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United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., USA, October 22, 2011 © Courtesy of Daniel Mennerich/Flickr.

Though Open Access to Publicly Supported Reports is Increasingly Anchored in Policy, It Still Divides Scholars’ Opinions

As the United States’ Congress writes into law Open Access to federally funded research findings, recent survey results indicate that Open Access continues to be misunderstood in the scientific community. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. In early April 2018, research reports prepared on behalf of the Congressional Research Service, which produces a large quantity of high-quality research papers for the attention of Congress members and, theoretically, the general public on a wide variety of topics, such as trade, patents and agriculture, have become mandated to be published in Open Access. This move reduces barriers to accessing these reports, since […]

Views, Saltire Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK, February 5, 2006 | © Courtesy of Jisc infoNet.

The Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Open Access Transitions on Library Budgets in Britain and Germany

As recent media reports indicate, a significant impact of Open Access transitions on university and library costs related to scientific journal subscriptions can primarily be expected in the long term, if no concerted measures by academic institutions are undertaken. By contrast, short-term subscription cost reductions are likely to demand contract renegotiations. In both cases, Open Access is an integral part of changing the model based on which the journal publishing market operates. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. In a news brief from December 5, 2017, The Times Higher Education has recently recapitulated the key findings of a recent report […]

A Model of Zhejiang University's North-Eastern Campus, A Panorama View, November 4, 2009 | © Courtesy of Wesley Fryer.

Wikipedia Referencing Significantly Augments the Diffusion of Open Access Articles as Recent Findings Show

As a Chinese university questions the validity of traditional impact factor metrics, Teplitsky, Lu and Duede’s 2017 study argues that Wikipedia is more likely to promote the visibility of Open Access articles, than that of paywall-protected ones, regardless of the journal impact factor. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. Though the emergence of Open Access journals has put into question the importance of impact factors that journals have, as the influence of freely accessible scientific articles may also be measured by alternative, article-level metrics, efforts to give credence to alternative impact metrics remain relatively marginal. At the same time, a […]

Open Access is the New Black: Case Study Data on Journal Transitions from Subscription Models to Open Access

Serial crisis, growing resistance to subscription models as well as increasingly widespread and binding Open Access (OA) mandates have incentivized numerous publishers to consider converting paywall-based journals to OA. A Blog Article by Beata Socha. Flipping a journal into Open Access (OA) naturally involves numerous challenges but it is a path increasingly travelled by publishers. In 2014 De Gruyter converted a portfolio of 14 journals from the subscription model to OA. In 2017, three years on, rather compelling observations can be made as to how to make the transition smooth and successful. This post is based on the webinar that […]

Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts, Germany, June 24, 2017 | © Courtesy of Christoph Settgast.

German Editors-In-Chief and Editorial Board Members Resign from Subscription-Based Elsevier-Owned Journals

First eight German researchers and scientists have announced their resignation from editorial duties at Elsevier-supported journals on the background of the ongoing efforts of Germany-based universities and research institutes to switch to Open Access. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. As the negotiations over subscription contracts between Elsevier, a large journal publisher, and Germany-based scientific and academic institutions continue to bear no fruits, a growing number of leading German editors and editorial board members at paywall-based journals associated with this publisher announce resignations from their positions. Multiple other German scientists and researchers are reportedly ready to follow suit, in their […]