Converting Scholarly Journals to Open Access: A Review of Approaches and Experiences
Authors : David Solomon, Mikael Laakso, Bo-Christer Björk This report identifies ways through which subscription-based scholarly journals have converted their p...
Étiquette : open access publishing
Write up! A Study of Copyright Information on Library-Published Journals
Author : Melanie Schlosser INTRODUCTION Libraries have a mission to educate users about copyright, and library publishing staff are often involved in that work....
Article processing charges for open access publication—the situation for research intensive universities in the USA and Canada
Authors : David Solomon, Bo-Christer Björk Background Open access (OA) publishing via article processing charges (APCs) is growing as an alternative to subscrip...
Open access publishing trend analysis: statistics beyond the perception
Authors : Elisabetta Poltronieri, Elena Bravo, Moreno Curti, Maurizio Ferri, Cristina Mancini Introduction The purpose of this analysis was twofold: to track th...
Quality Assessment of Studies Published in Open Access and Subscription Journals: Results of a Systematic Evaluation
Authors : Sonja Milovanovic, Jovana Stojanovic, Ljupcho Efremov, Rosarita Amore, Stefania Boccia Introduction Along with the proliferation of Open Access (OA) p...
A longitudinal study of independent scholar-published open access journals
Authors : Bo-Christer Björk, Cenyu Shen, Mikael Laakso Open Access (OA) is nowadays increasingly being used as a business model for the publishing of scholarly ...
Measuring, Rating, Supporting, and Strengthening Open Access Scholarly Publishing in Brazil
This study assesses the extent and nature of open access scholarly publishing in Brazil, one of the world’s leaders in providing universal access to its researc...