Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly
publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced that Evolutionary
Applications has joined the Wiley
Open Access publishing program. All newly published articles in the
journal will be open access and free to view, download and share for
non-commercial use.
Since its launch in 2008, Evolutionary Applications has
attracted very high quality submissions and has attained an Impact
Factor of 5.145, as well as winning the 2009 ALPSP award for the best
new journal.
Liz Ferguson, Publisher of Evolutionary Applications at
Wiley-Blackwell comments: “This is the first journal that Wiley has
converted to publish under an open access model. Evolutionary
Applications is a great fit with our new Wiley Open Access
publishing program; our substantial presence in this area and our
growing experience with open access makes us confident that the journal
will continue to go from strength to strength and appeal to both authors
and readers under an open access model.”
Evolutionary Applications continues to publish under the
direction of Louis Bernatchez, Editor-in-Chief, and Michelle Tseng,
Founding and Managing Editor. “I’m very excited about this new
development for Evolutionary Applications,” says Tseng.
“This open access initiative combined with our double-blind reviewing
process, and the fact that we remain the only journal specializing in
applied evolutionary biology, reaffirms our status among the most
innovative journals in the field.”
Louis Bernatchez adds, “Everyone will now be able to read the journal
irrespective of specialty, host institution or location. The open access
article publication charge model will also allow the journal to grow in
size without the constraints of a page budget, and thus keep better pace
with our yearly increase in high-quality submissions.”
Evolutionary Applications will publish all articles under the
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License, which permits use,
distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work
is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. A publication
fee will be payable by authors or their funder on acceptance of their
articles.
Please visit the Evolutionary
Applications website for further information and future updates.
About Wiley:
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has been a valued source of
information and understanding for more than 200 years, helping people
around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Wiley
and its acquired companies have published the works of more than 450
Nobel laureates in all categories: Literature, Economics, Physiology or
Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, and Peace.
Our core businesses publish scientific, technical, medical, and
scholarly (STMS) journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products and
services; professional/trade books, subscription products, training
materials, and online applications and Web sites; and educational
materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners.
Wiley's global headquarters are located in Hoboken, New Jersey, with
operations in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Canada, and Australia. The
Company's Web site can be accessed at http://www.wiley.com.
The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols
JWa and JWb.
Wiley-Blackwell is the international scientific, technical, medical, and
scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, with strengths in
every major academic and professional field and partnerships with many
of the world’s leading societies. Wiley-Blackwell publishes nearly 1,500
peer-reviewed journals and 1,500+ new books annually in print and
online, as well as databases, major reference works and laboratory
protocols. For more information, please visit www.wileyblackwell.com or
our new online platform, Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com),
one of the world’s most extensive multidisciplinary collections of
online resources, covering life, health, social and physical sciences,
and humanities.
About Wiley Open Access:
Wiley Open Access, announced in February 2011, provides authors wishing
to publish their research outcomes in an open access journal with a
range of new high quality publications which meet the requirements of
funding organizations and institutions where these apply. Wiley Open
Access journals are supported by a network of high-quality journals and
societies as well as internationally-renowned editorial board members.
