The growth of open access journals in relation to the publication of scholarly journals

2013 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 143-175
Author(s):  
Keiko Yokoi
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Open Access Journals

scholarly journals A Survey of Scholarly Journals Using Open Journal Systems

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian D Edgar ◽  
John Willinsky
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Peer Reviewing ◽  
Limited Degree ◽  
Source Journal ◽  
Acceptance Rates ◽  
Traditional Norms ◽  
Open Journal Systems

A survey of 998 scholarly journals that use Open Journal Systems (OJS), an open source journal software platform, captures the characteristics of an emerging class of scholar-publisher open access journals. The journals in the sample follow traditional norms for peer-reviewing, acceptance rates, and disciplinary focus, but as a group are distinguished by the number that offer open access to their content, growth rates in new titles, participation rates from developing countries, and extremely low operating budgets. The survey also documents the limited degree to which open source software can alter a field of communication, for OJS appears to have created a third path, dedicated to maximizing access to research and scholarship, as an alternative to traditional scholarly society and commercial publishing routes.

Status and quality of open access journals in Scopus

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 155-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammadamin Erfanmanesh
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Health Profession ◽  
Average Quality ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Open Access Journals

Purpose This study aims to provide an extensive overview of OA journals’ status and quality in 27 research areas based on all Scopus-indexed journals. It shows the volume of OA journals, proportion of publications in OA journals and the quality of these journals in comparison with subscription-based counterparts. Design/methodology/approach This research investigated 22,256 active peer-reviewed journals indexed by Scopus in 2015. Data were gathered using the Journal Metrics website. The current research adopted four indicators to compare the quality of OA and non-OA journals indexed in Scopus under each subject area, namely citedness rate, CiteScore, SNIP and SJR. Findings OA journals comprised approximately 17 per cent out of the total journals indexed by Scopus in 2015. The results revealed an uneven spread of OA journals across disciplines, ranged from 5.5 to 28.7 per cent. Studying the quality of journals as measured by CiteScore, SJR SNIP leads us to the finding that, in all research areas, except for health profession and nursing, non-OA journals attain statistically significant higher average quality than do OA journals. Originality/value Although OA publishing improves the visibility of scholarly journals, this increase is not always coupled with increase in journals’ impact and quality.

scholarly journals Enclosure and emancipation in scholarly journals publishing: Overview, critical, global and communication perspectives

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-53
Author(s):  
Heather Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Commercial System ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Strong Potential ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Current State ◽  
Open Access Journals

The current state of scholarly communication is presented as one of contest between an increasingly commercial system that is dysfunctional and incompatible with the basic aims of scholarship, and emerging alternatives, particularly open access publishing and open access archiving. Two approaches to facilitating global participation in scholarly communication are contrasted; equity is seen as a superior goal to the donor model, which requires poverty or inequity to succeed. The current state of scholarly communication within the discipline of communication is examined. A relatively healthy percentage of not-for-profit publishers and at least 76 fully open access journals suggest strong potential for emancipating scholarship in communication from commercial imperatives. Specific sites of struggle and actions for scholars, including developing open access journals and self-archiving, are presented.

scholarly journals Editorial

2010 ◽  
pp. 158-160
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Learning Support ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Open Access Publication ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Set Up

Welcome to the December 2010 issue of SiSAL Journal, a publication set up this year to disseminate ongoing research and practice within the field of self-access and out of class learning support. The journal is an online, open access publication whose pages receive, on average, around fifty views per day. The journal was recently evaluated by several indexes for suitability for inclusion. I am delighted to report that SiSAL Journal will be indexed by Academia.edu, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), EBSCO Publishing, Open J-Gate (open-access movement for scholarly journals), Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory and WilsonWeb Journal Directory. It is also available for download as an e-book on amazon.com and amazon.co.uk.

Open access resources for Mexican art

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-26
Author(s):  
Elsa Barberena ◽  
Evelin Garduño Aguilar
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Mexican Art ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Art And Culture ◽  
Unrestricted Access ◽  
Open Access Resources

Free and unrestricted access to online educational or scholarly material, without subscription or registration requirements, seeks to eliminate traditional financial, legal and technical barriers. Indeed it provides greater accessibility to scholarly materials, substantially increasing the visibility of research. This article introduces the Mexican open access journals that specialize in art and culture, and analyzes their visibility in the databases of Latin American scholarly journals.

scholarly journals Open access editorial policies of SciELO health sciences journals

2021 ◽  
pp. 016555152110151
Author(s):  
Cristina Bojo-Canales ◽  
Remedios Melero
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Editorial Policies ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
The Past ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
The Caribbean

SciELO promotes open access and cooperative publication of scholarly journals, based mainly in Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal. SciELO was created to offer solutions to increase the visibility of participating journals and facilitate free access to their full texts. This work aims to analyse the open access editorial policies implemented by the health sciences journals of the SciELO network (411 journals at the time of this study) in terms of authors’ rights, copyright issues, self-archiving policies and openness. From SciELO health sciences journals network, 92% of the 411 journals use a Creative Commons licence, 89% require transfer of author copyright and 14% apply author processing charges. According to the past SHERPA/RoMEO taxonomy of self-archiving policies, 8.5% of the journals were classified as white, 81.5% blue and 10% green. The openness of journals calculated through the Open Access Spectrum approach was higher than 60% in more than 80% of the total journals. Out of the 411 journals in SciELO portals, 380 have their own website. Discrepancies were found between licences stated in SciELO compared with the ones used in their websites, mainly due to the lack of declared licences in either of the two sources or because the licences did not match. The licences used on the websites and in SciELO were also compared with their corresponding records in the Directory of Open Access Journals and Crossref, and again the differences were narrowly related to the data supplier.

scholarly journals What Are the Characteristics of Canadian Independent, Scholarly Journals? Results from a Website Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Lange ◽  
Sarah Severson
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Board Structure ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Commercial Publisher ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Article Processing Charges

The dominance of commercial publishers (Larivière, Haustein, and Mongeon 2015) has led to a discussion in Canada focusing on alternative models for supporting independent, non-commercial, scholarly journals. Although small in number, these journals represent an important contribution to Canadian and global scholarship. They also act as a counterbalance to the increasingly for-profit nature of scholarly publishing. Despite their importance, there exists no definitive list of journals of this nature in Canada, making analysis and understanding of their characteristics difficult.In order to address this gap, the researchers undertook an analysis of the websites of 485 Canadian, independent, scholarly journals. Independent was defined as journals which are not affiliated with a commercial publisher. The researchers gathered data for each journal on their access type (e.g., closed, open access), subject area, size and composition of the editorial team, and any affiliation(s). This data was then analyzed to create a portrait of these journals with these themes. The researchers found that most of these journals were affiliated with at least one organization, with over half being associated with two or more. They also discovered that affiliations varied depending on the discipline and that the size of the editorial team was correlated to the access type. Journals were predominantly in the humanities and social sciences, and the majority were open access (OA) without article processing charges (APCs).While the focus of this study is on Canadian journals, this article provides a framework for other researchers to examine non-commercial, independent publishing in their own countries. Its results also provide preliminary data which may inspire future avenues of research, particularly into models for non-APC, open access journals as well as the editorial board structure and size for independent journals.

scholarly journals Forecast of the Development of Russian Scientific Journals: Open Access Journals

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 33-62
Author(s):  
O. V. Moskaleva ◽  
M. A. Akoev
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Citation Rate ◽  
Editorial Policy ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Entire Series ◽  
Russian Scientific ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Access Model

The article analyzes Russian open access scholarly journals in the context of improving the presentation of the results of scientific research of Russian scientists. The advantages and problems of supporting open access publications are considered, taking into account the analysis of the interests of the stakeholders of scientific publications, examples of state policy for supporting open access publications are presented, and options for adapting the open access model in Russia are formulated. The analysis of the representation of information on the terms of open access for Russian journals is carried out. The citation rate of open access journals was investigated in comparison with the citation rate of traditional subscription publications taking into account the types of open access and the country of the author of the publication. Proposals for adjusting the editorial policy in order to promote Russian journals, improve their quality and accessibility are presented. The final conclusions are made for the entire series of articles devoted to the forecast of the development of Russian journals.

scholarly journals A new funding model and improved infrastructure for the Finnish Open Access journals

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Jyrki Ilva ◽  
Johanna Lilja
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
National Library ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Funding Model ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Learned Societies

<p>A new project launched by the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies and the National Library of Finland will be looking for ways to make Open Access publishing more viable for the Finnish scholarly journals. Most of the journals are published by small learned societies with modest resources. The project will investigate potential new funding models for the OA journals and develop improved technological infrastructure for them.</p>

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