Mathematicians aim to launch a slew of new open access peer-reviewed journals this spring utilizing the software of arXiv, a repository that holds more than half a million preprint articles in mathematics, physics, and other fields. The initiative, called the Episciences Project, is led by Jean-Pierre Demailly, a mathematician at the University of Grenoble in France. The aim is for the research community to run its own publishing system, financed by the French government via its Centre for Direct Scientific Communication.
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