title: Mohmmar Qadaffi, open access, and retrovirology.
abstract: Retrovirology has been publishing as an Open Access online journal for approximately six months. In this editorial, I review the reasons for and the advantages of Open Access publishing, update our progress to date, and summarize where we intend to go with this journal.
authors.affiliation: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. kj7e@nih.gov
authors.forename: Kuan-Teh
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Jeang
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D005249:Fees and Charges; D008002:Libya; D008490:Medical Informatics; D009862:Online Systems; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011056:Political Systems; D011643:Publishing; D012190:Retroviridae; D014481:United States; D014773:Virology