Scholarly Publishing at a Crossroads: Scholarly Perspectives on Open Access

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: implications for scholarly publishing and medical libraries.

PURPOSE The paper reviews and analyzes the evolution of the open access (OA) publishing movement and its impact on the traditional scholarly publishing model. PROCEDURES A literature survey and analysis of definitions of OA, problems with the current publishing model, historical developments, funding agency responses, stakeholder viewpoints, and implications for scientific libraries and publi...

Open Access publishing and scholarly communications in non-scientific disciplines