BioMed Central

BioMed Central (BMC) is a UK-based scientific publisher specializing in open access publication. BMC publishes over 100 scientific journals, including Arthritis Research & Therapy (http://arthritis-research.com/), Breast Cancer Research (http://www.breast-cancer-research.com/), Critical Care (http://ccforum.com/), Genome Biology (http://genomebiology.com), Journal of Biology (http://jbiol.com/), Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine (http://www.jnrbm.com/), Malaria Journal, and the BMC journal series.

Whilst all research published by BioMed Central is open access, the publisher also offers subscription-only services such as Faculty of 1000 (a current awareness service highlighting the most interesting biological research) and Images.MD (a medical image database)

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References

Albanese, Andrew. "BioMed Central Changes Tack." Library Journal, 15 March 2004, 17-18. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA386750

Amber, Dave. "Scientists, Publishers, Societies—and Turf." The Scientist 14, no. 17 (2000): 1.

BioMed Central. "Why Do Our Authors Submit to BioMed Central Journals?" (2004). http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/authors/authorsubmit

Butler, Declan. "BioMed Central Boosted by Editorial Board." Nature, 25 May 2000, 384.

Chillingworth, Mark. "BioMed Central Seeks Open Access Advice." Information World Review, 9 August 2004. http://www.iwr.co.uk/IWR/1157218

Cockerill, Matthew. "Online Research Archive Will be Free to All." Nature, 16 December 1999, 721-722.

Delamothe, Tony. "Fees Waived for University Researchers Publishing through BioMed Central." BMJ, 21 June 2003, 1350-1351. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/326/7403/1350-d

Galbraith, Kate. "British Researchers Get to Publish in 90 Online Medical Journals Free." The Chronicle of Higher Education, 11 July 2003, A28.

Gavaghan, Helen. "Open-Access Publishing Finds Official Favor." The Scientist, 30 June 2003. http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20030630/05

Godlee, Fiona. "Peer Review in the E-Environment." In Freedom of Information Conference 2000. London: BioMed Central, 2000. http://www.biomedcentral.com/meetings/2000/foi/transcripts/godlee

Loxton, Liz. "NHS Information Project Launched." Information World Review, 1 May 2003. http://www.iwr.co.uk/iwreview/1150650

MacLeod, Donald. "Publish and Be Free." The Guardian, 17 June 2003. http://education.guardian.co.uk/elearning/story/0,10577,978753,00.html

"Open Access Journals Proven to Compete on Quality." Medical News Today, 26 June 2004. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=9953#

Peel, John. "BioMed Central." D-Lib Magazine 6, no. 2 (2000). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/february00/02inbrief.html#PEEL

Quint, Barbara. "BioMed Central Begins Charging Authors and Their Institutions for Article Publishing." Information Today 19, no. 2 (2002): 37, 39. http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb020107-1.htm

———. "BioMed Central Launches 12 New Author-Initiated Research E-Journals." Information Today 18, no. 9 (2001): 24-25. http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb010903-1.htm

Shearer, Kathleen. BioMed Central: An Alternative to Scholarly Publishing. Ottawa: Canadian Association of Research Libraries, 2002. CARL/ABRC Backgrounder Series No. 4. http://www.carl-abrc.ca/projects/scholarly/biomed_central.PDF

Suber, Peter. "BioMed Central's Method of FOS." 6 September 2001. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/09-06-01.htm

Watson, Linda A., Ivan S. Login, and Jeffrey M. Burns. "Exploring New Ways to Publish: A Library-Faculty Partnership." Journal of the Medical Library Association 91, no. 2 (2003): 245-247. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?action=stream&blobtype=pdf&artid=15 3166

Young, Jeffrey R. "Publisher of Free Online Science Journal Charges Authors a 'Processing Fee.'" The Chronicle of Higher Education, 18 January 2002, A36.

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