Publishing in Open Access Education Journals: The Authors’ Perspectives

Coonin, Bryna; Younce, Leigh

doi:10.1080/01639261003742181

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“…Although a 21.9% response rate to this survey may at first glance seem to be low, it is actually similar to or higher than those attained in other comparable online surveys of university researchers (Coonin & Younce, 2010;Kocken & Wical, 2013;Mischo & Schlembach, 2011;Moore, 2011). The University of California even states that their response rate of 22.9% is "relatively high" and that this, in addition to lengthy comments left by respondents, indicates that "Faculty are strongly interested in issues related to scholarly communication" (University of California, 2007, p. 2).…”

Section: Engagement With Open Accessmentioning

confidence: 93%

The Scholarly Communications Needs of Faculty: An Evidence-Based Foundation for the Development of Library Services

Dawson¹

2014

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the terms of the Creative Commons-AttributionNoncommercial-Share Alike License 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly attributed, not used for commercial purposes, and, if transformed, the resulting work is redistributed under the same or similar license to this one. AbstractObjectives -This exploratory research seeks to broadly understand the publishing behaviours and attitudes of faculty, across all disciplines, at the University of Saskatchewan in response to the growing significance of open access publishing and archiving. The objective for seeking this understanding is to discover the current and emerging needs of researchers in order to determine if scholarly communications services are in demand here and, if so, to provide an evidence-based foundation for the potential future development of such a program of services at the University Library, University of Saskatchewan.

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Section: Engagement With Open Accessmentioning

confidence: 93%

The Scholarly Communications Needs of Faculty: An Evidence-Based Foundation for the Development of Library Services

Dawson¹

2014

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“…Unlike earlier studies, a substantially large number of authors associated prestige with OA journals. 13 Russell and Kent from the University of Birmingham recently assessed the impact of OA in a case study of funded researchers who had institutional support for both green and gold access routes. They explored the motivations for researchers to choose OA and have concluded that researchers are not concerned about the business model and are solely interested in publishing their work in high-profile journals.…”

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Open Access Publishing: What Authors Want

Nariani

Fernandez

2012

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Campus-based open access author funds are being considered by many academic libraries as a way to support authors publishing in open access journals. Article processing fees for open access have been introduced recently by publishers and have not yet been widely accepted by authors. Few studies have surveyed authors on their reasons for publishing open access and their perceptions of open access journals. The present study was designed to gauge the uptake of library support for author funding and author satisfaction with open access publishing. Results indicate that York University authors are increasingly publishing in open access journals and are appreciative of library funding initiatives. The wider implications of open access are discussed along with specific recommendations for publishers.

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“…The most important factor was whether the research fit the scope of the journal, followed by the journal's quality/impact, speed of review and time-to-publication, type of readership, open access option, and likelihood of acceptance. Journal reputation and being a "good match" (fit to scope of journal) were also top priorities found by Coonin and Younce [7]. Likewise, Jamali et al's 2013 international survey of researchers found that a high impact factor, journal reputation, and relevance of topic were most important for authors' publishing selection [8].…”

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“…Therefore, an argument could be made that it is those from among these two groups, social sciences and engineering/computer science, who should care the most about open access. The social sciences have been relatively slow to adopt open access publishing as an established practice [7], which may have affected the availability of reputable OA journals in this area. Perhaps the speed with which new publishing models are adopted is related to the speed-or sluggishness-of the publishing process within different fields.…”

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What Motivates Authors of Scholarly Articles? The Importance of Journal Attributes and Potential Audience on Publication Choice

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Abstract:In this article we examine what motivations influence academic authors in selecting a journal in which to publish. A survey was sent to approximately 15,000 faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers at four large North American research universities with a response rate of 14.4% (n = 2021). Respondents were asked to rate how eight different journal attributes and five different audiences influence their choice of publication output. Within the sample, the most highly rated attributes are quality and reputation of journal and fit with the scope of the journal; open access is the least important attribute. Researchers at other research-intensive institutions are considered the most important audience, while the general public is the least important. There are significant differences across subject disciplines and position types. Our findings have implications for understanding the adoption of open access publishing models.

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Publishing in Open Access Education Journals: The Authors’ Perspectives

Cited by 41 publications

References 8 publications

The Scholarly Communications Needs of Faculty: An Evidence-Based Foundation for the Development of Library Services

The Scholarly Communications Needs of Faculty: An Evidence-Based Foundation for the Development of Library Services

Open Access Publishing: What Authors Want

What Motivates Authors of Scholarly Articles? The Importance of Journal Attributes and Potential Audience on Publication Choice

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