Authors: Hedlund, Turid; Gustafsson, Tomas; Björk, Bo-Christer

Source: Learned Publishing, Volume 17, Number 3, 1 July 2004 , pp. 199-209(11)

Publisher: Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers

Abstract:

The open access (OA) model for journals is compared to the open source principle for computer software. Since the early 1990s nearly 1,000 OA scientific journals have emerged - mostly as voluntary community efforts, although recently some professionally operating publishers have used author charges or institutional membership. This study of OA journals without author charges shows that their impact is still relatively small, but awareness of it is increasing. The average number of research articles per year is lower than for major scientific journals but the publication times are shorter.

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Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315104323159621

Publication date: 2004-07-01

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