Open Access: Max Planck Society/Digital Library Announces Financial Support For SciPost
From a Brief Announcement Posted on the Max Planck Digital Library Website:
Initiated by several leading Max Planck researchers, Max Planck Digital Library, on behalf of the Max Planck Gesellschaft, has provided substantial support for the development of SciPost, a platinum open access publication portal in the field of physics. These funds will allow SciPost to carry out the implementation of a number of projects to enhance and broaden its services to the community.
From a SciPost Announcement
We are pleased to announce that MPG has provided concrete support for the development of SciPost’s publishing infrastructure, in the form of a subsidy worth 20 k€.
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