within 2 to 3 months of initial submission. Its content and editorial board compositions are international in scope. In addition to open-access original research and case studies, Petroleum Journals Online also publishes reviews, short columns and other technology related news content. For further information on these new journals visit: http://petroleumjournalsonline.com/journals For further information on Petroleum Journals Online visit: http://petroleumjournalsonline.com/pjo Author Information Abraham Faga PETROLEUM JOURNALS ONLINE _______________________________________________ Arquivos da Bib_virtual: http://listas.ibict.br/pipermail/bib_virtual/ Instruções para desiscrever-se por conta própria: http://listas.ibict.br/cgi-bin/mailman/options/bib_virtual Bib_virtual mailing list [email protected] http://listas.ibict.br/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/bib_virtual
