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Engineering Open Choice – An Overview
Engineering Open Choice is the service provided by Professional Engineering Publishing that gives authors the option of having their published research made available free to anyone throughout the world. The service is available to authors of all papers accepted for publication upon payment of a standard fee. Engineering Open Choice is designed to satisfy the needs of the community – authors, funding bodies, readers – who want research material to be made available on an open access basis.
Engineering Open Choice is available in all our Journals. Professional Engineering Publishing continues to support and develop the established, subscription-based, publishing model and does not impose any publishing fees on authors who choose to follow this route to publication – other than fees for colour reproduction.
Whatever choice authors make – the open access route with Engineering Open Choice or the established, subscription-based dissemination of articles – they will continue to receive the first class service that we offer all authors.
All articles will be peer-reviewed to the highest standards, professionally produced, and made available both in print and in electronic versions on our dedicated website: http://journals.pepublishing.com/. In addition, every article will be registered in CrossRef and included in the appropriate Abstracting and Indexing services.
Whatever route authors choose we endeavour to ensure that the valuable research material that we produce is published as speedily as possible, distributed as widely as possible, and cited as extensively as possible.
Engineering Open Choice gives authors the option to choose how they want their research to be published. As an author-focused publisher, Professional Engineering Publishing believes that authors should have the right to determine what publication model best meets their needs.
The fee for Engineering Open Choice - payable after acceptance of the paper and before publication – is £1,700 + VAT in EU Countries (we can also invoice in US$ at the exchange rate applicable when authors opt for Engineering Open Choice).
If making the published version of your article freely available is an important concern for you, or your funding agency, then Engineering Open Choice is the solution for you. Engineering Open Choice makes the final, published version of the article available for free, with open access, to anyone, anywhere in the world.
Engineering Open Choice – How It Works
Professional Engineering Publishing has endeavoured to make Engineering Open Choice as straightforward and simple as possible.
The steps to publication are:
- Paper submitted.
- Paper reviewed.
- Paper accepted.
- Engineering Open Choice offered as a publishing option.
- Author chooses Engineering Open Choice.
- Author, or appropriate institution or funding body, invoiced for £1,700 per article (+ VAT in EU Countries).
- Engineering Open Choice licence operative.
- Engineering Open Choice invoice paid.
- Article published online and made available free of charge.
- Article published in print and distributed to all subscribers.
- Engineering Open Choice will guarantee that the published article will be available free of charge to anyone throughout the world accessing the material via http://journals.pepublishing.com/ for a minimum period of 10 years from the date of publication.
- Engineering Open Choice articles will be identified as such in all online versions published by Professional Engineering Publishing.
Engineering Open Choice gives authors the choice
Engineering Open Choice – FAQs
What is Engineering Open Choice?
Engineering Open Choice is an author pays model that operates alongside an established subscription model. Submission of an article remains free. If accepted for publication, the author is given the choice to pay a fee to have their article made freely available to all.
Authors not participating in Engineering Open Choice will still be able to publish for free (subject to meeting other normal requirements such as colour charges), and their article will be available to subscribers or by single article purchase.
Who can participate?
Any author submitting an article can opt for Engineering Open Choice.
How do I participate?
If your article is accepted for publication you will be provided the opportunity to opt for Engineering Open Choice. If you opt for Engineering Open Choice we will invoice you accordingly. When payment is received we will make your article freely available via the Professional Engineering Publishing website as soon as it is ready for publication.
Do colour charges still apply?
Yes, colour charges will still apply.
How do I pay?
If you opt for Engineering Open Choice we will send you an invoice. You will have the option to pay by cheque, credit card or credit transfer.
What is the fee?
The fee is £1,700 per article (+VAT when applicable).
How is the fee determined?
The fees reflect the cost of managing and resourcing the publishing process, including peer review, copy-editing and production.
What does Professional Engineering Publishing do with the fee?
Being the publisher for a learned society – the Institution of Mechanical Engineers – income generated from publishing is used to support and fund engineers, to promote engineering education, and to interact with industry.
What is the policy on copyright with regards to Engineering Open Choice?
Authors participating in Engineering Open Choice will be able to disseminate their articles under the Creative Commons licence version 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) allowing them to post the final published version on repositories as soon as the article is published. Authors should also deposit the URL of their published article, in addition to the full text.