Dividing biology into disciplines: Chaos or multiformity?

Dullemeijer, P.

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“…Furthermore, Levine (1965, p. 346) states that "(t)he particular system used is Attracted to open access journals determined by preference and proposed use". According to Dullemeijer (1980) the principle of a division in biology can be made on objects and aspects. He stresses that "(d)ividing biology into subdisciplines is not merely an amusing game, but the basis for management in a science policy and a necessity for theoretical biology" (Dullemeijer, 1980, p. 87).…”

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Attracted to open access journals: a bibliometric author analysis in the field of biology

Frandsen

2009

Journal of Documentation

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Purpose -Scholars from developing countries have limited access to research publications due to expensive subscription costs. However, the open access movement is challenging the constraint to access. Consequently, researchers in developing countries are often mentioned as major recipients of the benefits when advocating open access (OA). One of the implications of that argument is that authors from developing countries are more likely to perceive open access positively than authors from developed countries. The present study aims to investigate the use of open access by researchers from developing countries and is thus a supplement to the existing author surveys and interviews. Design/methodology/approach -Bibliometric analyses of both publishing behaviour and citing behaviour in relation to OA publishing provides evidence of the impact of open access on developing countries. Findings -The results of the multivariate linear regression show that open access journals are not characterised by a different composition of authors from the traditional toll access journals. Furthermore, the results show that authors from developing countries do not cite open access more than authors from developed countries. Originality/value -The paper argues that authors from developing countries are not attracted to open access more than authors from developed countries.

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Section: Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

Attracted to open access journals: a bibliometric author analysis in the field of biology

Frandsen

2009

Journal of Documentation

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Dividing biology into disciplines: Chaos or multiformity?

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Attracted to open access journals: a bibliometric author analysis in the field of biology

Attracted to open access journals: a bibliometric author analysis in the field of biology

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