Evaluating an Open Access Publishing Fund at a Comprehensive University
Introduction As the open access movement has fostered a shift from subscriber-funded journals to author-pays models, scholars seek funding for the dissemination...
Étiquette : open access
Open access in the world and Latin America: A review since the Budapest Open Access Initiative
In 2012, the Open Access Movement to scientific information celebrated ten years of existence. The period, which represents the first stage of consolidation of ...
Principles of the Self Journal of Science: bringing ethics and freedom to scientific publishing
I present the core principles of the “Self-Journal of Science” (SJS), an open repository as well as a new paradigm of scientific publication. Rooted in Science ...
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 Access Publishing of Health Research: Does Open Access Publishing Facilitate the Translation of Research into Health Policy and Practice?
Health practitioners and policy makers translate health research into practice and policy. However, these end users have limited access to full versions of peer...
Academic Social Networks and Open Access: French Researchers at the Crossroads
Researchers benefit from an increasing array of tools to enhance direct communication and the dissemination of their research findings. These include Open Acces...
Bibliometric and benchmark analysis of gold open access in Spain: big output and little impact
This bibliometric study analyzes the research output produced by Spain during the 2005-2014 time period in Open Access (OA) journals indexed in Web of Science. ...