The Open Access Conundrum

predatory open access journals

سخن سردبیر editorial مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی رفسنجان دوره پانزدهم، آبان 1395، 808-807 مجلات یغماگر با دسترسی آزاد predatory open access journals محسن رضائیان[1]،[2] m. rezaeian پیدایش و رشد «مجلات با دسترسی آزاد» (open access journals) در سالیان اخیر، نویدبخش دوره جدیدی از چاپ و انتشار یافته های نوین علمی بود. قرار بود که در این دوره جدید، نویسندگان یک مقاله علمی با پرداخت هزینه های چاپ، نتیجه ...

Next generation access networks: the post- investment conundrum

Next Generation Access networks (NGA) entail significant investments but bring with it promises of a ―brand new world‖ in telecommunications. In this paper, we provide an overview of some of its implications. In particular, we argue that it is not clear whether the ―old‖ vertical integration model, where network operators provide end-to-end services, is likely to be maintained. But we also argu...

THE CONUNDRUM OF EUTHANASIA

When Is Open Access Not Open Access?

S ince 2003, when PLoS Biology was launched, there has been a spectacular growth in " open-access " journals. The Directory of Open Access Journals (http:⁄⁄www. doaj.org/), hosted by Lund University Libraries, lists 2,816 open-access journals as this article goes to press (and probably more by the time you read this). Authors also have various " open-access " options within existing subscriptio...

The Open Access Divide

This paper is an attempt to review various aspects of the open access divide regarding the difference between those academics who support free sharing of data and scholarly output and those academics who do not. It provides a structured description by adopting the Ws doctrines emphasizing such questions as who, what, when, where and why for information-gathering. Using measurable variables to d...