Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research in Open Access format

The Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, one of the premier veterinary science journals in the Jotello F Soga Library’s collection is published in Open Access format from 2010 onwards on the OP Journal’s dedicated website

The journal is published through OpenJournals Publishing,a proud division of AOSIS (Pty) Ltd (African Online Scientific Information Systems) situated in Tygervalley, Cape Town. According to their website, OJP is the first African publisher to offer publication in print, as well as Open Access in PDF, HTML and XML. Articles will be freely available upon publication. Articles from several past issues are also available electronically and information on the print journal is provided.
As the publisher promotes the archiving of journal content on multiple platforms, accessibility of new researched knowledge and teaching is improved. Articles can be easily retrieved through search engines and other electronic indexing platforms. This will ensure a stronger online presence of the journal and its articles. Susan Veldsman, Director of the Scholarly Publishing Unit of ASSAF (Academy of Science of South Africa), confirmed that the Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research will in the near future be added to their open access journal platform SciELO SA.