Characteristics of Open Access Journals in Six Subject Areas

Walters, William H.; Linvill, Anne

doi:10.5860/crl-132

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“…Most of these journals are from science disciplines and no social science or arts journal are yet included. This is in accordance with the fi ndings of earlier studies 51 be the most reliable way to ensure that OA journal content can be found and used. 19,52 The analyzed citation distribution pattern of OA journals in India confi rms the existence of a skewed citation distribution across the model and subjects, emphasizing that they are witnessing a considerable inequality in terms of their citation amount relative to their outputs within a single discipline, among disciplines, and within the whole OA journal subsystem.…”

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“…In his words: ' All these elements suggest that small-scale operation of OA publishing is economically ineffi cient, and that OA publishing best be organized in larger publishing institutions.' Walters and Linvill 51 in their article also reported that the OA marketplace is dominated by just three large players: PLoS, BMC, and Oxford University Press, which together account for nearly a quarter (24%) of the OA articles in their study. Half of the remaining publishers churn out 25 or fewer articles per year.…”

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Green and gold open access in India

Mukherjee

2014

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Green and gold open access in India

Mukherjee

2014

Learned Publishing

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“…Björk et al, 2010) ; même constat pour le nombre moyen d'articles publiés qui reflète les modes de production et qui par conséquent varie largement selon la discipline scientifique (cf. Walters & Linvill, 2011).…”

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“…Certes, ce taux et l'impact du libre accès varient en fonction de la discipline scientifique (cf. Walters & Linvill, 2011). Néanmoins, tout laisse à penser que le nombre d'articles publiés dans des revues OA continuera d'augmenter à un rythme soutenu 2 .…”

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Efficience et économie d’échelle. Une étude sur l’édition de revues en libre accès

Schöpfel¹,

Prost²,

Frantsvåg³

2012

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RésuméL'article analyse la distribution des éditeurs de revues en libre accès en fonction de leur taille et discute l'impact de cette distribution sur l'édition scientifique, sous l'aspect de l'efficience économique. L'analyse exploite l'information sur les revues en libre accès et leurs éditeurs du répertoire DOAJ et, à titre comparatif, l'information sur l'édition des revues scientifiques du Ulrichsweb.Le DOAJ contient 3921 éditeurs de revues en libre accès (OA). 95,8% des éditeurs publient jusqu'à trois titres tandis que seulement 54 éditeurs (1,4%) éditent 10 titres ou plus, cumulant ainsi 1643 revues (25,5%). Les éditeurs et revues OA sont moins nombreux que ceux du modèle traditionnel mais leur nombre augmente plus rapidement. La grande majorité des éditeurs OA sont de petite et de très petite taille (1-3 titres). Par rapport à l'édition traditionnelle, l'édition OA est moins concentrée, avec moins de grands éditeurs et moins de revues publiées par de grands éditeurs. La situation en France est différente dans la mesure où il manque de grands éditeurs de revues.La discussion pose la question de l'efficience de l'édition en libre accès. La situation « fragmentée » désavantage l'édition OA du point de vue économique, avec une conséquence directe sur la visibilité et l'impact des contenus. La mutualisation de la production éditoriale ou du moins d'une partie du workflow est une des pistes d'évolution. La commercialisation liée à une concentration accrue en est une autre. AbstractThe article examines the size distribution of open access (OA) journal publishers and discusses the impact on academic publishing, from the standpoint of economic efficiency. The analysis uses information on open access journals and their publishers from the DOAJ Directory and, for comparison, information on scientific journals from the Ulrichsweb.The DOAJ contains 3921 OA journal publishers. 95.8% of them publish three titles while only 54 publishers (1.4%) publish 10 titles or more, all 1643 magazines (25.5%). There are fewer OA journals and publishers 2 than for the traditional model, but their numbers are growing faster. The vast majority of OA publishers are small and very small (1-3 journals).

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“…Recently, together with OA text, open data become a universal requirement for publication (e.g., PLOS, http://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/data-availability). Except open article and open data, open evaluation pledges to address the problems of the current assessment systems [8]. All these diverse methods changed the interaction between science and society, and enable broader impact on society and education, as well as innovation.…”

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Management of Self-directed E-learning from Open Accessed Journals in Science Education

Li¹,

Tian²,

Sun³

2017

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Abstract. At present, Open Access (OA) becomes a widely recognized format for publishing scholarly articles and these materials are useful for self-directed E-learning. However, the potential of utilizing OA journals as studying material remains underexplored and efficient management of this process is difficult. Considering the fast expansion of OA articles, it is meaningful to discuss the topic in details from all related aspects, especially from the perspective of science education. This paper expresses authors' perspectives for current understanding on the impacts of OA on society and education, the pros and cons of OA for self-directed E-learning. Meanwhile, the paper outlined three basic characteristics of self-directed E-learning. Furthermore, the work proposed several key processes for efficient management of self-directed E-learning from OA journals from their teaching practices and discussed many other considerations regarding this studying strategy with the aim of promoting modern science education.

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Characteristics of Open Access Journals in Six Subject Areas

Cited by 44 publications

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Green and gold open access in India

Green and gold open access in India

Efficience et économie d’échelle. Une étude sur l’édition de revues en libre accès

Management of Self-directed E-learning from Open Accessed Journals in Science Education

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