The Role of the Academic Journal Publisher and Open Access Publishing Models

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cliff Morgan ◽  
Bob Campbell ◽  
Terri Teleen
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Academic Journal

scholarly journals Re-launch as British Journal of Chinese Studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. iv-vi
Author(s):  
Gerda Wielander ◽  
Heather Inwood
Keyword(s):  
British Journal ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
New Name ◽  
Chinese Studies ◽  
The Uk

Publication of issue 9.2 is an important moment for the journal, which launches with a new name on a new platform. Here, the editors explain the role of the journal as fully open access, academic journal promoting Chinese studies in the UK and beyond.

Open Access as a Platform for Sustainable Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Priti Jain
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Efficient Access ◽  
The Status ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
Access To Knowledge

Open access publishing is a cross-cutting issue that has the potential to contribute to most Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are reliant on improved access to information and knowledge. Open access publishing makes scientific results available for everyone, and thus facilitates new discoveries and empowers researchers through rapid and efficient access to knowledge. Open access is a platform of knowledge management. There is a clear link between open access and access to information, and therefore between open access and sustainable development. International organizations such as WIPO and UNESCO have already recognized this connection and have changed their own internal policies and officially recognize open access as a driver for achievement of the SDGs and sustainable social, political, and economic development. In the above context, this chapter discusses how sustainable development can be realized through open access platforms. The chapter is based on in-depth literature review. The chapter commences with a brief review of the literature on the major concepts, which is followed by a description of the role of open access in attaining sustainable development. Thereafter, the status, prospects, and challenges of open access publishing in Africa are discussed. Finally, the chapter provides recommendations for attaining sustainable developments goals through open access publishing in Africa.

scholarly journals Converting to Open Access. The Austrian Journal of Political Science (OZP) as a case study

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Thomas König
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Open Access Publication ◽  
The Social

Open Access is a simple idea that has resulted in a confusing landscape of business models, competing policy prescriptions, and vested interests. Academic debates about the pros and cons of Open Access publishing often lack insights into the operational needs for setting up an Open Access publication. This is true particularly for the social sciences, where experiences with Open Access from the production side still seem sparse. Covering the period between 2010 and 2015, this article recapitulates one of the few cases where an existing academic journal in political science has been converted to an Open Access publication. The Austrian Journal of Political Science (OZP) is an Open Access journal since 2015; and it was the academic community that conducted the conversion process. Remaking the OZP may thus entail some broader lessons for the social sciences communities about what is important in Open Access publishing.

scholarly journals Trust in science and the role of open access publishing

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 5-6
Author(s):  
Outi Sarpila ◽  
Elina Kilpi-Jakonen ◽  
Sanna Kailaheimo-Lönnqvist
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Access Publishing

scholarly journals A golden era for Open Access or a trend towards the golden road to Open Access?

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Pieper
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Publication Output ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
German Research Foundation ◽  
Executive Summary ◽  
Support Programme ◽  
The Common ◽  
Article Processing Charges

When looking at the „Dramatic Growth of Open Access“[1] it seems that we live in a golden era for Open Access (OA). From a library point of view one could notice a trend to the golden road to OA. The German Research Foundation (DFG) started the support programme „Open Access Publishing“[2] in 2010 with the overall goal, to help universities to establish long-lasting and reliable structures for paying OA publications which demand article processing charges. The recent discussion about the Finch Report[3] shows the precariousness about the role of publishers, and libraries fear about escalating costs again, if OA moves mainly towards the golden road. This presentation explaines the DFG programme and highlights the experiences of Bielefeld University Library (UL) within and concludes, that riding on the golden road is not the only way for libraries, to support universities making their publication output as visible as possible. Bielefeld UL started the support of OA publications with paying article processing charges back in 2004 with  a BioMed Central membership and introduced a publication funds in 2008. In 2011 and 2012 the publication funds is supported by the above mentioned DFG programme. Besides the conventional questions like building a helpdesk for OA or how to organise the process from requesting money for OA publications by university members until the payment of article fees it became clear, that it is important to determine the publications of Bielefeld University as much as possible. The common publisher tools can only capture a part of the overall publication output of a university. Thus, the main focus of Bielefeld UL within the DFG programme lies on the integration of funding, detection and the enhancement of outside publicity of publications. Further on, Bielefeld University decided not to support hybrid OA publications anymore. For the next step, Bielefeld UL plans to install a clearing centre for OA at Bielefeld University. The now established system PUB (Publications at Bielefeld University) gives the UL a more valid basis than „Web of Science“ or „SCOPUS“ when trying to estimate the possible costs for golden OA. From the perspective of increasing the visibilty of Bielefeld University publications as much as possible and from the perspective of economic costs alone the OA strategy Bielefeld UL will include supporting the green road in the future as well.[1] Heather Morrison, http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.ca/[2] http://www.dfg.de/formulare/12_20/12_20.pdf[3] http://www.researchinfonet.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Finch-Group-report-executive-summary-FINAL-VERSION.pdf

scholarly journals Open Access Publishing and the role of the Royal Society of Chemistry

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian O'Connor ◽  
May Copsey
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Quality Research ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Gold Open Access

See video of the presentation.The Royal Society of Chemistry recognises that researchers are increasingly being mandated to publish Open Access (OA), but do not always have the funding to pay for it directly. Our presentation would outline the RSC’s view on Open Access, and how as a society publisher we are supporting the funder-led evolution to Gold open access with a Gold for Gold initiative, ensuring academics can further increase the visibility of their quality research, and fulfil their funder mandate. The presentation will show how this initiative has been successfully piloted in the UK, which has been one of the first countries to mandate Open Access, and is now available to all our authors worldwide. The presentation will also cover some of the activities that the RSC is undertaking to support researchers with the dissemination of their research and to ensure the impact of this is maximised.

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