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This gives the impression that the BMC journals have only surfaced within the last 5 years. I suppose I really ought to point out that the first publication in the BMC series was in fact on the 19th July 2000. Over 9 years ago. I should know - I wrote most of the website :) Graham Triggs Technical Architect Open Repository http://www.openrepository.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Repositories discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stevan Harnad Sent: 21 October 2009 13:35 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Wrong Advice On Open Access: History Repeating Itself >The (likewise well-intentioned) activists who had launched the boycott >threat then turned to another strategy: They launched the excellent >PLoS journals (now celebrating their 5th anniversary) to prove that >there could be viable OA journals of the highest quality. The >experiment was a great success, and many more OA journals have since >spawned, some of them (such as the BMC -- now Springer -- journals) of >a quality comparable to conventional journals, some not.