As both criticisms of academic journal publication practices and recent empirical results suggest, transparency that Open Access (OA) tends to promote is likely to be associated with journal quality, since latest journal citation reports have shown that a significant share of highest-ranking scientific journals in […]
As a latest survey shows, in Asia Open Access enjoys robust state and institutional support for repositories, consortia memberships and article processing charges funds. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. In their recent survey of Open Access activities in Asia conducted on behalf of the […]
In early 2017, Open Geosciences has published Stoppa et al.’s research results on the historical eruption of Vesuvius in 1631, in which a novel, simplified model of its volcanic activity has been proposed. A Blog Interview by Pablo Markin. While the model proposed by Stoppa […]
Concerted policies of the Austrian Science Fund lead to an overwhelming adoption of Open Access for research publications. A Question and Answer Session with Katharina Rieck and Doris Haslinger. Seeking to inquire into its open access promotion policies, handling of article processing charges and the […]
Recent data show that the demand of both individual scholars and university libraries for the services that journal publishers offer is increasingly elastic. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. In recent months, growing attention has been paid to the article processing charges (APCs) of academic […]
The adoption and promotion of Open Access by the Austrian Science Fund promises to cut academic publication costs across the publishing workflow in the long-term. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. As an independent, publicly supported foundation furthering scholarly research, the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) […]