Research reveals economic case for open access publishing « News from DIS

Research reveals economic case for open access publishing « News from DIS 

Research reveals economic case for open access publishing

Published January 28, 2009 Uncategorized
Tags: JISC, research, staff

A new research project commissioned by JISC is published today: Economic Implications of Alternative Scholarly Publishing Models: Exploring the costs and benefits.  One of the key findings is that sharing research information via a more open access publishing model would bring millions of pounds worth of savings to the higher education sector as well as benefiting UK plc.

Professor John Houghton from the Centre of Strategic Economic Studies at Melbourne’s Victoria University and Professor Charles Oppenheim at Loughborough University were asked to lead research that would throw light on the economic and social implications of new models for scholarly publishing.   The contributors from Loughborough included Charles Oppenheim, Anne Morris, Claire Creaser, Helen Greenwood, Mark Summers and Adrian Gourlay.

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Research reveals economic case for open access publishing « News from DIS

SpringerLink - Journal Article

SpringerLink - Journal Article

"Journal article on copyright and social networking" -- HSM

Shared electronic spaces in the classroom: Copyright, privacy, and guidelines

Journal
TechTrends

Publisher
Springer Boston

ISSN
8756-3894 (Print) 1559-7075 (Online)

Issue
Volume 51, Number 1 / January, 2007

DOI
10.1007/s11528-007-0004-1

Pages
12-15

Subject Collection
Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

SpringerLink Date
Monday, March 05, 2007

SpringerLink - Journal Article

Hprints.org :: [hprints-00326285, version 1] The integration of open access journals in the scholarly communication system: three science fields

Hprints.org :: [hprints-00326285, version 1] The integration of open access journals in the scholarly communication system: three science fields 

The integration of open access journals in the scholarly communication system: three science fields

Tove Faber Frandsen ¹

(2008)

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The greatest number of open access journals (OAJs) is found in the sciences and their influence is growing. However, there are only a few studies on the acceptance and thereby integration of these OAJs in the scholarly communication system. Even fewer studies provide insight into the differences across disciplines. This study is an analysis of the citing behaviour in journals within three science fields: biology, mathematics, and pharmacy and pharmacology. It is a statistical analysis of OAJs as well as non-OAJs including both the citing and cited side of the journal to journal citations. The multivariate linear regression reveals many similarities in citing behaviour across fields and media. But it also points to great differences in the integration of OAJs. The integration of OAJs in the scholarly communication system varies considerably across fields. The implications for bibliometric research are discussed.

1: Royal School of Library and Information Science (RSLIS)

oa-interaction.pdf (186.8 KB)

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hprints-00326285, version 1

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From: Tove Faber Frandsen < tff@db.dk>

Thursday, 2 October 2008 14:22:12

Hprints.org :: [hprints-00326285, version 1] The integration of open access journals in the scholarly communication system: three science fields