Comparing companion open access journals to their traditional journal counterparts
Authors : Alexander Pohlman, Ayham M. Odeh, Shawn M. Purnell, Layan Alrahmani, Shanda H Blackmon, Julia M Coughlin, Zaid M Abdelsattar Background Many tradition...
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Geographical and disciplinary coverage of open access journals: OpenAlex, Scopus, and WoS
Authors : Abdelghani Maddi, Marion Maisonobe, Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri This study aims to compare the geographical and disciplinary coverage of OA journals in...
Two scholarly publishing cultures? Open access drives a divergence in European academic publishing practices
Authors : Leon Kopitar, Nejc Plohl, Mojca Tancer Verboten, Gregor Štiglic, Roger Watson, Dean Korošak The current system of scholarly publishing is often critic...
When researchers pay to publish: Results from a survey on APCs in four countries
Authors : Osvaldo Gallardo, Matías Milia, André Luiz Appel, Grip-APC Team, François van Schalkwyk This paper provides an empirical overview of the impact and pr...
Applying Librarian- Created Evaluation Tools to Determine Quality and Credibility of Open Access Library Science Journals
Authors : Maggie Albro, Jessica L. Serrao, Christopher D. Vidas, Jenessa M. McElfresh, K. Megan Sheffield, Megan Palmer This article explores the application of...
Varieties of diffusion in academic publishing: How status and legitimacy influence growth trajectories of new innovation
Authors : Kyle Siler, Vincent Larivière Open Access (OA) publishing has progressed from an initial fringe idea to a still-growing, major component of modern aca...
On the culture of open access: the Sci-hub paradox
Authors : Abdelghani Maddi, David Sapinho Shadow libraries have gradually become key players of scientific knowledge dissemination, despite their illegality in ...