Preprint citation practice in PLOS
Authors : Marc Bertin, Iana Atanassova The role of preprints in the scientific production and their part in citations have been growing over the past 10 years. ...
Étiquette : open access
Should open access lead to closed research? The trends towards paying to perform research
Authors : Lin Zhang, Yahui Wei, Ying Huang, Gunnar Sivertsen Open Access (OA) emerged as an important transition in scholarly publishing worldwide during the pa...
OA isn’t free, it costs folks like you and me. How open access ideology obscures labour inequity in academia
Author : John Bryans Despite the framing of open access (OA) as a progressive movement that challenges neoliberalism and champions the public good, academic lab...
From library budget to information budget: fostering transparency in the transformation towards open access
Author: Heinz Pampel The discussion on the transformation of scholarly journals to open access (OA) increasingly concerns financial aspects. Considering the var...
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...
Toward openness and transparency to better facilitate knowledge creation
Author : Simon Mahony Changes in modes of publication over recent decades and moves to publish material freely and openly have resulted in increased amounts of ...
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...