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 various wa...
Étiquette : open access
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 (OA) a...
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 digital ...
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-regional...
E-Dissertations: Access and Restrictions (EDAR) Survey 2014 Report
« European and American studies on electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) reveal that one part of digital PhD theses, even if not confidential, is limited to...
A Current Snapshot of Institutional Repositories: Growth Rate, Disciplinary Content and Faculty Contributions
« INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to examine current institutional repository (IR) content in order to assess the growth and breadth of content as it...
Identification of Core Journals and Analysis of Collaboration Networks Among Researchers in Ibero America
« INTRODUCTION In this paper we survey scientific production published in Ibero American journals in four subject areas: Medicine, Education, Administration &am...