Perceptions of open access publishing: interviews with journal authors

Schroter, Sara; Tite, Leanne; Smith, Richard

doi:10.1136/bmj.38359.695220.82

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“…On the contrary, in other studies [13,14,15,16,17] a significant percentage of the respondents were aware of OA publishing and the existence of OA journals. Even in these cases, however, there is evidence of unfamiliarity with the "author-pays" model or with some features of OA journals.…”

Section: Theme1: Awareness and Experience Of Oa Journalsmentioning

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“…Even in these cases, however, there is evidence of unfamiliarity with the "author-pays" model or with some features of OA journals. For instance, Schroter, Tite & Smith [15] stated that several authors "had not made the connection between author charges and open access publishing" (p. 757), while some of the respondents who reported being familiar with the term "author pays model" failed to describe it accurately. Twelve of the 20 faculty members interviewed by Nariani & Fernandez [18] had published more than once in an OA journal.…”

Section: Theme1: Awareness and Experience Of Oa Journalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Attitudes towards open access: A meta-synthesis of the empirical literature

Togia¹,

Korobili²

2014

ISU

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Abstract. The aim of the present study is to report the results of a meta-synthesis of the empirical literature on scholars' attitudes towards Open Access (OA) journals. A total of 16 articles published in scholarly journals since 2002 (when the Budapest Open Access Initiative was released) were included in the study and five major themes emerged from their examination and analysis. The literature indicates that attitudes and perceptions of OA are varied across countries and across disciplines. Free access, which is perceived to facilitate wider dissemination of research outputs, is a strong incentive for publishing in OA. However, quality and reputation are the most important factors in selecting a journal and take priority over the availability of free access. Although OA is perceived to have many advantages over the traditional publication model, it raises some concerns too, especially in regard to the author-pays model, the quality of peer-review and the impact of the journals.

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Section: Theme1: Awareness and Experience Of Oa Journalsmentioning

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Section: Theme1: Awareness and Experience Of Oa Journalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Attitudes towards open access: A meta-synthesis of the empirical literature

Togia¹,

Korobili²

2014

ISU

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“…Many FA journals levy a front-end charge (per page or per article) to the authors as a means of mitigating the loss of income from making an article freely available on the internet to all readers (instead of following a more traditional income route, where the costs of publishing are moved to the end-user, with libraries and other individuals paying for a print or online version of a publication). It has been acknowledged that researchers have concerns that the commercial interests involved with 'author-pays' publication models could lead to a reduction in the quality of both peer review and the articles published (Wellcome Trust, 2004;Hubbard et al, 2005;Liesegang et al, 2005;Schroter et al, 2005;Herná ndez-Borges et al, 2006;Liyanage and MacIntyre, 2006), and where a worst-case scenario sees the publication of articles as being akin to 'vanity publishing'. It is conceivable that one of the reductions in quality that could occur is in the editorial criteria for what is permissible in animal experimentation: authors could pay for the publication of studies that would not be considered by 'traditional' journals (ones not using a FA framework for publication).…”

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Ethical policies on animal experiments are not compromised by whether a journal is freely accessible or charges for publication

Rands

2009

Animal

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The advent of the open access (OA) movement in publishing has been instrumental in causing a shift in the accessibility of research findings published in academic journals. The adoption of OA and other online publication models means that the results of scientific research published in journals using a free access (FA) framework are now available, free of charge, to anyone with access to the Internet. FA journals typically require a payment from the authors of a manuscript, which has raised concerns about the quality of work published in them; accepting payment from an author may compromise a journal’s acceptance criteria. This study addresses whether journal policy on the treatment of animals is influenced by whether a journal follows a FA publishing model, and whether a requirement to pay for publication has an influence. A random sample of 332 biomedical journals listed in the ISI Web of Knowledge and Directory of Open Access Journals databases were assessed for whether they had an ethical policy on publishing animal studies, and what form of publication framework they used (103 of the journals followed a FA framework; 101 charged in some way for publication). Only 135 (40.7%) of the journals surveyed demanded that submissions comply with a pre-defined ethical stance. FA journals are just as likely to have an ethical policy on the treatment and presentation of animal studies as ‘traditional’, non-FA journals (significance of there being a difference: P = 0.98), and there is no relationship between policy and whether an author is required to pay for publication (significance of there being a difference: P = 0.57). Older journals are more likely to have an ethical policy (P = 0.03). There is, therefore, no obvious compromise shown by FA journals in the explicit policies on reporting studies involving animals. However, since anyone can read published FA studies online, FA journals that do not have an explicit policy about publishing animal research are urged to consider adopting one.

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“…At one institution, access to the scientific literature and exchange and transfer of information are seen as the main advantages of self-archiving (Hajjem and Harnad, 2005). Wide and rapid dissemination; easier and faster literature searching; more equitable access; greater and broader readership; and more frequent citation have all been cited as benefits (Rowlands et al, 2004: 13;Schroter et al, 2005;Swan and Brown, 2004: 220;Swan and Brown, 2005: 10).…”

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“…They felt that articles should be made available electronically for free (Swan and Brown, 2003: 29) and that the 'principle of free access for all readers' was an important reason for publishing in OA journals (Swan and Brown, 2004: 220;Schroter et al, 2005).…”

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Research students and the Loughborough institutional repository

Pickton

McKnight

2006

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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Abstract:This paper investigates the potential role for research students in an institutional repository (IR). Face-to-face interviews with 34 research students at Loughborough University were carried out. Using a mixture of closed and open questions, the interviews explored the students' experiences and opinions of publishing, open access and the proposed Loughborough repository.As both authors and readers, students were most interested in access to complete theses, postprints and conference papers. The ability to disseminate their work and receive feedback and commentary were the most important motivators to students depositing work in the IR, closely followed by the principle of open access. The greatest deterrents were the risk of being unable to publish elsewhere later, the ownership of copyright, and plagiarism.Appropriate recommendations are made for the implementation of an institutional repository.

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Perceptions of open access publishing: interviews with journal authors

Abstract: Objective To explore authors' attitudes towards

Cited by 88 publications

References 6 publications

Attitudes towards open access: A meta-synthesis of the empirical literature

Attitudes towards open access: A meta-synthesis of the empirical literature

Ethical policies on animal experiments are not compromised by whether a journal is freely accessible or charges for publication

Research students and the Loughborough institutional repository

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