The APC-Effect: Stratification in Open Access Publishing
Authors : Thomas Klebel,Tony Ross-Hellauer Current implementations of Open Access (OA) publishing frequently involve Article Publishing Charges (APCs). Increasi...
Étiquette : open access publishing
How Open Is the U15? A Preliminary Analysis of Open Access Publishing in Canadian Academic Libraries
Authors : Nikki Tummon, Robin Desmeules Introduction This study offers insight into open access (OA) culture at Canadian university libraries by detailing the d...
Choices of immediate open access and the relationship to journal ranking and publish-and-read deals
Author : Lars Wenaas The role of academic journals is significant in the reward system of science, which makes their rank important for the researcher’s c...
How transformative agreements are actually transforming the subscription system: a society publisher’s perspective
Authors : Graham Anderson, Jade Heyman, Maggie Simmons Transformative agreements (TAs) are useful tools to accelerate the growth in open access (OA) for small p...
Attitudes, willingness, and resources to cover article publishing charges: The influence of age, position, income level country, discipline and open access habits
Authors : Francisco Segado-Boj, Juan-Jose Prieto-Gutiérrez, Juan Martín-Quevedo The rise of open access (OA) publishing has been followed by the expansion of th...
The Rise of Platinum Open Access Journals with Both Impact Factors and Zero Article Processing Charges
Author : Joshua M. Pearce It appears that open access (OA) academic publishing is better for science because it provides frictionless access to make significant...
Surveillance Publishing
Author : Jeff Pooley This essay develops the idea of surveillance publishing, with special attention to the example of Elsevier. A scholarly publisher can be de...