Open Access Publishing, academic research and scholarly communication
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the difference between Open Access and accessibility, to argue that accessibility is the most crucial feature, a...
Étiquette : open access publishing
‘Predatory’ open access: a longitudinal study of article volumes and market characteristics
Background A negative consequence of the rapid growth of scholarly open access publishing funded by article processing charges is the emergence of publishers an...
Estimation des dépenses de publication de l’Inra dans un modèle théorique « Gold Open Access »
L’étude publiée ici est le résultat d’une simulation menée à l’Institut national de la recherche agronomique (Inra) et dont l’objectif principal était de déterm...
Barriers to Open Access Publishing: Views from the Library Literature
The library and information science (LIS) community has an active role in supporting access to information and, therefore, is an important stakeholder in the op...
Fee Waivers for Open Access Journals
Open access journals which charge article processing charges (APCs) sometimes offer fee waivers to authors who cannot afford to pay them. This article measures ...
Aligning Open Access Publication with the Research and Teaching Missions of the Public University: The Case of the Lethbridge Journal Incubator (If ‘if’s and ‘and’s were pots and pans)
« The Lethbridge Journal Incubator is a joint project of the University of Lethbridge Library, School of Graduate Studies, and Faculty of Arts and Science. Its ...
The Changing Publication Practices in Academia: Inherent Uses and Issues in Open Access and Online Publishing and the Rise of Fraudulent Publications
« Open access and online publishing present significant changes to the Australian higher education sector in a climate demanding increasing research outputs fro...