Author: Howard Falk

Source: The Electronic Library, Volume 22, Number 6, 2004 , pp. 527-530(4)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract:

Journals being offered for open access have been on the increase for over a decade, growing to around 1,200 journals to date. Authors wishing to be published are charged a publication fee, and their papers are made available without any charge to the public. However, journals in the scientific and scholarly field, a total of approximately 25,000, are rarely offered for open access. International pressure from scientists wishing to unblock the barriers that stop the dissemination of research results has caused a rift with publishers, who fear a decrease in publishing revenues.

Keywords: Electronic Publishing; Open Systems; Electronic Journals; Generation and Dissemination of Information

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02640470410570848

Publication date: 2004-06-01

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