The International Open Access Movement and Its Status in Pakistan
Author : Arslan Sheikh The objective of this study is to analyze the present status of the open access movement in Pakistan, identify challenges, and make recom...
Étiquette : open access
Attitudes of North American Academics toward Open Access Scholarly Journals
Authors : Elizabeth D. Dalton, Carol Tenopir, Bo-Christer Björk In this study, the authors examine attitudes of researchers toward open access (OA) scholarly jo...
The fundamental problem blocking open access and how to overcome it: the BitViews project
Authors : Camillo Lamanna, Manfredi La Manna In our view the fundamental obstacle to open access (OA) is the lack of any incentive-based mechanism that unbundle...
Monitoring agreements with open access elements: why article-level metadata are important
Authors : Mafalda Marques, Saskia Woutersen-Windhouwer, Arja Tuuliniemi Agreements with open access (OA) elements (e.g. agreements with APC discounts, offsettin...
Mapping the Publishing Challenges for an Open Access University Press
Authors : Megan Taylor Managing a New University Press (NUP) is often a one-person operation and, with limits on time and resources, efficiency and effectivenes...
Defining predatory journals and responding to the threat they pose: a modified Delphi consensus process
Authors : Samantha Cukier, Manoj M. Lalu, Gregory L. Bryson, Kelly D. Cobey, Agnes Grudniewicz, David Moher Background Posing as legitimate open access outlets,...
Repositories for academic products/outputs: Latin American and Chilean visions
Authors : Leandro Torres, Ricardo Hartley Open access policies have been progressing since the beginning of this century. Important global initiatives, both pub...