The state and evolution of Gold open access: a country and discipline level analysis

Wang, Xianwen; Cui, Yunxue; Xu, Shenmeng; Hu, Zhigang

doi:10.1108/ajim-02-2018-0023

Cited by 26 publications

(23 citation statements)

References 14 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…It seems likely that an openaccess regime of citation databases would support the development and broad diffusion of more sophisticated bibliometric techniques for research assessment. Therefore, it seems promising to explore more explicit connections between methodological debates in evaluative bibliometrics and the ongoing open access transformation of the scientific publication system [64][65][66]. Further research and policy discussions should focus on whether and how open access to citation data could be provided in Europe.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Professional standards in bibliometric research evaluation? A meta-evaluation of European assessment practice 2005–2019

Jappe

2020

PLoS ONE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Despite growing demand for practicable methods of research evaluation, the use of bibliometric indicators remains controversial. This paper examines performance assessment practice in Europe-first, identifying the most commonly used bibliometric methods and, second, identifying the actors who have defined widespread practices. The framework of this investigation is Abbott's theory of professions, and I argue that indicator-based research assessment constitutes a potential jurisdiction for both individual experts and expert organizations. This investigation was conducted using a search methodology that yielded 138 evaluation studies from 21 EU countries, covering the period 2005 to 2019. Structured content analysis revealed the following findings: (1) Bibliometric research assessment is most frequently performed in the Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Italy, and the United Kingdom. (2) The Web of Science (WoS) is the dominant database used for public research assessment in Europe. (3) Expert organizations invest in the improvement of WoS citation data, and set technical standards with regards to data quality. (4) Citation impact is most frequently assessed with reference to international scientific fields. (5) The WoS classification of science fields retained its function as a de facto reference standard for research performance assessment. A detailed comparison of assessment practices between five dedicated organizations and other individual bibliometric experts suggests that corporate ownership and limited access to the most widely used citation databases have had a restraining effect on the development and diffusion of professional bibliometric methods during this period.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Professional standards in bibliometric research evaluation? A meta-evaluation of European assessment practice 2005–2019

Jappe

2020

PLoS ONE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Although commercial publishers such as Elsevier believe "that the subscription model will remain popular among ... customers" [43] (p.98), it should be replaced, it has been claimed, by a mix of revenue sources, which is also essential to the long-term sustainability of the OA model [44]. Precisely the arising of the OA movement-reinvigorated by the growth OA publications have experienced so far [18,33,[45][46][47]-has brought to the fore the question of who should pay for scientific publications, and whether it is legitimate or not that authors pay to get their works published. Regardless of the answers, it is long since known that, among the barriers toward the transition to OA, the business model plays a prominent role [48,49].…”

Section: Discussion: the Academic Publishing Business Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Business as Usual with Article Processing Charges in the Transition towards OA Publishing: A Case Study Based on Elsevier

Copiello

2020

Publications

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper addresses the topic of the article processing charges (APCs) that are paid when publishing articles using the open access (OA) option. Building on the Elsevier OA price list, company balance sheet figures, and ScienceDirect data, tentative answers to three questions are outlined using a Monte Carlo approach to deal with the uncertainty inherent in the inputs. The first question refers to the level of APCs from the market perspective, under the hypothesis that all the articles published in Elsevier journals exploit the OA model so that the subscription to ScienceDirect becomes worthless. The second question is how much Elsevier should charge for publishing all the articles under the OA model, assuming the profit margin reduces and adheres to the market benchmark. The third issue is how many articles would have to be accepted, in an OA-only publishing landscape, so that the publisher benefits from the same revenue and profit margin as in the recent past. The results point to high APCs, nearly twice the current level, being required to preserve the publisher's profit margin. Otherwise, by relaxing that constraint, a downward shift of APCs can be expected so they would tend to get close to current values. Accordingly, the article acceptance rate could be likely to grow from 26-27% to about 35-55%.

show abstract

“…The report [37] presents various circumstances and motivations behind the flips, ranging from increased revenue and financial viability, to gaining independence, and a desire to increase publication volume [37] (pp. [22][23][24][25][26][27][28]. However, since the individual circumstances surrounding the flips vary greatly, making generalizations is difficult.…”

Section: Journal Flips To Oamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Previous studies on the development of OA have indicated a slow but steady growth in article volume of around 1.0-1.5% per year relative to subscription journals during the last decade [18,23,24]. Such bibliometric studies have usually been based on snapshots of the OA status of the general journal and article population at a given point in time, whereas status changes of individual journals over time have rarely been acknowledged.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Two-Way Street of Open Access Journal Publishing: Flip It and Reverse It

2019

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

As Open access (OA) is often perceived as the end goal of scholarly publishing, much research has focused on flipping subscription journals to an OA model. Focusing on what can happen after the presumed finish line, this study identifies journals that have converted from OA to a subscription model, and places these "reverse flips" within the greater context of scholarly publishing. In particular, we examine specific journal descriptors, such as access mode, publisher, subject area, society affiliation, article volume, and citation metrics, to deepen our understanding of reverse flips. Our results show that at least 152 actively publishing journals have reverse-flipped since 2005, suggesting that this phenomenon does not constitute merely a few marginal outliers, but instead a common pattern within scholarly publishing. Notably, we found that 62% of reverse flips (N = 95) had not been born-OA journals, but had been founded as subscription journals, and hence have experienced a three-stage transformation from closed to open to closed. We argue that reverse flips present a unique perspective on OA, and that further research would greatly benefit from enhanced data and tools for identifying such cases.

show abstract

The state and evolution of Gold open access: a country and discipline level analysis

Cited by 26 publications

References 14 publications

Professional standards in bibliometric research evaluation? A meta-evaluation of European assessment practice 2005–2019

Professional standards in bibliometric research evaluation? A meta-evaluation of European assessment practice 2005–2019

Business as Usual with Article Processing Charges in the Transition towards OA Publishing: A Case Study Based on Elsevier

The Two-Way Street of Open Access Journal Publishing: Flip It and Reverse It

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About