Scholarly journal publishing in transition: from restricted to open access
Author : Bo-Christer Björk While the business models used in most segments of the media industry have been profoundly changed by the Internet surprisingly littl...
Étiquette : open access
Thought Experiment on the Impact of Plan S on non-Plan S countries and Japan
Author : Miho Funamori In September 2018, a consortium of eleven European research funding agencies known as cOAlition S announced “Plan S,” which requires full...
Adoption of the open access business model in scientific journal publishing – A cross-disciplinary study
Authors : Bo-Christer Björk, Timo Korkeamäki Scientific journal publishers have over the past twenty-five years rapidly converted to predominantly electronic di...
The Common Ground of Open Access and Interdisciplinarity
Author : Patrick Gamsby In recent years, Open Access and interdisciplinarity have emerged as two prevalent trends in academia. Although seemingly separate pursu...
Open Access as a Revolution: Knowledge Alters Power
Author : Dave deBronkart The slogan “Gimme My Damn Data” has become a hallmark of a patient movement whose goal is to gain access to data in their medical recor...
From Meow to ROAR: Expanding Open Access Repository Services at the University of Houston Libraries
Authors : Annie Wu, Taylor Davis-Van Atta, Santi Thompson, Bethany Scott, Anne Washington, Xiping Liu INTRODUCTION The rapidly changing scholarly communication ...
NGOs’ experiences of navigating the open access landscape
Author : Nilam McGrath Grant-led consortia working in the global development sector rely on the input of local and national non-government organisations in low-...