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Title Open access journals – what publishers offer, what researchers want
Author(s) Dallmeier-Tiessen, Suenje (CERN) ; Darby, Robert (Rutherford) ; Goerner, Bettina (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg) ; Hyppoelae, Jenni (CERN) ; Igo-Kemenes, Peter (CERN ; Gjøvik U. College) ; Kahn, Deborah (BioMed Central, London) ; Lamber, Simon (Rutherford) ; Lengenfelder, Anja (Max Planck Digital Library, Munich) ; Leonard, Chris (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg) ; Mele, Salvatore (CERN) ; Nowicka, Malgorzata (CERN) ; Polydoratou, Panayiota (Max Planck Digital Library, Munich) ; Ross, David (SAGE Publications, London) ; Ruiz-Perez, Sergio (CERN) ; Schimmer, Ralf (Max Planck Digital Library, Munich) ; Swaisland, Mark (Daresbury) ; van der Stelt, Wim (Springer Sci. Business Media B.V., Dordrecht)
Publication 2011
In: Info Services Use 31 (2011) 85-91
DOI 10.3233/ISU-2011-0624
Subject category Information Transfer and Management
Abstract The SOAP (Study of Open Access Publishing) project has analyzed the current supply and demand situation in the open access journal landscape. Starting from the Directory of Open Access Journals, several sources of data were considered, including journal websites and direct inquiries within the publishing industry to comprehensively map the present supply of online peer-reviewed OA journals. The demand for open access publishing is summarised, as assessed through a large-scale survey of researchers' opinions and attitudes. Some forty thousand answers were collected across disciplines and around the world, reflecting major support for the idea of open access, while highlighting drivers of and barriers to open access publishing.



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