Spotlight on Internet Scientific Publications
Jul 27, 2008 Discussion
The OA publisher Internet Scientific Publications, or ISPUB, was founded in 1996 by Olivier Wenker in order to capitalize upon the Internet’s awesome power to disseminate information. This publisher currently has over 84 journals and 5000 published papers according to its website.
ISPUB is entirely electronic, and thus can eliminate all of the costs associated with printing paper journals. It draws its revenue from relevant advertisements and corporate sponsorships, and therefore is completely free for both the author and the reader. ISPUB is also a for-profit LLC, hence the “.com” in its URL. However, it is not necessarily unique in this regard. In fact, BioMed Central is another for-profit OA publisher that comes to mind.
Despite the alternative business method, ISPUB ensures that it strictly follows the standards of peer review. Each submitted manuscript is subjected to full review by a board of editors and the editor-in-chief.
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