Collaborative transition to open access publishing by scholarly societies

Scholarly journal publishing in transition- from restricted to open access

While the business models used in most segments of the media industry have been profoundly changed by the Internet surprisingly little has changed in the publishing of scholarly peer reviewed journals. Electronic delivery has become the norm, but the same publishers as before are still dominating the market, selling content to subscribers. This article asks the question why Open Access (OA) to ...

Open access, a revolution in scholarly publishing

I would like to thank Robert Ferguson, MD and the Editorial Team of the Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives (JCHIMP) for the opportunity to write this commentary and congratulate them on the launch of the Journal which will serve as a valuable resource for physicians and other health professionals practicing in community settings. I am also very appreciative of their de...

Open Access Scholarly Journal Publishing in Chinese

The research literature on open access (OA) publishing has mainly dealt with journals publishing in English, and studies focusing on OA journals in other languages are less common. This article addresses this gap via a case study focusing on Chinese-language OA journals. It starts with the identification of the major characteristics of this market, followed by eight semi-structured interviews t...

Characteristics of open access scholarly publishing: A multidisciplinary study

Purpose – More knowledge about open access (OA) scholarly publishing on the web would be helpful for citation data mining and the development of web-based citation indexes. Hence, the main purpose of this study is to identify common characteristics of open access publishing, which may therefore enable us to measure different aspects of e-research on the web. Design/methodology/approach – In the...

Open Access publishing and scholarly communications in non-scientific disciplines