Open is not forever: A study of vanished open access journals
Authors : Mikael Laakso, Lisa Matthias, Najko Jahn The preservation of the scholarly record has been a point of concern since the beginning of knowledge product...
Étiquette : open access
Open Access Initiatives in Western Asia
Authors : Vrushali Sainath Dandawate, M. Dhanmjaya This paper highlights open access activities and resources from Western Asia. The development of open access ...
Decolonizing Scholarly Communications through Bibliodiversity
Authors : Shearer Kathleen, Becerril-García Arianna Diversity is an important characteristic of any healthy ecosystem. In the field of scholarly communications,...
Journal Open Access and Plan S: Solving Problems or Shifting Burdens?
Authors : Shina Caroline Lynn Kamerlin, David J. Allen, Bas de Bruin, Etienne Derat, Henrik Urdal This academic thought piece provides an overview of the histor...
Where Do Early Career Researchers Stand on Open Science Practices? A Survey Within the Max Planck Society
Authors : Daniel Toribio-Flórez, Lukas Anneser, Felipe Nathan deOliveira-Lopes, Martijn Pallandt, Isabell Tunn, Hendrik Windel Open science (OS) is of paramount...
Cite Unseen: Theory and Evidence on the Effect of Open Access on Cites to Academic Articles Across the Quality Spectrum
Authors : Mark J. McCabe, Christopher Snyder Our previous paper (McCabe and Snyder 2014) contained the provocative result that, despite a positive average effec...
The move to open: medical library leadership in scholarly communication
Author : Chris Shaffer Over the years, health sciences librarians have been change agents, leading the charge on issues of importance to the profession and the ...