Scholarly journal publishing in transition: from restricted to open access
Author : Bo-Christer Björk While the business models used in most segments of the media industry have been profoundly changed by the Internet surprisingly littl...
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How Frequently are Articles in Predatory Open Access Journals Cited
Authors : Bo-Christer Björk, Sari Kanto-Karvonen, J. Tuomas Harviainen Predatory journals are Open Access journals of highly questionable scientific quality. Su...
Adoption of the open access business model in scientific journal publishing – A cross-disciplinary study
Authors : Bo-Christer Björk, Timo Korkeamäki Scientific journal publishers have over the past twenty-five years rapidly converted to predominantly electronic di...
Attitudes of North American Academics toward Open Access Scholarly Journals
Authors : Elizabeth D. Dalton, Carol Tenopir, Bo-Christer Björk In this study, the authors examine attitudes of researchers toward open access (OA) scholarly jo...
Acceptance rates of scholarly peer-reviewed journals: A literature survey
Author : Bo-Christer Bjórk The acceptance rate of scholarly journals is an important selection criterion for authors choosing where to submit their manuscripts....
Scholarly journals in building and civil engineering – the big picture and current impact of open access
Author : Bo-Christer Björk The publishing of scholarly peer reviewed journals has in the past 20 years moved from print to primarily digital publishing, but the...
Evolution of the scholarly mega-journal, 2006–2017
Author : Bo-Christer Björk Mega-journals are a new kind of scholarly journal made possible by electronic publishing. They are open access (OA) and funded by ch...