"Academic spring" sees widening boycott of Elsevier

Epstein, Keith

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“…Due to the resistance of commercial publishers -one of the most powerful interest groups in the scientific publications sphere -, boycotts were imposed by proponents of the change who advocated Open Access (OA) as a solution to scientific information access inequality (Epstein 2012). It is in this scenario as a response to the high prices paid by the libraries (Mann et al 2009) that the OA movement arises for optimizing public access to information and eliminating the monopoly of these commercial publishers concerning the flow of information (Kamila & Biswas 2011).…”

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Open Access Publications with Article Processing Charge (APC) Payment: a Brazilian Scenario Analysis

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Barbosa²

2021

An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.

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The expansion of open access publications has been correlated with specific government policies in many countries. The evolution in these cases is understandable within the framework of funding regulations. However, this is not the case for Brazil, where no regulation is currently in place. The unusually high percentage of open access publications in the Brazilian scientific community is analyzed here toward understanding which factors influence this growth and how similar effects may also impact other countries, particularly developing nations. We found that from 2012 to 2019 the Brazilian scientific community drifted to international open access journals. This transition is discussed in the framework of mega journals.

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Open Access Publications with Article Processing Charge (APC) Payment: a Brazilian Scenario Analysis

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Barbosa²

2021

An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.

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“…). Journals are evolving radically in response (Epstein ). While some journals are moving to ‘online’ content only, more profoundly, many new journals are being established to serve the need for ‘open access’ to knowledge.…”

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Making good choices about publishing in the journal jungle

Clark

Thompson

2012

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…1 Following the resistance of commercial publishers as one of the most powerful interest groups in the scientific publication sphere certain boycotts were imposed by the proponents of the movement, 2 including librarians who have been advocating for open access as a remedy for inequality in access to scientific information.…”

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The World’s Approach toward Publishing in Springer and Elsevier’s APC-Funded Open Access Journals

Sotudeh

Ghasempour²

2018

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Purpose: The present study explored tendencies of the world's countries-at individual and scientific development levels-toward publishing in APC-funded open access journals.Design/Methodology/Approach: Using a bibliometric method, it studied OA and NOA articles issued in Springer and Elsevier's APC journals during [2007][2008][2009][2010][2011]. The data were gathered using a wide number of sources including Sherpa/Romeo, Springer Author-mapper, Science Direct, Google, and journals' websites. Findings:The Netherlands, Norway, and Poland ranked highest in terms of their OA shares. This can be attributed to the financial resources allocated to publication in general, and publishing in OA journals in particular, by the countries. All developed countries and a large number of scientifically lagging and developing nations were found to publish OA articles in the APC journals. The OA papers have been exponentially growing across all the countries' scientific groups annually. Although the advanced nations published the lion's share of the OA-APC papers and exhibited the highest growth, the underdeveloped groups have been displaying high OA growth rates.Practical Implications: Given the reliance of the APC model on authors' affluence and motivation, its affordability and sustainability have been challenged. This communication helps understand how countries at different scientific development and thus wealth levels contribute to the model. Originality/Value: This is the first study conducted at macro level clarifying countries' contribution to the APC model-at individual and scientificdevelopment levels-as the ultimate result of the interaction between authors' willingness, the model affordability, and publishers and funding agencies' support. University; email: sotudeh@shirazu.ac.ir, z15.ghasempour@gmail.com. ©2018 Hajar Sotudeh and Zahra Ghasempour, Attribution-NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4 Hajar Sotudeh is Associate Professor and Zahra Ghasempour is MA Student of Education & Psychology in the Department of Knowledge & Information Sciences on the Eram Campus of Shiraz IntroductionThe Open Access reform movement emerged to pave the way to optimize public access to information and eliminate commercial publishers' monopoly over the flow of information.1 Following the resistance of commercial publishers as one of the most powerful interest groups in the scientific publication sphere certain boycotts were imposed by the proponents of the movement, 2 including librarians who have been advocating for open access as a remedy for inequality in access to scientific information.Long before the outbreak of the protests, the commercial publishers had offered Author-Pays model in response to their demands. In this model, the author would pay article processing charges (APC) set by the publisher, facilitating public access to her paper.3 Springer and Elsevier are among the most prestigious commercial publishers, who have embraced this model since 2004 and 2006, respectively. 4 In Gold OA journals, aut...

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"Academic spring" sees widening boycott of Elsevier

Cited by 6 publications

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Open Access Publications with Article Processing Charge (APC) Payment: a Brazilian Scenario Analysis

Open Access Publications with Article Processing Charge (APC) Payment: a Brazilian Scenario Analysis

Making good choices about publishing in the journal jungle

The World’s Approach toward Publishing in Springer and Elsevier’s APC-Funded Open Access Journals

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