scholarly journals Copyright Issues Related to the Implementation of Open Access Policies

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignasi Labastida I. Juan
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Copyright Transfer ◽  
Open Content ◽  
Access Policies ◽  
Gold Open Access ◽  
Published Paper ◽  
Access Model

The presentation will provide an overview of the copyright issues related with the implementation of Open Access policies. It will focus on the need to obtain permission to reproduce and disseminate a copy of any published paper taking into account any copyright transfer signed by authors. This permission is needed to implement Green Open Access policies through repositories. Moreover it will explore the use of open content licenses in repositories and journals to move to the Gold Open Access model that offers not only free access to full text but full reuse of contributions.

Knowledge Unlatched: An Argument for Academic Scholarship in Law to be Open and How it Might be Achieved

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances Pinter ◽  
Nicholas Bown
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Academic Publishing ◽  
Efficient Market ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Academic Scholarship ◽  
Library Consortium ◽  
Open Content ◽  
Access Model

AbstractThe market in academic monographs is problematic, and sales have been in decline for decades. Concurrently, Open Access models of publishing are being developed and open content licenses designating a ‘some rights reserved’ status for content have been employed to provide a legal framework to reflect the changing ways content is used online. In the context of these innovations, Frances Pinter and Nicholas Bown describe Knowledge Unlatched, a not-for-profit library consortium project which seeks to combine a financially viable Open Access model with the use of open content licences to create a more efficient market in scholarly books to the benefit of all stakeholders in the academic publishing ecosystem.

Methods Extends Free Access to Papers and Offers Optional Open Access Model

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Aronsky ◽  
T. Y. Leong ◽  
A. T. McCray ◽  
R. Haux
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Access Model

scholarly journals Editorial: Starting Volume Twelve, Celebrating the Twelfth Year of Platinum Open-Access

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Applied Chemistry ◽  
Access Policy ◽  
Continuous Support ◽  
Published Paper

Dear Readers, Authors, Reviewers, and Editorial Board Members, Gratitude for the continuous support of the Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry. Volume eleven (associated to 2021) contains 600 papers, which cumulates 7784 pages, which means five times more pages than volume ten (associated to 2020). This was possible thanks to the trust that all of you have in this journal. All papers accepted in this journal are published under the platinum open-access policy, which means that no fees have to be paid by the authors and 100% permanent free access for authors and readers. I would like to share a recently published paper highlighting the first bibliometric analysis of Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry from 2016 to 2020: https://doi.org/10.33263/BRIAC116.1507515140. I am thrilled to conclude that 838 research institutes from 77 countries have participated in fulfilling the journal's focus. You are very welcome to submit your next manuscript, either original research or review paper, to be considered for publication Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry.

scholarly journals Ways to Open Science. Open Research Infrastructures and the role of repositories

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Blumesberger
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Data Types ◽  
Access Policies

Watch the VIDEO of the presentation.The Way to Open Science contains many  components. One of these  components would be open repositories based on open source software  with free access to researchers. Open access policies are essential, as are open infrastructures and open contents. Repositories can support this openness by offering open licenses, open metadata , the possibility to use open formats  and open thesauri.  Another principal point is transparency. Open peer review should be possible, and the description of processes should also be transparent. Of course, an open license should provide all data types and metadata as well.It is important to help researchers to make their results visible and accessible and to encourage them to publish in OA-Journals and use repositories for the underlying data. Open Access Policies are supporting these efforts. Open data can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone for any purpose. In order to do so, Open Licenses are required.Also Metadata are important components of the Way  to Open Science. Metadata are data about data which should be free of all restrictions on access, structured and based on standards.Open formats are defined by a published specification and are not restricted in their use. They are mainly used by open-source software. Open Thesauruses are freely accessible for everyone without costs and with a free license.Open Processes should be documented, transparent, repeatable and reusable.An open peer review process is also  a step  forward to Open Science. Authors and referees are no longer anonymous. The whole process and the decision letters are open.Of course Open licenses allow the reuse of any work or data without any restrictions.The lecture will deal with various aspects of open science and focus on the role of repositories – with all chances and challenges.

scholarly journals Behind the Wall: An Exploration of Public Access to Research Articles in Social Work Journals

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Pendell
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Open Access Journals

Despite implicit and explicit expectations that research inform their practice, social workers are unlikely to have access to published research articles. The traditional publishing model does not support public access (i.e., no publisher paywall barrier) to scholarly journals. Newer models of publishing allow free access to research including open access publishing and deposit of scholarship in institutional or disciplinary repositories. This study examined public access to articles in the top 25 social work journals. A random sample of article citations from a total of 1,587 was assessed, with the result that 52% of citations had no full-text access. Of the remaining 48% of citations with full-text access, it is questionable most will remain available long term due to possible copyright violations. Citations from the random sample show only minimal usage of institutional or disciplinary repositories as a means of sharing research. Establishing this baseline measure of access to research is an important first step in understanding the barriers for social workers in accessing research to inform practice. Recommendations for increasing access to research include publishing in open access journals and utilizing full text repositories.

scholarly journals Visibility of scientific results Green Open Access in institutional repositories

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina V. Valeeva
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Free Access ◽  
State University ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
The Public ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
Gold Open Access ◽  
Moscow State University

Open access gives free access to research publications and today, about 23% of scientific publications in Russia are in the public domain. How and to what extent an open access publication affects citation - issues that have been the subject of debate for quite some time, and of course, the type of open access in which the article is posted plays an important role here. Now, the most common are the “golden” and “green” types of open access, each of which has both advantages and disadvantages. The article presents the results of a study conducted in 2018, during which the degree of using the capabilities of Gold Open Access and Green Open Access by universities of the 5-100 project, as well as Moscow State University, St. Petersburg State University and the RAS institutes (namely, the Ural Branch of the RAS and the SB RAS). The analysis included articles located in Scopus - Gold Open Access and Green Open Access. Also, as part of the study, the authors analyzed the case of the Ural Federal University named after B.N. Yeltsin, in the framework of which the success of the institutional repository was evaluated Electronic scientific archive of Ural Federal University (elar.urfu).

Could Sci-Hub become a quicksand for authors?

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 324-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luís A. B. Novo ◽  
Viviani C. Onishi
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scholarly Publishing ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Gold Open Access ◽  
The Way

Sci-Hub has shaken the pillars of scholarly publishing, providing free access to millions of paywall-protected scientific articles. Along the way, it has also challenged the hegemony of major publishers and a system propelled by scientometrics. Here we posit a scenario in which the myriad of papers offered by Sci-Hub could trigger a sudden flip to gold open-access, dragging authors into an even more restricting paywall.

scholarly journals Estimated costs of implementing an open access policy at a private foundation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carly Strasser ◽  
Eesha Khare
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Access Policy ◽  
Private Foundation ◽  
Journal Policies ◽  
Access Policies ◽  
Gold Open Access

AbstractBackgroundThe Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF) was interested in understanding the potential effects of a policy requiring open access to peer-reviewed publications resulting from the research the foundation funds.MethodsWe collected data on more than 2000 publications in over 500 journals that were generated by GBMF grantees since 2001. We then examined the journal policies to establish how two possible open access policies might have affected grantee publishing habits.ResultsWe found that 99.3% of the articles published by grantees would have complied with a policy that requires open access within 12 months of publication. We also estimated the maximum annual costs to GBMF for covering fees associated with “gold open access” to be between $400,000 and $2,600,000 annually.DiscussionBased in part on this study, GBMF has implemented a new open access policy that requires grantees make peer-reviewed publications fully available within 12 months.

scholarly journals Estimated effects of implementing an open access policy for grantees at a private foundation

PeerJ ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. e3853
Author(s):  
Carly Strasser ◽  
Eesha Khare
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Access Policy ◽  
Private Foundation ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Journal Policies ◽  
Access Policies ◽  
Gold Open Access

BackgroundThe Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF) was interested in understanding the potential effects of requiring that grantees publish their peer-reviewed research in open access journals.MethodsWe collected data on more than 2,000 publications in over 500 journals that were generated by GBMF grantees since 2001. We then examined the journal policies to establish how two possible open access policies might have affected grantee publishing habits.ResultsWe found that 99.3% of the articles published by grantees would have complied with a policy that requires open access within 12 months of publication. We also estimated the maximum annual costs to GBMF for covering fees associated with “gold open access” to be between $400,000 and $2,600,000 annually.DiscussionBased in part on this study, GBMF has implemented a new open access policy that requires grantees make peer-reviewed publications fully available within 12 months.

scholarly journals OPEN ACCESS, RESEARCH COMMUNITIES, AND A DEFENSE AGAINST PREDATORY JOURNALS

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-17
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Beall
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Medical Research ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Predatory Journals ◽  
Research Communities ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Predatory Publishers ◽  
Gold Open Access ◽  
Opinion Article ◽  
Access Model

In this opinion article, the author describes his experiences of naming, listing, and analyzing predatory journals. The gold open-access model has led to the creation of many predatory journals that exist only to exploit researchers. Medical research is the most valuable research for humans, so we must guard against the publishing of medical research in predatory journals. Community-based journals that combine a geographical and a disciplinary focus may be seen as a defense against the pathological nature of predatory publishers.

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