the american anthropological association announced on monday that it will be converting the journal cultural anthropology to an open-access format, accessible free of charge to anyone, as of january 2014.
In addition to current material, the new format will also provide a 10-year backlog. Cultural Anthropology is the journal of the Society for Cultural Anthropology, a section of the AAA.
The announcement reflects something of a shift for the association. Some members of the association have in the past urged it to embrace the open-access movement, criticizing the subscription-based model used by the association’s journals.
Leaders of the association said that they have been looking for ways to experiment with new models of publishing. “It started back in August 2012 when the association invited [idea submissions for] journal publishing models” from the association’s various sections, said Edward Liebow, the association’s executive director, in a telephone press conference Monday afternoon. Of these submissions, the Society for Cultural Anthropology’s idea – to convert to open access – won out.
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