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Radioprotection is “ open access ” for 2024 Dear authors and readers of Radioprotection ,
We are pleased to announce that Radioprotection will officially move to open access ( OA ) in 2024 , with no publication fees for authors . All articles from the beginning of 2024 will be freely accessible to all readers and the general public . Starting from April 26th , newly accepted articles will be published in OA , under a CC-BY 4.0 license , allowing everyone to share and reuse the content . The copyright of these articles is retained by the authors .
To move to OA , we have adopted the " Subscribe to Open " model with EDP Sciences , the publisher of Radioprotection . This model assumes that scientific institutions ’ libraries will continue to pay a subscription fee ( approximately € 400 per year in 2024 ), and that there will be a sufficient number of subscriptions to cover the costs of publication and database distribution . We have secured the necessary funds to move to open access for 2024 , but this issue will arise each year . For this model to be sustainable in the long term , it is crucial for more libraries and institutions to subscribe to Radioprotection and renew their subscription every year . Open access publication depends on the renewal of subscriptions each year . We will therefore ask for your support , as well as that of the libraries , for next year to encourage your respective institutions to maintain or take out a subscription to our journal . Your support will be crucial in maintaining OA in the future .
In addition to contributing to the journal ’ s transition to OA , subscribing institutions benefit from access to articles from 2021 to 2023 , which are restricted to subscribers . The accepted manuscripts ahead of publication are also reserved for subscribers . Articles published prior to 2020 are freely accessible to everyone .
Open Access is an economic publication model that has been in place for a long time , beginning with the Berlin Declaration in 2003 on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities ( Berlin , 2003 ). The demand for OA to knowledge was further strengthened in 2018 by Plan S from the cOAlition S of national research agencies and funders from twelve European countries ( Plan S , 2018 ). There are currently strong incentives to publish in OA from public policies , both at the European and French levels , and many research institutions are turning this incentive into a requirement through various mechanisms . Currently , about 60 % of scientific publications are in OA .
The transition to OA has several important consequences and numerous advantages for authors : 1 With greater visibility , the research published in Radioprotection is better recognized ; 2 With greater visibility , the impact of Radioprotection should increase . Indeed , OA articles tend to be cited more frequently within their respective fields . For example , in post-accident situations ( Bertho et al ., 2022 : Swartz et al ., 2022 : Thu Zar et al ., 2022 ), radiological protection in medicine ( Benderitter et al ., 2021 : Cosset , 2022 : Nguyen et al ., 2022 : Bexon et al ., 2023 ), radiobiology and radiopathology ( Rump et al ., 2022 ), artificial intelligence ( Andresz et al ., 2022 ), and future developments in ICRP recommendations ( Clement et al ., 2022 );
3 The increased visibility and impact of the journal will help raise the reputation of the authors , their individual impact , and the impact of their institutions ; 4 The author fees for OA publication , currently € 1600 per article , will be eliminated in 2024 . Radioprotection will also benefit from the transition to OA , as it will be the first journal in its field to make this transition . Radioprotection , which publishes significant research on topics ranging from breast cancer ( Tahiri et al ., 2024 ) to the Fukushima disaster ( Ando et al ., 2023 : Takada et Schneider , 2023 ), including radiation biology ( Foray et al ., 2021 ), and the assessment of the dose-effect relationship ( Laurier et al ., 2023 ), contributes to the UN ’ s Sustainable Development Goal 3 , " Good Health and Wellbeing " ( UNO , 2024 ).
OA is not only a necessity but also a path toward the future ( Bourguignon , 2021 ), and your manuscripts are always welcome at Radioprotection . We thank the authors for their excellent scientific contributions , as well as the editorial board and reviewers for their strong and consistent involvement .
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Ando R , Koyama Y , Kobayashi T , Sasaki D , Akimoto N , Schneider T , Lochard J , Kanai Y . 2023 . Report on the 24th Fukushima Dialogue “ Creating the Future of Fukushima Together With The Next Generation ”. Radioprotection 58 ( 3 ): 161 – 167 . https :// doi . org / 10.1051 / radiopro / 2023021 .
Andresz S , Zéphir A , Bez J , Karst M , Danieli J . 2022 . Artificial intelligence and radiation protection . A game changer or an update ? Radioprotection 57 ( 2 ): 157 – 164 . https :// doi . org / 10.1051 / radiopro / 2022004 .
Benderitter M , Herrera Reyes E , Benadjaoud MA , Vanhavere F , Impens N , Mayerhofer-Sebera U , Hierath M , Jourdain JR , Frija G , Repussard J . 2021 . MEDIRAD formulation of science-based recommendations for medical radiation protection : a stakeholder forum survey . Radioprotection 56 ( 4 ): 275 – 285 . https :// doi . org / 10.1051 / radiopro / 2021030 .