Engineering will be going open access with EngrXiv, a new eprint server. According to the announcement, “The eprint server provides several important benefits to the engineering author:
- Fast, free uploading of academic papers and open access for all readers
- Free registration open to all, regardless of academic affiliation
- Permanent identifiers that link to the latest version of a paper (authors can provide links to versions published elsewhere)
- Full access and discoverability through Google Scholar and other research tools
- The option to use any Creative Commons license
- Comment and discussion on papers among registered users
- Grouping of papers together for conferences or working groups
- Analytics data on how often papers have been accessed
- Easy sharing on social media sites – without requiring readers to register”
Learn more here: http://blog.engrxiv.org/2016/07/announcement
