Scientific Research: The Publication Dilemma

Theme: Open Access Journals

Authors

  • Victoria Shelton

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/istl2001

Abstract

The article presents a concise overview of key concepts and current issues that are useful in understanding the open access movement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Association of Research Libraries. 2004. Framing the Issue: Open Access. [Online]. Available: {http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/framing_issue_may04.pdf} [Accessed May 10, 2005].

BioMed Central. 2005. What is BioMed Central? [Online]. Available: {http://www.biomedcentral.com/about} [Accessed May 10, 2005].

Davidson, K. 2003. Bay Area lead revolt against scientific journals. San Francisco Chronicle: October 27, 2003: 44.

Eisen, M. 2003. Publish and be praised: why it's high time the results of scientific research were freely available to everyone? The Guardian: October 9, 2003, Science Pages: 6.

Held, M. 2003. Proposed legislation supports an untested publishing model. The Journal of Cell Biology 162 (2): 171-172.

National Institutes of Health. 2005. Implementation of Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research; Notice Number: NOT-OD-05-045; Release Date: April 29, 2005. [Online]. Available: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-05-045.html [Accessed May 10, 2005].

Public Library of Science. 2005. Frequently Asked Questions. [Online]. Available: {http://www.plos.org/about/faq.html} [Accessed May 10, 2005].

Rubin, G. 2003. The switch to open access publishing is inevitable. The Scientist 17(4) A2.

Weitzman, J. 2004. OUP takes a bold step following its Open Access experiment. Open Access Now. News. [Online]. Available: {http://web.archive.org/web/20100226013357/http://www.biomedcentral.com/openaccess/news/?issue=19 [August 2, 2004].

Downloads

Published

2005-03-01

How to Cite

Shelton, V. (2005). Scientific Research: The Publication Dilemma: Theme: Open Access Journals. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, (42). https://doi.org/10.29173/istl2001

Issue

No. 42 (2005): Spring 2005 (Theme: Open Access Journals)

Section

Board Accepted Articles

License

While ISTL has always been open access and authors have always retained the copyright of their papers without restrictions, articles in issues prior to no.75 were not licensed with Creative Commons licenses. Since issue no. 75 (Winter 2014), ISTL has licensed its work through Creative Commons licenses. Please refer to the Copyright and Licensing Information page for more information.

Share |