開放取用期刊經營模式之探討

學術期刊的訂閱費用高漲，圖書館必須減少期刊訂閱數量，造成學術研究上的阻礙。學術界提出開放取用期刊出版模式，倡導自由取閱學術性文章，由作者一次付費出版，讀者永久免費使用，主要挑戰是讓學術期刊能夠永續經營。BioMed Central成功經營的關鍵因素為減少出版成本及控制期刊品質，透過線上出版系統的應用，將出版流程成功整合在網路環境下，保證作品的質量，開放取用期刊的發展將使學術傳播回歸理性交流，讀者享受到更多元化的資訊服務。

Subscription fees in scholarly publishing are getting more and more expensive, resulting in the so-called Serials Crisis. Rapidly rising journal subscription prices have severely eroded the ability of libraries, universities, and scholars to purchase the publications necessary for research and education. Open access literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. New business models for open access literature publishing, such as BioMed Central, are needed to ensure publishing continuity. A huge change in publishing scientific research is a business model in which contributors are charged for publishing their papers and readers get free access to their papers.