Open access megajournals: The publisher perspective (Part 1: Motivations)
Authors : Simon Wakeling ,Valérie Spezi , Jenny Fry, Claire Creaser, Stephen Pinfield, Peter Willett This paper is the first of two Learned Publishing articles ...
Étiquette : open access journals
Transitioning from a Conventional to a ‘Mega’ Journal: A Bibliometric Case Study of the Journal Medicine
Authors : Simon Wakeling, Peter Willett, Claire Creaser, Jenny Fry , Stephen Pinfield, Valerie Spezi Open-Access Mega-Journals (OAMJs) are a relatively new and ...
Evaluating and Promoting Open Data Practices in Open Access Journals
Authors : Eleni Castro, Mercè Crosas, Alex Garnett, Kasey Sheridan, Micah Altman In the last decade there has been a dramatic increase in attention from the sch...
Elsevier: Among the World’s Largest Open Access Publishers as of 2016
Author : Heather Morrison Highlights of this broad-brush case study of Elsevier’s Open Access (OA) journals as of 2016: Elsevier offers 511 fully OA journals an...
The persistence of open access electronic journals
Author : Elizabeth A. Lightfoot Purpose Open access (OA) electronic journals have been identified as potentially at risk of loss without more coordinated preser...
A study of institutional spending on open access publication fees in Germany
Authors : Najko Jahn, Marco Tullney Publication fees as a revenue source for open access publishing hold a prominent place on the agendas of researchers, policy...
Peer review in megajournals compared with traditional scholarly journals: Does it make a difference?
A megajournal is an open-access journal that publishes any manuscript that presents scientifically trustworthy empirical results, without asking about the poten...