Have the “mega-journals” reached the limits to growth?
« A “mega-journal” is a new type of scientific journal that publishes freely accessible articles, which have been peer reviewed for scientific trustworthiness, ...
Étiquette : open access journals
Study of Open Access Publishing in Social Sciences and its Implications for Libraries
The Open Access Movement (OAM), which started as a gradual realisation by authors mainly in biomedical sciences to make available results of public-funded resea...
A Survey of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty Regarding Author Fees in Open Access Journals
« Discussions of the potential of open access publishing frequently must contend with the skepticism of research authors regarding the need to pay author fees (...
The Evolution of Publishing Agreements at the University of Michigan Library
« Taking as an example an open-access journal with a single editor, this article discusses the various configurations of rights agreements used by the Universit...
Open access and online journals in orthopaedics : What does the future hold ?
« Introduction: Open access journalism has expanded in the last two decades, with increasing titles in all medical specialties, including orthopaedic surgery. N...
Open access journals in Humanities and Social Science
This British Academy research project on the effects of current UK open access policies was funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) a...
EPUB as Publication Format in Open Access Journals…
EPUB as Publication Format in Open Access Journals: Tools and Workflow : « In this article, we present a case study of how the main publishing format of an Open...