All Discussions Tagged 'Data' - Open Access Week2024-03-29T15:44:56Zhttp://legacy.openaccessweek.org/group/openaccessincroatia/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Data&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHybrid Open Access Mega-Journals Gain in Traction as Scholarly Societies and Journal Publishers Partnertag:legacy.openaccessweek.org,2017-11-18:5385115:Topic:1663632017-11-18T18:10:41.355ZDr. Pablo B. Markinhttp://legacy.openaccessweek.org/profile/PabloMarkin
<p><strong>Published Online:</strong> 2017-11-16<br></br> <strong>URL:</strong> <a href="http://openscience.com/hybrid-open-access-mega-journals-gain-in-international-traction-as-scientific-societies-and-open-access-publishers-partner/">http://openscience.com/hybrid-open-access-mega-journals-gain-in-international-traction-as-scientific-societies-and-open-access-publishers-partner/</a></p>
<blockquote><p>While developed world universities and libraries weigh the pros and cons of Open Access plus…</p>
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<p><strong>Published Online:</strong> 2017-11-16<br/> <strong>URL:</strong> <a href="http://openscience.com/hybrid-open-access-mega-journals-gain-in-international-traction-as-scientific-societies-and-open-access-publishers-partner/">http://openscience.com/hybrid-open-access-mega-journals-gain-in-international-traction-as-scientific-societies-and-open-access-publishers-partner/</a></p>
<blockquote><p>While developed world universities and libraries weigh the pros and cons of Open Access plus subscription models, developing countries embrace Open Access mega journal-style repositories with open post-publication peer review procedures in partnership with established publishing platforms.</p>
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<hr/><p><strong>Excerpt</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>As the international Open Access community <a href="https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2017/11/15/business-case-open-data/">mulls</a> the possibility of turning data sets into revenue streams by dint of the latter’s ability to be analyzed, circulated and packaged in abstract form, scholars hailing from the American academia <a href="http://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Fallacy-of-Open-Access/241786">grapple</a> with the economics of scientific journal publishing by seeking to explore how the supply and demand can be re-equilibrated in this industry. Currently, the demand for the scientific journal subscriptions appears to continue to outstrip they supply, which ensures the high subscription fees, such as those of <a href="https://www.springer.com/la/librarians/journal-price-list/journal-catalogue/3886">Springer</a>, for journal bundles that their publishers vend, given their effective oligopoly hold on this market and the exclusive access to highly-reputed journals they provide.</p>
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<p><em>By Pablo Markin</em></p>
<hr/><p>The full-length <a href="http://openscience.com/hybrid-open-access-mega-journals-gain-in-international-traction-as-scientific-societies-and-open-access-publishers-partner/">original blog article</a> and additional resources can be found at <a href="http://openscience.com/">OpenScience</a> blog.</p>