From: Dan Scott <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:11:40 +0000

1.       Fully independent Editors and Editorial Boards

2.       Speeded up time to publication – aiding dissemination and
citation for authors

3.       Retention of copyright by authors

4.       Peer review of scholarly papers

5.       Publication of valuable additional material – conference
proceedings, postgraduate dissertations, presentations etc – at no
cost (just subject to editorial approval)

6.       Unlimited pagination – so fewer unnecessary rejections

7.       Low institutional memberships and article processing charges

8.       Easy-to-follow submission and review process

9.       Indexing with OCLC WorldCat, ProQuest Summon, Ebsco Discovery
Service and Google Scholar *

10.   Archived with the British Library for perpetual access

*Before being fully catalogued with these services, COUNTER statistics
show that our first articles (published on September 24th 2012)
achieved:

·         240 downloads in the final week of September

·         1,007 downloads in October

·         757 downloads to date in November

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Directory are new multi-disciplinary publications, which aim to
revolutionise scholarly publishing by providing quality, affordable,
peer-reviewed content without the barrier of subscription paywalls.
Our approach is modern and progressive, whilst adhering to recognised
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Our philosophy is that research in one field can also have
applications in areas of research beyond that intended and the
inter-disciplinary nature of a large collection of work – spanning the
boundaries of subject and state - will help to cross-fertilise ideas.
Open access publishing provides significant benefits for authors and
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