Open Access Developments
The Directory of Open Access Books’ Growth Accelerates Despite Download Format and License Heterogeneity
As the Directory of Open Access Books has reached 10,000 titles in its catalogue in late 2017, it reflects an accelerated pace at which publishers join this Open Access initiative and make available their books and chapters to international audiences. Yet, only a minor share […]
Preprints and Retrieval Tools Help Implode the Distinction between Open Access and Subscription-Based Journals
As the growing availability of the self-archived and preprint versions of articles published in paywall-protected journals widens the gray zone between subscription-based and Open Access publishing models, the scientific journal publishing market undergoes a sea change with possibly momentous consequences. A Blog Article by Pablo […]
Open Access Promotes Scientific Discovery by Overcoming the Copyright Limitations of Conventional Publishing
In the year 2018, Open Access has experienced rising support levels in Europe and elsewhere, due to its positive impact on scientific and knowledge discovery internationally. This is starkly illustrated by its licensing terms in contrast to the public domain restrictions of copyright-protected works. A […]
Topical Spotlights
Open Science Resources
Half-Life of Facts
Del-fi (a good blog, so go and visit) has an interesting post on a new book called The Half-Life of Facts. Here’s the blurb from Amazon: Facts change all the time. Smoking has gone from doctor recommended to deadly. We used to think the Earth was the […]
The Year 2014 in Open Access – a subjective review
Open access is still growing; the number of its supporters is growing, along with their influence in many decisive bodies. On the other hand, people still cannot get access to works funded with public money. Here is a subjective review of 2014 and some thoughts […]
The Continued Relevance of Peter Suber’s (2012) Book on Open Access
As Open Access becomes a mainstream rather than a marginal phenomenon, a book-length argument in its favor Peter Suber (2012) proposes is validated by more recent findings. A Book Review by Pablo Markin. Few formats fit better Marshall MacLuhan’s dictum that “the medium is the […]
Can there be too many Information Science Journals?
De Gruyter Open has launched a new open access journal – Open Information Science. I am pleased to repost here an editorial by Paul Sturges, the journal’s Editor in Chief, discussing the current state of academic publishing in Information Science. Of course there can be […]