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EDITORIAL Open Access Veterinary Research is now a full Open Access journal Michel Brémont * , Élodie Coulamy As previously announced in mid-2010, Veterinary Research became an Open Access (OA) journal, published with BioMed Central, on 1 st January 2011. OA is defined as free, immediate, permanent and full- text online access for any user to peer reviewed research. Authors retain the copyright for their articles and grant anyone the right to copy, distribute or display the work provided that it is correctly cited. Some of the expected advantages of OA are increased visibility, wider audience and greater impact, accelerated publication, increased citations, and enhanced availability of online search tools. Veterinary Research will continue to be supported by INRA and there is no change in the journals title, scope of interests, editorial management, or peer-review process. The OA business model is relatively new and the cost of OA publication is a much-discussed question. The eco- nomic basis of OA is that authors, or rather their home institutions or research funders, are charged a fee to have their work published, instead of the readers being charged to access articles. The number of universities, funding agencies, and other organisations supporting OA and cov- ering OA publication charges is growing rapidly and worldwide. A prominent example is the Harvard-initiated Compact for Open Access Publishing Equity[1], and more and more universities are introducing central OA funding mechanisms as the equivalents to library budgets that pay for subscriptions [2]. OA publishers like BioMed Central have membership arrangements [3] with research institutions across the globe. For Veterinary Research the article processing charge for each accepted manuscript will be 500 euros in 2011. This flat fee, which is supported by INRA and covers additional files (including movies) and data, is a highly competitive charge in the world of OA publishing. We are convinced that publishing Veterinary Research as an Open Access journal will contribute to maintain- ing and further developing a high-quality journal in the field of the infectious diseases of animals. We look for- ward to working with all of you in the near future. Best regards, Michel Brémont Editor-in-Chief and Élodie Coulamy Editorial Assistant Received: 5 January 2011 Accepted: 5 January 2011 Published: 11 January 2011 References 1. Compact for Open Access Publishing Equity. [http://www.oacompact.org/ compact/]. 2. OA journal funds. [http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/OA_journal_funds]. 3. BioMed Central Membership. [http://www.biomedcentral.com/inst/]. doi:10.1186/1297-9716-42-1 Cite this article as: Brémont and Coulamy: Veterinary Research is now a full Open Access journal. Veterinary Research 2011 42:1. Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: Convenient online submission Thorough peer review No space constraints or color figure charges Immediate publication on acceptance Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholar Research which is freely available for redistribution Submit your manuscript at www.biomedcentral.com/submit * Correspondence: [email protected] Veterinary Research, Unité de Virologie et Immunologie Moléculaires, INRA, Domaine de Vilvert, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas Cedex, France Brémont and Coulamy Veterinary Research 2011, 42:1 http://www.veterinaryresearch.org/content/42/1/1 VETERINARY RESEARCH © 2011 Brémont and Coulamy; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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EDITORIAL Open Access

Veterinary Research is now a full Open Access journalMichel Brémont*, Élodie Coulamy

As previously announced in mid-2010, VeterinaryResearch became an Open Access (OA) journal,published with BioMed Central, on 1st January 2011.OA is defined as free, immediate, permanent and full-

text online access for any user to peer reviewed research.Authors retain the copyright for their articles and grantanyone the right to copy, distribute or display the workprovided that it is correctly cited. Some of the expectedadvantages of OA are increased visibility, wider audienceand greater impact, accelerated publication, increasedcitations, and enhanced availability of online search tools.Veterinary Research will continue to be supported by

INRA and there is no change in the journal’s title, scope ofinterests, editorial management, or peer-review process.The OA business model is relatively new and the cost ofOA publication is a much-discussed question. The eco-nomic basis of OA is that authors, or rather their homeinstitutions or research funders, are charged a fee to havetheir work published, instead of the readers being chargedto access articles. The number of universities, fundingagencies, and other organisations supporting OA and cov-ering OA publication charges is growing rapidly andworldwide. A prominent example is the Harvard-initiated“Compact for Open Access Publishing Equity” [1], andmore and more universities are introducing central OAfunding mechanisms as the equivalents to library budgetsthat pay for subscriptions [2]. OA publishers like BioMedCentral have membership arrangements [3] with researchinstitutions across the globe.

For Veterinary Research the article processing chargefor each accepted manuscript will be 500 euros in 2011.This flat fee, which is supported by INRA and coversadditional files (including movies) and data, is a highlycompetitive charge in the world of OA publishing.We are convinced that publishing Veterinary Research

as an Open Access journal will contribute to maintain-ing and further developing a high-quality journal in thefield of the infectious diseases of animals. We look for-ward to working with all of you in the near future.Best regards,Michel BrémontEditor-in-ChiefandÉlodie CoulamyEditorial Assistant

Received: 5 January 2011 Accepted: 5 January 2011Published: 11 January 2011

References1. Compact for Open Access Publishing Equity. [http://www.oacompact.org/

compact/].2. OA journal funds. [http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/OA_journal_funds].3. BioMed Central Membership. [http://www.biomedcentral.com/inst/].

doi:10.1186/1297-9716-42-1Cite this article as: Brémont and Coulamy: Veterinary Research is now afull Open Access journal. Veterinary Research 2011 42:1.

Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Centraland take full advantage of:

• Convenient online submission

• Thorough peer review

• No space constraints or color figure charges

• Immediate publication on acceptance

• Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholar

• Research which is freely available for redistribution

Submit your manuscript at www.biomedcentral.com/submit

* Correspondence: [email protected] Research, Unité de Virologie et Immunologie Moléculaires, INRA,Domaine de Vilvert, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas Cedex, France

Brémont and Coulamy Veterinary Research 2011, 42:1http://www.veterinaryresearch.org/content/42/1/1 VETERINARY RESEARCH

© 2011 Brémont and Coulamy; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the CreativeCommons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, andreproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.