From the Field: Elsevier as an Open Access Publisher

Morrison, Heather

doi:10.5260/chara.18.3.53

Cited by 19 publications

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“…Some commercial publishers, such as Elsevier, engage in 'nominal copyright' where they require full and exclusive rights transfer from authors to the publisher for OA articles, while the copyright in name stays with the authors [113]. The assumption that this practice is a condition for publication is misleading, since even works that are in the public domain can be repurposed, printed, and disseminated by publishers.…”

Section: Topic 6: Is Copyright Transfer Required To Publish and Protementioning

confidence: 99%

Ten Hot Topics around Scholarly Publishing

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The changing world of scholarly communication and the emerging new wave of ‘Open Science’ or ‘Open Research’ has brought to light a number of controversial and hotly debated topics. Evidence-based rational debate is regularly drowned out by misinformed or exaggerated rhetoric, which does not benefit the evolving system of scholarly communication. This article aims to provide a baseline evidence framework for ten of the most contested topics, in order to help frame and move forward discussions, practices, and policies. We address issues around preprints and scooping, the practice of copyright transfer, the function of peer review, predatory publishers, and the legitimacy of ‘global’ databases. These arguments and data will be a powerful tool against misinformation across wider academic research, policy and practice, and will inform changes within the rapidly evolving scholarly publishing system.

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Section: Topic 6: Is Copyright Transfer Required To Publish and Protementioning

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“…Many studies are addressing this issue, providing a regular snapshot on: the largest OA publisher (Morrison, ), type of OA publishers in international databases (Solomon, ), number of OA articles published per year (Crawford, ), or the number of OA articles indexed in international databases (Archambault et al, ). It confirms the consolidation phase started in 2005 and previously announced (Laakso et al, ).…”

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“…It confirms the consolidation phase started in 2005 and previously announced (Laakso et al, ). After the pioneering years (1993–1999) and the innovation years (2000–2004), we are now witnessing a time in which the OA publishing environment has accelerated, with historical publishers converting their journals to an OA model (Morrison, ). Björk () revealed that, thanks to ‘hybridation’, OA articles increased significantly since 2014, reaching 45,000 articles in 2016.…”

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French publishing attitudes in the open access era: The case of mathematics, biology, and computer science

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This study investigates the extent to which open access (OA) publishing models affect French researchers' attitudes. Research questions were: What place does OA have in attitudes of French researchers in mathematics, biology, and computer science? Are French researchers aware of new publishing models? Do they publish in these new outlets? What funds do they use? What kind of feedback and satisfaction can we observe? We used a quantitative approach to identify structural trends. From April to May 2015, the authors gathered empirical data (interviews, training, and meetings) on researchers' opinions and understanding of OA publishing models to define the variables and build up the questionnaire that was sent out in June 2015.The findings of the survey demonstrated that, when choosing journals to publish their articles, researchers did not rate OA as a criterion but rather impact, prestige, and symbolic recognition. Publishing OA articles is only in its first stages in the publishing practices of researchers. Lack of policy, prescriptions, and lack of rewards explain why OA is not a factor that determines the publishing strategies of French researchers. The researchers who take the risk of OA publishing are biologists, the older and more experienced researchers, and those who are members of editorial teams.

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“…In the meantime, openness is included in parts of a process in which complexity prevails in the contemporary scholarly communication system. "Historical" publishers are still present and with "Gold" Open Access publishers, the new kids on the block, they are launching Open Access journal catalogues (Morrison 2017). Plan S (Else 2018) is bringing a new policy dynamic to this road and providing a new opportunity to debate about the future of scholarly publishing.…”

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