Open-Access Computational Biology Journal Launches

FleaPlus writes "The Public Library of Science and International Society for Computational Biology have published the inaugural issue of PLoS Computational Biology, an open-access journal dedicated to studies which 'further our understanding of living systems at all scales through the application of computational methods.' All works published in the journal are to be released under a Creative Commons Attribution License. The founding editors have some comments on the launch."

Well that is three

[vrimj]

And that is wonderful
Making science accessable and afforable for both producers and consumers is just the kind of thing that the web should be doing
I hope scientists will switch, then again when faced with $800 per page fees for publishing in print form it is hard to see why they whould not.

Pay to Play

[Doc Ruby]

They should subsidize their costs by charging research institutions, like universities and corporations, for subscriptions. Not that they'd get any "premium" features. Just that their unusual benefits in profits derived directly from the publications makes it in their interest to subscribe - to keep the journals publishing.