Future Challenges and Opportunities in Academic Publishing
Author : Kyle Siler Digitization and the rise of Open Access publishing is an important recent development in academic communication. The current publishing sys...
Étiquette : open access publishing
Who is Actually Harmed by Predatory Publishers?
Authors : Martin Paul Eve, Ernesto Priego “Predatory publishing” refers to conditions under which gold open-access academic publishers claim to conduct peer rev...
Navigating the Political Waters of Open Access Publishing in Libraries
Authors : Carol Ann Borchert, Charlene N. Simser, Wendy C. Robertson In recent years, many libraries have forayed into the world of open access (OA) publishing....
Open Access and Promotion and Tenure Evaluation Plans at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
Authors : Stephanie H. Wical, Gregory J. Kocken Department and program evaluation plans at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire were examined to see if these ...
Offsetting and its discontents: challenges and opportunities of open access offsetting agreements
Author : Liam Earney The growth of open access (OA) via the payment of article processing charges (APCs) in hybrid journals has been a key feature of the approa...
Anticipated effects of an open access policy at a private foundation
Author : Eesha Khare, Carly Strasser The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF) was interested in understanding the potential effects of a policy requiring op...
Who support open access publishing? Gender, discipline, seniority and other factors associated with academics’ OA practice
Author : Yimei Zhu This paper presents the findings from a survey study of UK academics and their publishing behaviour. The aim of this study is to investigate ...