scholarly journals The Inevitability of Open Access

2012 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
pp. 493-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Disruptive Innovation ◽  
Scholarly Journal ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Scholarly Journals

Open access (OA) is an alternative business model for the publication of scholarly journals. It makes articles freely available to readers on the Internet and covers the costs associated with publication through means other than subscriptions. This article argues that Gold OA, where all of the articles of a journal are available at the time of publication, is a disruptive innovation as defined by business theorist Clayton Christensen. Using methods described by Christensen, we can predict the growth of Gold OA. This analysis suggests that Gold OA could account for 50 percent of the scholarly journal articles sometime between 2017 and 2021, and 90 percent of articles as soon as 2020 and more conservatively by 2025.

scholarly journals A business model for reinforcing the societal impact of publicly funded scholarly journals

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunnar Sivertsen
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Scholarly Journal ◽  
Societal Impact ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Humanities And Social Sciences

A large part of the scholarly journal articles from the humanities and social sciences at Norwegian research institutions are published in a small number of national or common Nordic journals. Many of these journals are sponsored by the Research Council of Norway on the national or Nordic level. The institutions that mainly contribute to the contents of the journals are also the main subscribers. The journals can be made open to society with only marginal extra costs for the institutions themselves and the sponsor.

scholarly journals Liberation through Cooperation: How Library Publishing Can Save Scholarly Journals from Neoliberalism

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave S. Ghamandi
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Scholarly Journal ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Journal Publishing ◽  
Article Processing Charges ◽  
Systems Of Domination ◽  
Fair Deal

This commentary examines political and economic aspects of open access (OA) and scholarly journal publishing. Through a discourse of critique, neoliberalism is analyzed as an ideology causing many problems in the scholarly journal publishing industry, including the serials crisis. Two major efforts in the open access movement that promote an increase in OA funded by article-processing charges (APC) —the Open Access 2020 (OA2020) and Pay It Forward (PIF) initiatives—are critiqued as neoliberal frameworks that would perpetuate existing systems of domination and exploitation. In a discourse of possibility, ways of building a post-neoliberal system of journal publishing using new tactics and strategies, merging theory and praxis, and grounding in solidarity and cooperation are presented. This includes organizing journal publishing democratically using cooperatives, which could decommodify knowledge and provide greater open access. The article concludes with a vision for a New Fair Deal, which would revolutionize the system of scholarly journal publishing by transitioning journals to library publishing cooperatives.

scholarly journals Open access information as a platform for sustainable development

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neethu Mohanan ◽  
S. Thanuskodi
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Copyright Holder ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Journal Editors ◽  
Access Information ◽  
Carry Over

Open Access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions, what make it possible are the internet and the consent of the author or copyright holder. In most fields, scholarly journals do not pay authors, who can, therefore, consent to OA without losing revenue. In this respect, scholars and scientists are very differently situated from most musicians and movie-makers, and controversies about open access to music and movies do not carry over to research literature. Open access is entirely compatible with peer review, and all the major open access initiatives for scientific and scholarly literature insist on its importance, just as authors of journal articles donate their labor, journal editors and referees participating in peer review. The study shows that out of 456 respondents considered for the study 203 [44.5%] belongs to Arts, 169 [37.1%] belongs to Science, 33 [7.2%] Education and 51 [11.2%] belongs to Management. The findings of the study also shows that out of 456 respondents considered for the study among which 81 [17.8%] belongs to M. Phil programme, 102 [22.4%] belongs to Ph.D. Programme and 273 [59.9%] are faculty members.

Medknow Publications: a success model in the digital era

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Rojers Puthur Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Society Journal ◽  
Disruptive Innovation ◽  
Scholarly Journal ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Journal Publishing ◽  
For Profit

Subject area Innovation Strategy/Entrepreneurship. Study level/applicability The case can be used in an MBA/postgraduate management program for a course on Innovations Strategy with a focus on disruptive innovation, specifically in relation to disruption in the value chain with the adoption of new technologies or for a course on Entrepreneurship focusing on the opportunities created by the Internet-based technologies for start-up businesses. Alternatively, it can be used in a course on e-commerce strategies, particularly to demonstrate the efficiency of online distribution vis-à-vis physical channels. Case overview The case illustrates how Medknow Publications created a profitable e-commerce model out of a struggling conventional business, namely, the learned society journal publishing. It also provides a useful ground to discuss the challenges faced by the conventional scholarly journal publishing models, the current crisis in scholarly journal publishing and how Medknow, a disruptive business model innovation, would address these issues. Besides, the case illustrates how Medknow created a sustainable “for-profit” alternative to the prevailing not-for-profit models of open access publishing. Expected learning outcomes After the analysis and discussion of this case, students will be able to: appreciate how technological innovation can disrupt existing business models; understand how digitization helps improve the efficiency of value chain in the content industry, particularly the scholarly journal publishing industry; and appreciate that the flexibility of digitized content and the global reach of the Internet have the potential to transform the scholarly journal publishing industry for good. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes.

scholarly journals Negotiating Open Access Journal Agreements: An Academic Library Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-61
Author(s):  
Mihoko Hosoi
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Scholarly Journal ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Scholarly Journals

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an opportunity for academic libraries to advance open access (OA) to scholarly articles. Awareness among faculty on the importance of OA has increased significantly during the pandemic, as colleges and universities struggle financially and seek sustainable access to high-quality scholarly journals. Consortia have played an important role in establishing negotiation principles on OA journal agreements. While the number of OA agreements is increasing, case studies involving individual libraries are still limited. This paper reviews existing literature on publisher negotiation principles related to OA journal negotiations and reflects on recent cases at an academic library in Pennsylvania, in order to identify best practices in OA journal negotiations. It provides recommendations on roles, relationships, and processes, as well as essential terms of OA journal agreements. This study’s findings are most relevant to large academic libraries that are interested in negotiating with scholarly journal publishers independently or through consortia.

The Product and Pricing of Scholarly Journals

2020 ◽  
pp. 20-55
Author(s):  
Albert N. Greco
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Scholarly Journal ◽  
Research Centers ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Learned Societies ◽  
University Presses ◽  
Financial Issues ◽  
Gold Open Access

In the last 350-plus years, as various fields of academic research developed and grew, the need for high-quality scholarly journals emerged to transmit the latest scientific discoveries and theories. This allowed scholarly journals to gain the preeminent foothold in scientific academic and research centers. Ironically, the birth of the modern scholarly journal had a rather unusual and unplanned history. This chapter provides an overview of the history and development of print and digital scholarly journals, including the gold open access movement. Attention is paid to the roles played by university presses, learned societies, libraries, and commercial scholarly publishers. Financial issues are addressed, including a detailed sample profit and loss (P&L) statement.

The Scholarship Crash on the Internet Highway: Implications for Faculty-Librarian Collaboration

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth M. Plionis ◽  
Mary Agnes Thompson ◽  
Catherine Eisenhower
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Faculty Member ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Scholarly Journal ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Social Work Faculty ◽  
Work Education

This article is based on a case study. It covers a two-year period during which the principal authors, a social work faculty member and a senior librarian, collaborated to discover why undergraduate seniors were having difficulty locating fifteen required scholarly journal articles needed to begin to write their individual topic-specific senior thesis. The first part of this article discusses how the authors uncovered what the problem was and the second part describes how the authors redesigned the course in light of these findings. Implications for both social work education and the collaborative role of library information science are discussed.

scholarly journals Scholarly Communication and the Dilemma of Collective Action: Why Academic Journals Cost Too Much

2017 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Wenzler
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Alternative Strategies ◽  
Best Response ◽  
Private Incentives ◽  
The Cost

Why has the rise of the Internet—which drastically reduces the cost of distributing information—coincided with drastic increases in the prices that academic libraries pay for access to scholarly journals? This study argues that libraries are trapped in a collective action dilemma as defined by economist Mancur Olson in The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups. To truly reduce their costs, librarians would have to build a shared online collection of scholarly resources jointly managed by the academic community as a whole, but individual academic institutions lack the private incentives necessary to invest in a shared collection. Thus, the management of online scholarly journals has been largely outsourced to publishers who have developed monopoly powers that allow them to increase subscription prices faster than the rate of inflation. Many librarians consider the open access movement the best response to increased subscription costs, but the current strategies employed to achieve open access also are undermined by collective action dilemmas. In conclusion, some alternative strategies are proposed.

scholarly journals Open Access 2020 – The final road to Open Access

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Geschuhn ◽  
Michael Schlachter
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Scholarly Publishing ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
International Initiative

Open Access 2020 is an international initiative that aims to induce the swift, smooth and scholarly-oriented transformation of today’s scholarly journals from subscription to open access publishing on a large scale. The last decades of the open access movement have made open access become strong as a principal- but weak in practice. With OA2020 we aim to move the focus to a new concrete goal: converting the default business model of scholarly publishing from subscription to open access. The poster outlines backgrounds as well as a roadmap of the initiative.

Legislative Developments in Scholarly Publishing

2021 ◽  
pp. 53-71
Author(s):  
Carlo Scollo Lavizzari
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Scholarly Publishing ◽  
Scholarly Journal ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Journal Publishing ◽  
The 1960S

The legal developments in scholarly publishing began back at the time of the Guttenberg press. The scholarly journal publishing industry evolved over the centuries. The 1960s through the launch of the internet saw the industry explode with growth. With the advent and development of the digital journal, open access, and other clandestine illegal databases, it is essential that the industry work to protect its interests. This chapter will provide a history, overview, and developments that will be required to ensure the ongoing concerns of the industry.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document