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Open Access (General Overview)

Open Access Overview Open access advocate Peter Suber (2015) maintains an introduction to open access questions as well as more in-depth treatments on a legacy page of the Earlham College Website. Scholarly Communication The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)—updated 2014—provides links to news on Open Access. TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem) explains how Open Access repositories especially beneficial to specialty fields and generating a publishing space for monographs. HowOpenIsIt? This 2014 webpage from the Public Library of Science (PLoS) offers quick and convenient overview of the nuances of Open Access policies with an aim to standardize terminology. The State of OA: A Large-Scale Analysis of the Prevalence and Impact of Open Access Articles In this 2018 article, the authors provide an up-to-date state of OA and OA research. Open Access and Citation Counts

Self-Selected or Mandated, Open Access Increases Citation Impact for Higher Quality Research The authors of this 2010 study conclude that OA publications are cited with more frequency than traditional, subscription-based publications. They further claim research linking any “OA Advantage” to a self-selection bias, a common criticism of recent research into OA publications, is fallacious.

Ten-Year Cross-Disciplinary Comparison of the Growth of Open Access and How it Increases Research Citation Impact This 2006 breaks down the “OA Citation Advantage” from a statistical standpoint, corroborating other research into OA and citation counts by sharing portions of the researchers’ collected data. Open Access and Peer Review

Peer Review in Academic Promotion and Publishing: Its Meaning, Locus, and Future This 2011 study from the Berkeley Center for Studies in Higher Education that looks broadly at peer review and the scholarly publishing environment, with commentary on open access and institutional repositories. Interactive Open Access Publishing and Public Peer Review: The effectiveness of Transparency and Self-Regulation in Scientific Quality Assurance Ulrich Pöschl’s 2010 article investigates the peer review quality of OA journals, concluding that OA peer review meets a growing demand for “efficient communication and quality assurance” that traditional peer review had previously lacked. Pöschl concludes OA journals strike the necessary balance between timely distribution of information and thorough vetting. Open Access and Journal Quality

Open Access Journal Quality Indicators Grand Valley State University (2017) recaps the benefits of publishing in an OA journal and includes a reference list of positive and negative indicators to help an author or researcher determine the quality of an OA journal. The page also included definitions of three OA publishing models. Addressing Faculty Publishing Concerns with Open Access Journal Quality Indicators Sarah Beaubien and Max Eckard’s 2014 article describes how OA Journals have led to a split in quality. The authors reinforce the concept of OA as a process leading to high-quality, peer reviewed publications, but do not shy away from indicating the working issues yet to resolve in OA. Institutional Repositories

Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age This 2003 overview of Institutional Repositories by Clifford Lynch stands as a fundamental text outlining the strategic importance and functions of IRs. The Case for Institutional Repositories A 2002 position paper prepared by Raym Crow, and provided under the auspices of SPARC, describes IRs and examines their role and impact within academic institutions and the larger scholarly communication environment. Authors’ Rights

SPARC Open The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)—updated 2018—offers information on Open Access, copyright, and licensing agreements. SPARC also provides the following informational page on Author Addendums and an Author Addendum Form both aimed at helping researchers retain rights to their work, such as the right to distribute. Additional Resources

Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association OASPA’s (2018) Resource Page provides a convenient list of licensing and attribution resources, as well as declarations and Open Access publishing directories. Open Access and Scholarly Communications: Busting OA Myths The University of North Carolina (2017) breaks down the five most common myths and misunderstandings surrounding OA, as well as providing “remedies” to the busted myths and links to further resources. OpenDOAR The Directory of Open Access Repositories offers a comprehensive list of Repositories supporting an OA format both in the United States and around the world. SHERPA/RoMEO This web resource provides summaries of publisher permission policies for use of content in Open Access Contexts, including permissions for Accepted Versions, Post-Prints, Published Versions, restrictions, and embargo periods.