scholarly journals Disseminating science: an illustration of present and future scenarios

ABOUTOPEN ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-73
Author(s):  
Giulio Zuanetti
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Life Science ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Future Scenarios ◽  
Scientific Publishing ◽  
Proper Science

The last years witnessed an unprecedented use of open access in scientific publishing to disseminate science beyond the border of the academic and research community. In this article, the classic paywall and the more recent open access scenario of publishing are summarized in four key images that may be helpful in illustrating opportunities and challenges for the researchers and academics. Combining their forces with institutions, journalists and life science executive to promote proper science and tackle pseudoscience should be a key priority for the next decade and beyond.

scholarly journals The Two Faces of Open Access

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 193-194
Author(s):  
Peter Black
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Scientific Publishing ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
New Research ◽  
Global World ◽  
Published Research

The two faces of open access remain a point of contention in the global world of scientific publishing, and this carries over into the microcosm of urologic publishing. Many of us are part of the research community and all of us are consumers of new research findings. On both sides of the research enterprise—as providers and consumers—our interests are best met by broad dissemination and universal access to all published research. These are the underlying objectives of open access publishing.

scholarly journals Perspectives on Openness: Honouring Indigenous Ways of Knowing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacy Allison-Cassin ◽  
Sean Hillier ◽  
Alan Odjig Corbiere ◽  
Deborah McGregor ◽  
Joy Kirchner
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Panel Discussion ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Research Community ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Cultural Expression ◽  
Indigenous Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Taking Action ◽  
Equity And Inclusion

York University Libraries Open Access Week 2020 panel discussion entitled, "Perspectives on Openness: Honouring Indigenous Ways of Knowing", moderated by Stacy Allison-Cassin, in conversation with Alan Ojiig Corbiere, Deborah McGregor, and Sean Hillier, that took place online on October 20, 2020. The theme for Open Access Week 2020 is Open With Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion. The basis of the discussion for the panel is the question, "In an era of open scholarship and research, how do we as a research community navigate and balance openness while respecting Indigenous knowledge and cultural expression?". This panel discussion offers the opportunity to encourage broader participation in conversations and actions around emerging scholarly communication issues, by centering on Indigenous approaches to open scholarship and research.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING: Mixed Week for Open Access in the U.K.

Science ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 306 (5699) ◽  
pp. 1115a-1115a
Author(s):  
D. Clery
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scientific Publishing

The History and Future of Scientific Publishing

2020 ◽  
pp. 10-33
Author(s):  
Alan Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Scientific Paper ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Scientific Publishing ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current State ◽  
Open Access Journals

This chapter reviews the development of the modern scientific paper, from the sixteenth century forward, and explores the ways in which scientific information has been disseminated in the past. Great scientific advances of the past are discussed in the context of how they were first published, or otherwise brought to the attention of the broader scientific community, and the modern scientific publishing sector is explored. The types and categories of scientific journals are discussed, along with an overview of current publishing trends, such as the exponential increase in number of journals, changes in the ways in which researchers access the literature, and in particular the emergence and current state of open access journals. In addition, various ways in which journals are ranked are discussed, and key trends in such lists over the last ten years or so explored.

scholarly journals A Crisis in “Open Access”: Should Communication Scholarly Outputs Take 77 Years to Become Open Access?

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824401987104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Ghanbari Baghestan ◽  
Hadi Khaniki ◽  
Abdolhosein Kalantari ◽  
Mehrnoosh Akhtari-Zavare ◽  
Elaheh Farahmand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Knowledge Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Scientific Publishing ◽  
The World ◽  
Trend Data ◽  
Communication Needs ◽  
The Web

This study diachronically investigates the trend of the “open access” in the Web of Science (WoS) category of “communication.” To evaluate the trend, data were collected from 184 categories of WoS from 1980 to 2017. A total of 87,997,893 documents were obtained, of which 95,304 (0.10%) were in the category of “communication.” In average, 4.24% of the documents in all 184 categories were open access. While in communication, it was 3.29%, which ranked communication 116 out of 184. An Open Access Index (OAI) was developed to predict the trend of open access in communication. Based on the OAI, communication needs 77 years to fully reach open access, which undeniably can be considered as “crisis in scientific publishing” in this field. Given this stunning information, it is the time for a global call for “open access” by communication scholars across the world. Future research should investigate whether the current business models of publications in communication scholarships are encouraging open access or pose unnecessary restrictions on knowledge development.

scholarly journals E-publishing development and changes in the scholarly communication system

2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Nascimento Souto
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Scientific Publishing ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Scholarly Communication System ◽  
Publishing Business

New and alternative scientific publishing business models is a reality driven mostly by the information and communication technologies, by the movements towards the recovery of control of the scientific communication activities by the academic community, and by the open access approaches. The hybrid business model, mixing open and toll-access is a reality and they will probably co-exist with respective trade-offs. This essay discusses the changes driven by the epublishing and the impacts on the scholarly communication system stakeholders' interrelationships (publishers-researchers, publishers-libraries and publishers-users interrelationships), and the changes on the scientific publishing business models, followed by a discussion of possible evolving business models. Whatever the model which evolves and dominates, a huge cultural change in authors' and institutions publishing practices will be necessary in order to make the open access happen and to consolidate the right business models for the traditional publishers. External changes such as policies, rewarding systems and institutions mandates should also happen in order to sustain the whole changing scenario.

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