Focusing on transparency and designed to create a sense of shared responsibility, Launch to Open offers a community-based path to open access

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EMS Press is introducing Launch to Open (L2O), a new model designed to help established journals move toward open access with clear costs, shared responsibility and community support. Like other community-based open access models, L2O distributes responsibility across subscribing institutions. What distinguishes L2O is its financial transparency; disclosing the full costs, targets and allocation of subscription revenue for each title. In doing so, it gives subscribers a clear view of what it costs to 

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