Environment Health Perspectives (EHP) appears to be facing hard times. After nixing plans to privatize due to strong public opposition, the publication faces cuts in funding, forcing it to trim the news and commentary sections, and axe translations and free shipping to developing countries.One of the first journals to go open-access, EHP is the peer-reviewed scientific publication of the NIH's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Currently, the journal, which has an impact factor of 5.34, costs $3.5 million per year to publish. NIEHS director David Schwartz declined to specify how much of this funding the journal was going to lose. "NIH has gone through two flat budget cycles with salaries increasing and cost of grants increasing," he said. "We have to look very closely at all of our expenditures. We are not singling out EHP."Facing a tight budget, NIEHS floated a proposal last September to privatize EHP. Strong...
The ScientistJournal of Clinical InvestigationCollaborative on Health and the EnvironmentEpidemiology and Biostatisticscshekhar@the-scientist.comhttp://www.ehponline.org/http://www.niehs.nih.gov/The Scientisthttp://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/16493/http://www.ehponline.org/docs/admin/schwartz.htmlhttp://www.kucinich.us/floor_speeches/hl_privatize_env_hlth16nov.phphttp://www.jci.org/http://www.healthandenvironment.org/http://ceb.uthscsa.edu/index.html
Interested in reading more?
Become a Member of
Receive full access to more than 35 years of archives, as well as TS Digest, digital editions of The Scientist, feature stories, and much more!
Already a member?
