Od pewnego czasu pojawiły się w naukach innych niż "budowlane" tzw. "Open Access Journals". Idea tych czasopism jest taka aby w erze Internetu dokonywać szybkich publikacji w systemie peer-reviewing ale calosci w Internecie, przy czym za publikacje placi autor z pieniedzy na badania, natomiast czytajacy nie placi nic.
Poniewaz w dyscyplinie budownictwa jest bardzo malo czasopism typu "international journal" (glownie "Engineering Structures" w Europie oraz ASCE journals w USA) zatem wydawnictwo "Bentham Science Publishers" zaczęło taki nowy journal.
W chwili obecnej można być sceptycznym co do poziomu takich czasopism jednak moze sie to zmienic, bo jednak niektore "niebudowlane" czasopisma typu "Open Journal" sa juz na liście filadelfijskiej z impact factorem 7 lub więcej.
Tak więc w przyszłości będzie to chyba jakieś uzupelnienie "normalnych czasopism".
Bentham Science Publishers have gained a longstanding international reputation for their excellent standards and top quality science publications. Many journals published by Bentham Science Publishers have received high impact factors in their respective fields. For the current list of publications, please visit www.bentham.org . Seven Nobel Laureates have endorsed a number of Bentham Science’s journals; please read their quotes at www.bentham.org/Nobel.htm
The publishers are now undertaking a new publication venture by launching a number of Open Access journals in 2007, devoted to various disciplines in the fields of science and technology.
Open Access Journals are freely accessible via the Internet for immediate worldwide, open access to the full text of articles serving the best interests of the scientific community. All interested readers can read, download, and/or print open access articles at no cost! There is no subscription fee for Open Access journals. The modest open access publication costs are usually covered by the author’s institution or research funds. Moreover, authors who publish in our Open Access journals retain the copyright of their article. Open Access journals are no different from traditional subscription-based journals; they undergo the same peer-review and quality control as any other scholarly journal.
The Open Civil Engineering Journal, a peer-reviewed Open Access journal, aims to publish research articles. Please visit the journal’s homepage and Instructions for Authors for article submission at the following website www.bentham.org/open/tociej
Open Civil Engineering Reviews, a peer-reviewed Open Access journal, aims to publish comprehensive review articles and mini-review articles. Please visit the journal’s homepage and Instructions for Authors for article submission at the following website www.bentham.org/open/ocier
Open Civil Engineering Letters, a peer-reviewed Open Access journal, aims to publish recent discoveries and innovations in the form of short communications/letters. Please visit the journal’s homepage and Instructions for Authors for article submission at the following website www.bentham.org/open/ociel
The journals aim to provide the most complete and reliable source of information on current developments in the field. The emphasis will be on publishing quality articles rapidly and making them freely available to researchers worldwide. All published articles will be deposited immediately upon publication in at least one widely and internationally recognized open access repository.
All published open access articles will receive massive international exposure and as is usually the case for open access publications, articles will also receive high citations.
The journals are essential reading for scientists and researchers who wish to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in the field. The publishers are confident of the journals rapid success.
In this connection I would like to invite you to submit a research article, review article or letter communication to any of the three journals.
If you are interested in submitting an article to one or more of the Open Access journals, then please either refer to the journal Instructions for Authors (the journal websites are stated above) or alternatively contact us by e-mail at tociej@bentham.org <mailto:tociej@bentham.org> or ambreenirshad@benthamscience.org <mailto:ambreenirshad@benthamscience.org> for submission guidelines.mailto:ambreenirshad@benthamscience.org>mailto:tociej@bentham.org>