PRESS RELEASE FROM NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
3 March 2009

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Authors publishing research in European Journal of Human Genetics (EJHG) can now opt to make their articles open access. The European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) and Nature Publishing Group (NPG) are pleased to introduce EJHG Open, which gives authors the option of immediate open access on publication. This includes deposition of the final published version in PubMed Central.

The open access option is available to authors submitting original research articles to EJHG. Authors who opt in to EJHG Open agree to pay a publication fee of £2,000 / $3,000 / €2,400 per accepted article. Open access articles will display the EJHG Open logo in both the print and online editions of the journal. EJHG Open articles will be freely accessible on the journal website and via PubMed Central immediately after publication. Authors who choose EJHG Open are also entitled to self-archive the final published PDF of their articles upon publication.

Open access articles will be published under a Creative Commons license, meaning the final published version of EJHG Open articles can be shared and reused for non-commercial purposes as long as the author and original publication are cited. Authors can choose from two Creative Commons licenses, including one which permits derivative works, ensuring that authors can comply with funders such as the Wellcome Trust.

Authors submitting original research articles who do not wish to take up the EJHG Open option can still comply with funder and institutional mandates, by self-archiving or opting into NPG's Manuscript Deposition Service. The author's version of the accepted manuscript can be made publicly accessible six months after publication, in line with NPG's License to Publish and self-archiving policy.

The European Journal of Human Genetics (www.nature.com/ejhg) is the official journal of the European Society of Human Genetics, published in partnership with NPG. EJHG publishes high-quality, original research papers, short reports and reviews in the rapidly expanding field of human genetics and genomics. It covers molecular, clinical and cytogenetics, interfacing between advanced biomedical research and the clinician, and bridging the great diversity of facilities, resources and viewpoints in the genetics community.

EJHG joins 14 other journals published by NPG that now offer an open access option to authors. NPG announced an open access option on 11 journals in February 2009, more information is available here: www.nature.com/press_releases/greengold.html

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Useful links:

EJHG Open

EJHG Open FAQs

NPG's License to Publish & Self-archiving policy

NPG's Manuscript Deposition Service

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About The European Society of Human Genetics

The European Society of Human Genetics is an international professional society founded in 1967 which promotes research in basic and applied human and medical genetics and facilitates contact between all persons who share these aims.

Members (researchers, clinicians, laboratory scientists, psychologists and other social scientists, bioethicists, non-medical genetic counsellors) are involved in all disciplines of human genetics, including: biochemical, clinical, cancer, molecular and population genetics, cytogenetics and molecular cytogenetics and genomics. www.eshg.org