On the Fast Track to Full Gold Open Access
Author : Robert Kudelić The world of scientific publishing is changing; the days of an old type of subscription-based earnings for publishers seem over, and we ...
Étiquette : open access
To preprint or not to preprint: A global researcher survey
Authors : Rong Ni, Ludo Waltman Open science is receiving widespread attention globally, and preprinting offers an important way to implement open science pract...
The ‘Must Stock’ Challenge in Academic Publishing: Pricing Implications of Transformative Agreements
Author : W. Benedikt Schmal The high relevance of top-notch academic journals turns them into ‘must stock’ products that assign its often commercial...
Choice of Open Access in Elsevier Hybrid Journals
Author : Sumiko Asai Open access articles in hybrid journals have recently increased despite high article processing charges. This study investigated the impact...
Does it pay to pay? A comparison of the benefits of open-access publishing across various sub-fields in biology
Authors : Amanda D. Clark, Tanner C. Myers, Todd D. Steury, Ali Krzton et al. Authors are often faced with the decision of whether to maximize traditional impac...
How open are hybrid journals included in transformative agreements?
Author : Najko Jahn The ongoing controversy surrounding transformative agreements, which aim to transition journal publishing to full open access, highlight the...
How transformative are transformative agreements? Evidence from Germany across disciplines
Author : W. Benedikt Schmal Research institutions across the globe attempt to change the academic publishing system as digitization opens up new opportunities, ...