Benefits and Concerns of Open Access Journals
Explore the advantages and potential drawbacks of Open Access journals, including increased accessibility and citation rates, as well as questions about quality assurance and intellectual property protection.
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DearAnthony Lelliott, This is the Educational Review USA .. We have learned your paper entitled Why do people visit the Cradle of Humankind, and what memorable experiences do they take away? from the 24th Annual Conference Of The Southern African Association For Research In Mathematics, Science And Technology Education 2016. We are very interested in your papers and would like to invite you to submit a manuscript for consideration and publication in our journal. If you have the idea of making our journal a vehicle for your research interests, please send the electronic version of your papers or books to us in MS word format via email. Expect to get your reply soon. Currently, we also seek researchers who are interested in becoming our editorial boards or reviewers, if you have a willing to join us, please feel free to send us an English version of your latest CV via email. I will be looking forward to have a positive response from you soon. Best Regards, Donna Thomas Editorial Office Educational Review, USA www.hillpublisher.com/journals/er/ Hill Publishing Group 311 E Valley Blvd #112 PMB26 San Gabriel, CA 91776 USA E-mail: education@hillpublishing.org; education.hillpub@hotmail.com.
Dear Colleague, A manuscript titled ASSESSING THE ROLE, EFFECTIVENESS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF [ ] was sent to us for publication. We will be most grateful if you could find time to review the manuscript within 10 days. Please find below the abstract: I am looking forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Blessing Asine, Editorial Assistant, Research Journal of Educational Studies and Review (RJESR) Email: rjesr@pearlresearchjournal.org , rjesr.pearlresjourn@gmail. com www.pearlresearchjournals.org
Should I publish in an Open Access journal? Dr. Tony Lelliott, on behalf of Saide, Johannesburg, South Africa Tonyl@saide.org.za
Open Access (OA) Open Access publications reduce permission requirements and eliminate price barriers for readers. OA allows access for researchers, teachers, journalists, policy makers and the general public without a subscription. Studies demonstrate that OA literature receives more citations than subscription publications.
However . Can we trust them? Aren t they predatory journals taking our IP? Are OA journals quality assured? Why publish OA if I get DHE subsidy for an article in an accredited journal?
OA Journals Journals that use a funding model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access. From the BOAI definition of openaccess , we support the rights of users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles as mandatory for a journal to be included in the directory.
Traditional Journals Make money through advertising and subscription fees. Subscriptions are driven by quality and impact factor. This creates an incentive for high quality peer review and overall quality. But they are criticised for high fees & expecting peer review to be free.
Predatory OA Journals frequently make their money by charging a publication fee of the author. This creates an incentive to publish a lot of papers of any quality. But you could create a shell of a journal, with little staff, and publish many papers online with little cost, generating a nice revenue stream. Why not create hundreds of such journals, covering every niche scientific and academic area?
So, how to decide on a reputable OA journal Does it meet OA Standards? Is the Publisher reputable? Is It in your Academic Database? Is it in Google Scholar? Is it archived? Does it have indicators? Is it on Beall s list?
OA Standards Quality of OA journals can vary widely an authoritative list of OA journals is the Directory of Open Access Journals. All DOAJ journals use peer review or editorial quality control. Can also be a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association
Reputable Publishers Check with your librarian. Use Beall s List (archived). Please note this is not a definitive list . An OA journal that is included in a major index such as Web of Knowledge or Scopus (subscriptions required) has been critically reviewed and is likely a widely recognized and reputable OA journal
Academic Databases in your field Certain research communities have major specialized academic databases and search engines which are used to search for literature. Determine what you use and check whether the OA journal is abstracted by it.
Google Scholar Compare "Research Journal of Educational Studies and Review or "Educational Review USA" with international journal of science education What do we see?
While we are mentioning Google Scholar . Create a Google Scholar profile for yourself. Add publications if it doesn t find them all. Make your profile public. See http://blog.impactstory.org/impact- challenge-day-3-google-scholar/
Archiving Check to see if the journal you are considering is archived, or preserved for future use if the publisher ends its support or goes out of business. Publishers policies and conditions regarding self-archiving and other OA options can be confusing, but SHERPA RoMEO s directory lays details out clearly.
Indicators Indicators such as the h-index and impact factor can provide helpful information about a journal s influence. If an OA journal is relatively new, you can evaluate the publisher by checking indicators for their other journals.
Other factors to consider The choice of whether or not to be an author or an editor for an OA journal can be difficult, so don t stop with the suggestions given here. Ask your peers, subject librarian, community forums and social networks for advice as well.
DHET subsidy and OA Journals Several OA journals attract DHET subsidy. See http://www.library.up.ac.za/aoajsa.htm http://elearn.uwc.ac.za/open-access/about- open-access
Sources and Attribution A Guide to Open Access for Perplexed Researchers is edited and maintained by Chris Erdmann and William Jacobs is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. https://www.library.ucsb.edu/scholarly- communication/should-i-publish-open-access-journal https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/a- problem-with-open-access-journals/ http://scitech.sla1.org/pr-committee/oaguide/
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License CC-BY Most of the test has been taken from A Guide to Open Access for Perplexed Researchers, edited and maintained by Chris Erdmann and William Jacobs Tony Lelliott Saide tonyl@saide.org.za
