Exposing the predators. Methods to stop predatory journals
“The internet is greatly improving the impact of scholarly journals, but also poses new threats to their quality. Publishers have arisen that abuse the Go...
Étiquette : open access
Open access in South Africa : a case study and reflections
“In this paper, we locate open access in the South African higher education research context where it is, distinctively, not shaped by the policy framewor...
Modes of access: the influence of dissemination channels on the use of open access monographs
“Introduction. This paper studies the effects of several dissemination channels in an open access environment by analysing the download data of the OAPEN ...
Open Access in UCL: a new paradigm for London’s Global University in research support
“Open Access provides an opportunity for researchers to disseminate their research globally, but it comes with challenges. This article looks at the vario...
The impact factors of open access and subscription journals across fields
“We have compared the 2-year and 5-year impact factors (IFs), normalized impact factors (NIFs) and rank normalized impact factors (RNIFs) of open access (...
Scholarly communication, scholarly publishing and university libraries. Plus ca change ?
“The scholarly communication and research evaluation landscape is locked into historical paradigms which inadequately reflect the opportunities of the dig...
The Development of Open Access Repositories in the Asia-Oceania Region: A Case Study of Three Institutions
“In recent years, open access models of publishing have transcended traditional modes thus enabling freer access to research. This paper takes a trans-reg...