On full text download and citation distributions in scientific-scholarly journals
A statistical analysis of full text downloads of articles in Elseviers ScienceDirect covering all disciplines reveals large differences in download frequencies,...
Mois : octobre 2015
Making Open Access work: The “state-of-the-art” in providing Open Access to scholarly literature
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of one of the most important and controversial areas of scholarly communication: Open Access publis...
For what it’s worth – the open peer review landscape
Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold, first, to discuss the current and future issues around post-publication open peer review. Second, to highlight som...
Funding models for Open Access digital data repositories
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine funding models for Open Access (OA) digital data repositories whose costs are not wholly core funded. Whilst suc...
The quandary between communication and certification
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand individual academics’ perception, attitudes and participation in Open Access Publishing and open scholarship ...
Barriers to Open Access uptake for researchers in Africa
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent of visibility of researchers in African countries, in the Open Access (OA) arena and aims to identify...
Open Access publishing and scholarly communications in non-scientific disciplines
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the current state of debates surrounding Open Access (OA) in non-STEM disciplines. Design/methodo...