First results of the SOAP project. Open access publishing in 2010
Digital Libraries
2010-10-05 v1
Abstract
The SOAP (Study of Open Access Publishing) project has compiled data on the present offer for open access publishing in online peer-reviewed journals. Starting from the Directory of Open Access Journals, several sources of data are considered, including inspection of journal web site and direct inquiries within the publishing industry. Several results are derived and discussed, together with their correlations: the number of open access journals and articles; their subject area; the starting date of open access journals; the size and business models of open access publishers; the licensing models; the presence of an impact factor; the uptake of hybrid open access.
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@article{arxiv.1010.0506,
title = {First results of the SOAP project. Open access publishing in 2010},
author = {Suenje Dallmeier-Tiessen and Robert Darby and Bettina Goerner and Jenni Hyppoelae and Peter Igo-Kemenes and Deborah Kahn and Simon Lambert and Anja Lengenfelder and Chris Leonard and Salvatore Mele and Panayiota Polydoratou and David Ross and Sergio Ruiz-Perez and Ralf Schimmer and Mark Swaisland and Wim van der Stelt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.0506},
year = {2010}
}
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