scholarly journals Exploring the reach and impact of Gold and Green OA articles in hybrid journals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jess Monaghan
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Policy Decisions ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Access Policies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time

Does the type of open access that authors choose for their journal articles make a difference to the reach and impact of their research?  There are an increasing number of open access policies and mandates, such as Plan S’ policy which was introduced in 2021 for researchers who have been funded by certain members of cOAlition S, and UK Research and Innovation’s policy for UKRI-funded articles from April 2022 and books from 2024. However, some policies intend to exclude authors from selecting OA in hybrid journals by restricting funding only to those journals covered by Transformative Agreements. In addition, some policies seek to increase the availability of Green OA. These policies would seem to conflict with the potential benefits to authors of publishing Gold OA in hybrid journals. In 2021, Springer Nature commissioned an analysis of 60,567 articles published in hybrid journals to explore the impact and reach of different types of articles (non-OA, Gold OA and Green OA). Our findings show not only that Gold OA articles attract more citations, more downloads, and higher Altmetric Attention Scores on average, compared with non-OA articles, but for the first time we will share evidence of a stronger advantage for Gold OA compared to Green OA. We will discuss the potential implications of these findings for authors, and for institutional and funder policy decisions.

scholarly journals The Potential of a Cost-Per-Use Analysis to Assess the Value of Library Open-Access Funds

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 99-101
Author(s):  
Jessica Koos
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Biomed Central ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Article Usage ◽  
Article Processing Charges ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Design Cost ◽  
The Impact

A Review of: Hampson, C., & Stregger, E. (2017). Measuring cost per use of library-funded open access article processing charges: Examination and implications of one method. Journal of Librarianship & Scholarly Communication, 5(1), eP2182. https://doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.2182 Abstract Objective – To determine the feasibility and potential effects of a cost-per-use analysis of library funds dedicated to open access. Design – Cost-per-use analysis, case study. Setting – PLOS and BioMed Central. Subjects – 591 articles published in PLOS ONE, 165 articles published in PLOS Biology, and 17 articles published in BioMed Central. Methods – Three specific examples are provided of how academic libraries can employ a cost-per-use analysis in order to determine the impact of library-based open access (OA) funds. This method is modeled after the traditional cost-per-use method of analyzing a library collection, and facilitates comparison to other non-OA items. The first example consisted of using a formula dividing the total library-funded article processing charges (APCs) by the total global use of the specific PLOS journal articles that were funded. The second and third examples demonstrated what a library-funded OA membership to BioMed Central would cost alone, and then with APCs that cost could be divided by the total usage of the funded articles to determine cost-per-use. Main Results – The authors found both of the examples described in the article to be potential ways of determining cost-per-use of OA articles, with some limitations. For instance, counting article usage through the publisher’s website may not capture the true usage of an article, as it does not take altmetrics into consideration. In addition, article-level data is not always readily available. In addition, the cost-per-use of OA articles was found to be very low, ranging from $0.01 to $1.51 after the first three years of publication based on the cost of library-funded APCs. The second and third methods revealed a cost-per-use of $0.10 using membership-only payments, while using the cost of membership plus APCs resulted in a cost-per-use of $0.41. Conclusion – Libraries may wish to consider using these methods for demonstrating the value of OA funds in terms of return on investment, as these techniques allow for direct comparison to the usage of traditional journals. However, several barriers need to be overcome in how article-level usage is obtained in order for these methods to be more accurate and efficient. In addition, while the authors report that "The specific examples in this study suggest that OA APCs may compare favorably to traditional publishing when considering value for money based on cost per use," they also caution that the study was not designed to answer the question if the ROI is greater for OA publications than for traditional articles, stating that "...the data in this study should not be interpreted as a verification of such an argument, as this study was not designed to answer that question, nor can it do so given the limitations on the data. This paper was designed to present and illustrate a method. Further study would be necessary to verify or refute this possibility" (p. 15).

Reconsidering the abused to abuser hypothesis: the need to consider the impact of trauma in the treatment and assessment of sexual and violent offenders

2010 ◽  
pp. 33-43
Author(s):  
Wendy Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Violent Offenders ◽  
Unified Approach ◽  
Violent Offending ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The Impact

The abused to abuser theory of offending is not widely supported by the literature. Not only does this notion suffer from deficits common to all single explanation models, but also has the potential to further stigmatise victims of abuse. However, using a case study, this paper will argue that the impact of abuse should be more carefully considered at both the aetiological, assessment and intervention levels for various forms of family violence. It will be proposed that the impact of abuse could, for some individuals, be conceptualised as a core risk factor for different types of violent offending. However, in order to fully realise the potential benefits of this stance a more unified approach to forensic issues is needed with integration of information from multiple theoretical perspective, and practice dimensions.

scholarly journals Open access uptake in Germany 2010–2018: adoption in a diverse research landscape

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Hobert ◽  
Najko Jahn ◽  
Philipp Mayr ◽  
Birgit Schmidt ◽  
Niels Taubert
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
University Research ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
Systematic Classification ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
German Research ◽  
Max Planck Society ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis study investigates the development of open access (OA) to journal articles from authors affiliated with German universities and non-university research institutions in the period 2010–2018. Beyond determining the overall share of openly available articles, a systematic classification of distinct categories of OA publishing allowed us to identify different patterns of adoption of OA. Taking into account the particularities of the German research landscape, variations in terms of productivity, OA uptake and approaches to OA are examined at the meso-level and possible explanations are discussed. The development of the OA uptake is analysed for the different research sectors in Germany (universities, non-university research institutes of the Helmholtz Association, Fraunhofer Society, Max Planck Society, Leibniz Association, and government research agencies). Combining several data sources (incl. Web of Science, Unpaywall, an authority file of standardised German affiliation information, the ISSN-Gold-OA 3.0 list, and OpenDOAR), the study confirms the growth of the OA share mirroring the international trend reported in related studies. We found that 45% of all considered articles during the observed period were openly available at the time of analysis. Our findings show that subject-specific repositories are the most prevalent type of OA. However, the percentages for publication in fully OA journals and OA via institutional repositories show similarly steep increases. Enabling data-driven decision-making regarding the implementation of OA in Germany at the institutional level, the results of this study furthermore can serve as a baseline to assess the impact recent transformative agreements with major publishers will likely have on scholarly communication.

La inspección ambiental en la Directiva 2010/75/UE del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, de 24 de noviembre, de emisiones industriales, y en la normativa española de transposición

2013 ◽  
pp. 291-325
Author(s):  
Lucía CASADO CASADO ◽  
Josep Ramon FUENTES I GASO
Keyword(s):  
Prevention And Control ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Polluted Soil ◽  
Industrial Emissions ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Set Up ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time ◽  
Normative Value

LABURPENA: Lan honetan, Europako Parlamentuaren eta Kontseiluaren 2010/75/EB Zuzentarauaren eragina aztertzen da. Horretarako, lehenik eta behin, Zuzentarauaren inguruabarrak eta alderdi azpimarragarrienak adierazten dira, eta, ondoren, ingurumen-ikuskaritzaren araubidean murgiltzen da. Oso gai berria da, ingurumen-ikuskaritzari buruzko gutxieneko araudi bat sortu den lehenengo aldia baita; orain arte, arau-baliorik gabeko Europako gomendio bat besterik ez zegoen. Hain zuzen ere, Estatu kideei gai horretan ezarritako betebeharrak aztertzen dira lanean; instalazioen gaineko ingurumen-ikuskaritzako sistema bat ezartzekoa, eta aurrezarritako ingurumen ikuskaritzako programen oinarrian egongo diren ikuskaritza planak osatzekoa, instalazioak bisitatzeko maiztasuna instalazioaren beraren motaren arabera finkatuta. Era berean, Zuzentaraua Espainiara egokitzeari buruzko oharrak egiten dira, aintzat hartuta orain dela gutxi ekainaren 11ko 5/2013 Legea onartu dela, kutsaduraren prebentzio eta kontrol integratuari buruzko uztailaren 1eko 16/2002 Legea eta hondakinen eta lurzoru kutsatuen gaineko uztailaren 28ko 22/2011 Legea aldatzen dituena. Lege berri horren eta egun izapidetzen ari diren garapen-erregelamenduen bidez, bermatuta geldituko da Zuzentarauaren egokitzea. RESUMEN: Este trabajo analiza el impacto de la Directiva 2010/75/UE del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, de 24 de noviembre de 2010, sobre las emisiones industriales en el régimen jurídico de la inspección ambiental. Con este fin, tras realizar una aproximación general a esta Directiva y señalar sus aspectos más destacables, se centra en el examen de la regulación de la inspección ambiental en ella contenida, aspecto muy novedoso por ser la primera vez que se incluye una regulación mínima de la inspección ambiental, que hasta ahora únicamente había sido objeto —a nivel comunitario— de una recomendación sin valor normativo, en una Directiva. Concretamente, se analizan las obligaciones establecidas para los Estados miembros en esta materia, que se traducen principalmente en la obligación de establecer un sistema de inspección medioambiental de las instalaciones y de formular planes de inspección a partir de los cuales se elaborarán programas de inspección medioambiental prefijada, que incluyan la frecuencia de las visitas a los emplazamientos para los distintos tipos de instalaciones. También se realizan algunos apuntes sobre la transposición de esta Directiva en España, teniendo en cuenta que recientemente se ha aprobado la Ley 5/2013, de 11 de junio, por la que se modifican la Ley 16/2002, de 1 de julio, de prevención y control integrados de la contaminación y la Ley 22/2011, de 28 de julio, de residuos y suelos contaminados, que, junto con su reglamento de desarrollo —actualmente en trámite—, garantizará la transposición de la Directiva. ABSTRACT: This study analyses the impact of Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and the Council, of 24 November 2010, on industrial emissions on the legislation governing environmental inspection. To this end, after providing a general discussion of the Directive and pointing out its most outstanding features, we focus on the regulation of environmental inspection that it contains. This is its most novel feature because it is the first time that a minimal regulation of environmental inspection has been included in a directive (to date, within the community, it had only been the object of a recommendation of no normative value). In particular, our study focuses on the obligations of the member states in this area, which are largely to set up a system by which installations can be environmentally inspected and inspection plans drafted on the basis of which programmes for routine environmental inspection will be drawn up that include the frequency of site visits for different types of installations. Also discussed is the transposition of the Directive in Spain, bearing in mind that Law 5/2013, of 11 June, has recently been passed to modify Law 16/2002, of 1 July, on the integrated prevention and control of pollution, and Law 22/2011, of 28 July on waste and polluted soil which, in conjunction with their regulation for implementation, guarantee the transposition of the Directive.

scholarly journals Document supply of grey literature and open access: ten years later

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Schöpfel
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
British Library ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Access Policies ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The paper aims to investigate the impact of the open access movement on the document supply of grey literature. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a comparative survey of five major scientific and technical information centres: The British Library (UK), KM (Canada), INIST-CNRS (France), KISTI (South Korea) and TIB Hannover (Germany). Findings – The five institutions supplied less than 1.8 million supplied items in 2014, i.e. half of the activity in 2004 (−55 per cent). There were 85,000 grey documents, mainly conference proceedings and reports, i.e. 5 per cent of the overall activity, a historically low level compared to 2004 (−72 per cent). At the same time, they continue to expand their open access strategies. Just as in 2004 and 2008, these strategies are specific, and they reflect institutional and national choices rather than global approaches, with two or three common or comparable projects (PubMed Central, national repositories, attribution of DOIs to datasets, dissertations and other objects). In spite of all differences, their development reveals some common features, like budget cuts, legal barriers (copyright), focus on domestic needs and open access policies to foster dissemination and impact of research results. Document supply for corporate customers tends to become a business-to-business service, while the delivery for the public sector relies more, than before, on resource sharing and networking with academic and public libraries. Except perhaps for the TIB Hannover, the declining importance of grey literature points towards their changing role – less intermediation, less acquisition and collection development and more high-value services, more dissemination and preservation capacities designed for the scientific community needs (research excellence, open access, data management, etc.). Originality/value – The paper is a follow-up study of two surveys published in 2006 and 2009.

scholarly journals Author response: Evaluating the impact of open access policies on research institutions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Kai (Karl) Huang ◽  
Cameron Neylon ◽  
Richard Hosking ◽  
Lucy Montgomery ◽  
Katie S Wilson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Author Response ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Access Policies ◽  
The Impact

Data bibliometrics: metrics before norms

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 428-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Stuart
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Data Citation ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Data Ecosystem ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the problem of establishing metrics for the impact of research data when norms of behaviour have not yet become established. Design/methodology/approach The paper considers existing research into data citation and explores the citation of data journals. Findings The paper finds that the diversity of data and its citation precludes the drawing of any simple conclusions about how to measure the impact of data, and an over emphasis on metrics before norms of behaviour have become established may adversely affect the data ecosystem. Originality/value The paper considers multiple different types of data citation, including for the first time the citation of data journals.

scholarly journals Evaluating the impact of open access policies on research institutions

eLife ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Kai (Karl) Huang ◽  
Cameron Neylon ◽  
Richard Hosking ◽  
Lucy Montgomery ◽  
Katie S Wilson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Relative Effectiveness ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
The Past ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Changing Attitudes ◽  
Access Policies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Gold Open Access

The proportion of research outputs published in open access journals or made available on other freely-accessible platforms has increased over the past two decades, driven largely by funder mandates, institutional policies, grass-roots advocacy, and changing attitudes in the research community. However, the relative effectiveness of these different interventions has remained largely unexplored. Here we present a robust, transparent and updateable method for analysing how these interventions affect the open access performance of individual institutes. We studied 1,207 institutions from across the world, and found that, in 2017, the top-performing universities published around 80–90% of their research open access. The analysis also showed that publisher-mediated (gold) open access was popular in Latin American and African universities, whereas the growth of open access in Europe and North America has mostly been driven by repositories.

BOAI 15 Survey Report

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Shockey ◽  
Heather Joseph ◽  
Melissa Hagemann
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Concerted Effort ◽  
Survey Report ◽  
15Th Anniversary ◽  
Process Feedback ◽  
Access Policies ◽  
First Time

The 15th anniversary of the Budapest Open Access Initiative provided an excellent opportunity to take stock of global progress toward open access and to gauge the main obstacles still remaining to the widespread adoption of open access policies and practices. As part of this process, feedback was solicited through an open survey that was disseminated online, and that received responses from individuals in 60 countries around the world.Markers of progress are clear. The lack of understanding of the concept of open access and a myriad of misconceptions that were pervasive at the time of the BOAI’s original convening have receded, as open access has become a widely accepted fact of lifein research and scholarship. These have been supplanted by concerns that are more operational and nuanced in nature, essentially moving from debates about the “what and why” of open access to the “how“—how to best get it done.The survey showed two clear primary challenges. First and foremost, respondents noted the lack of meaningful incentives and rewards for scholars and researchers to openly share their work. This challenge resonated at both the global level (56% of respondents in Figure 1) and the local level (29.5% of respondents in Table 1). This was followed by concern over a lack of funds to pay for APCs or other open access-related costs (36% of respondents in Figure 1; 28.3% of respondents in Table 1).The results of the survey indicate the transition from establishing open access as a concept—which the BOAI did for the first time in 2002—to making open the default for research and scholarship. These two key challenges point to areas where concerted effort needs to be focused to continue making progress towards open access. Strategies to align incentives and rewards for scholars to share their work openly and the need to construct affordable, sustainable, and equitable business models to support open access publishing must be embraced as primary working priorities by the open access community.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document