Authors and open access publishing

Authors: Swan, Alma; Brown, Sheridan

Source: Learned Publishing, Volume 17, Number 3, 1 July 2004 , pp. 219-224(6)

Publisher: Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers

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Abstract:

Surveys were carried out to learn more about authors and open access publishing. Awareness of open access journals among those who had not published in them was quite high; awareness of 'self-archiving' was less. For open access journal authors the most important reason for publishing in that way was the principle of free access; their main concerns were grants and impact. Authors who had not published in an open access journal attributed that to unfamiliarity with such journals. Forty per cent of authors have self-archived their traditional journal articles and almost twice as many say they would do so if required to.

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Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315104323159649

Publication date: 2004-07-01

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