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Strategic Thinking Exercise — Who Is Positioned to Keep Gold Open Access Growing?

It’s unclear who in the academic world has any incentive to pay for Gold OA publishing, especially as embargoes satisfy nearly everyone and cost next to nothing.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Apr 29, 2014
  • 58 Comments

Not the Answer — An Academic Carefully Assesses the Arguments for Open Access

A long, thoughtful essay by a UK academic contemplating open access merits attention, for obvious and subtle reasons.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Nov 5, 2013
  • 88 Comments

Complying with the RCUK Mandate . . . Or Not

Every scholarly publisher in the world suddenly has less that a year to decide what to do with article submissions from the UK. The new Research Council UK (RCUK) mandate applies to all articles submitted beginning April 1, 2013. Do […]

  • By David Wojick
  • Jul 23, 2012
  • 24 Comments

The ALPSP Report on Six-Month Embargo Mandates — STM Journals Die Slowly, Social Science Journals Die Quickly

The ALPSP study of the possible effects of a six-month embargo for journal content shows that humanities and social science journals are more at-risk, but the entire industry could find the precipice if such mandates were to take shape.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jun 6, 2012
  • 88 Comments

Does a Citation Advantage Exist for Mandated Open Access Articles?

A new article suggests that institutional self-archiving mandates may benefit authors . . . if you ignore some inconsistent and inconvenient results.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jan 7, 2010
  • 23 Comments

Downloads, Citations, and Positional Effects in the arXiv

When it comes to downloads and citations, position in the arXiv matters, a new study finds.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jul 29, 2009
  • 8 Comments

Physics Papers and the arXiv

The claim that all physics articles are deposited in the arXiv is a myth, according to recent study of self-archiving.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jun 17, 2009
  • 9 Comments

Publisher Rights, Author Perceptions

Journal authors have more rights than they. Why is this disjoint dangerous and what can publishers do?

  • By Phil Davis
  • Mar 19, 2009
  • 1 Comment

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