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...
Étiquette : open access journals
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...
Open Journal Systems and Dataverse Integration– Helping Journals to Upgrade Data Publication for Reusable Research
This article describes the novel open source tools for open data publication in open access journal workflows. This comprises a plugin for Open Journal Systems ...
The presence of High-impact factor Open Access Journals in Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine (STEM) disciplines
The present study means to establish to what extent high-quality open access journals are available as an outlet for publication, by examining their distributio...
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 ...
Donations as a Source of Income for Open Access Journals: An Option To Consider?
« Online open access journals allow readers to view scholarly articles without a subscription or other payment barrier. However, publishing costs must still be ...