Self-archiving practice and the influence of publisher policies in the social sciences

Author: Antelman, Kristin

Source: Learned Publishing, Volume 19, Number 2, April 2006 , pp. 85-95(11)

Publisher: Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers

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Abstract:

Authors in different disciplines exhibit very different behaviours on the so-called 'green' road to open access, i.e. self-archiving. This study looks at the self-archiving behaviour of authors publishing in leading journals in six social science disciplines. It tests the hypothesis that authors are self-archiving according to the norms of their respective disciplines rather than following self-archiving policies of publishers, and that, as a result, they are self-archiving significant numbers of publisher PDF versions. It finds significant levels of self-archiving, as well as significant self-archiving of the publisher PDF version, in all the disciplines investigated. Publishers' self-archiving policies have no influence on author self-archiving practice.

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Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315106776387011

Publication date: 2006-04-01

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North American Editor: Diane Scott-Lichter
Reviews Editor: Pippa Smart

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