Open Access — Towards a non-normative and systematic understanding
Authors : Niels Taubert, Anne Hobert, Nicolas Fraser, Najko Jahn, Elham Iravani The term Open Access not only describes a certain model of scholarly publishing ...
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The diverse niches of megajournals: Specialism within generalism
Authors: Kyle Siler, Vincent Larivière, Cassidy R. Sugimoto Over the past decade, megajournals have expanded in popularity and established a legitimate niche in...
Revisiting “the 1990s debutante”: Scholar‐led publishing and the prehistory of the open access movement
Author : Samuel A. Moore The movement for open access publishing (OA) is often said to have its roots in the scientific disciplines, having been popularized by ...
The Future of OA: A large-scale analysis projecting Open Access publication and readership
Authors : Heather Piwowar, Jason Priem, Richard Orr Understanding the growth of open access (OA) is important for deciding funder policy, subscription allocatio...
Open Access in developing countries – attitudes and experiences of researchers
Authors : Andy Nobes, Sian Harris Open Access is often considered as particularly beneficial to researchers in the Global South. However, research into awarenes...
Pubfair: a framework for sustainable, distributed, open science publishing services
Authors : Tony Ross-Hellauer, Benedikt Fecher, Kathleen Shearer, Eloy Rodrigues Over the last thirty years, digitally-networked technologies have disrupted trad...
A cross-sectional description of open access publication costs, policies and impact in emergency medicine and critical care journals
Authors : Chante Dove, Teresa M. Chan, Brent Thoma, Damian Roland, Stevan R. Bruijns Introduction Finding journal open access information alongside its global i...