Library funding for open access at KU Leuven
Authors : Demmy Verbeke, Laura Mesotten As main buyers of scholarly literature, research libraries have always provided essential economic support for sustainin...
Étiquette : open access
Open access in the humanities, arts and social sciences: Complex perceptions of researchers and implications for research support
Author : Niamh Quigley Adoption of open access in the humanities, arts and social sciences (HASS) is a work in progress, with lower engagement in HASS than most...
Academic Librarians, Open Access, and the Ethics of Care
Author : Cara Bradley This paper explores the value of applying the ethics of care to scholarly communications work, particularly that of open-access (OA) libra...
Open access scientific journals: an analysis of the DOAJ catalogue
Authors : Suênia Oliveira Mendes, Rosângela Schwarz Rodrigues Introduction The research aims to analyse the publishers, countries of publication, citation index...
Promoting a culture of openness: Institutional open access policy development and evaluation at a Canadian university
Authors : Alison J. Moore, Jennifer Zerkee, Kate Shuttleworth, Rebecca Dowson, Gwen Bird Institutional open access (OA) policies can act as a solid foundation o...
More readers in more places: the benefits of open access for scholarly books
Authors : Cameron Neylon, Alkim Ozaygen, Lucy Montgomery, Chun-Kai (Karl) Huang, Ros Pyne, Mithu Lucraft, Christina Emery Open access to scholarly contents has ...
Journal citation reports and the definition of a predatory journal: The case of the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Author : M. Ángeles Oviedo-García The extent to which predatory journals can harm scientific practice increases as the numbers of such journals expand, in so fa...