Table 3.

Innovative features discussed in the article and journals that provide good examples of each feature.

Innovative Feature	Example Journals
Universal accessibility	All
Cost-savings by using volunteers	Elore, Information Research
Cost savings by using open-source software	Medical Education Online, Information Research
Cost savings by using third party e-portals	Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Funding by article processing charges	Journals from Plos, BMC, Bentham, and DovePress, and the following: Journal of Medical Internet Research, Medical Education Online, Nucleic Acids Research
Broader or narrower journal topics due to the global reach	PLoS ONE, Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine
Novel peer-review methods	Electronic Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, PLoS ONE, Journal of Medical Internet Research
Faster article publication cycles	International Journal of General Medicine, PLoS ONE, Journal of Medical Internet Research
More flexibility in the layout and structure of articles	The International Journal of Design Computing, Diagnostic Pathology
Interactivity for after-publication discussions	Journals from PLoS and BMC
Easy reusability of the digital content	Acta Crystallography: Structure Reports Online, Human Genomics and Proteomics