The prevalence of Open Access publication fees
... in the ten countries that publish the highest portions of Open Access journalsscinoptica. Ulrich Herb.
... in the ten countries that publish the highest portions of Open Access journalsscinoptica. Ulrich Herb.
Labbé stellt im Nature-Artikel zudem recht deutlich heraus, dass er (anders als Bohannon) keinen Zusammenhang zwischen schlampiger oder fehlender Qualitätssicherung und dem Publikationsmodell (Open Access oder Subskription) erkennen kann, schließlich erschienen alle von ihm aufgedeckten Betrugsfälle in Subskriptionsjournalen.
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) today introduces the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license on its 19 NPG-owned academic journals. From December 2012, the CC BY license will be available to authors choosing open access publication options in these journals, in addition to the two non-commercial Creative Commons (CC) licenses currently on offer.
See also Ulrich Herb’s commentry in Telepolis (in German): Geschäftemachen à la Nature.
Ulrich Herb writes on the current situation of Open Science projects - ensuing from a definition of Open Science that exceeds the Open access definition and allows for transparency and external influence throughout the whole research process.
(In German)
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