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A Study of Open Access Journals in Library and Information Science Field

Date Issued
2011
Date
2011
Author(s)
Chen, Shu-Jen
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http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/251269
Abstract
Academic journals are one of the most fundamental channels of official scientific communication because they allow scholars to quickly exchange current research results and ideas. This exchange facilitates the accumulation and advancement of knowledge. However, as the amount of research literature increases, so do the number of academic journals and the fee for periodical subscriptions, thereby obstructing the dissemination of information. As a result, scholars are beginning to promote the concept of “Open Access” (OA), which allows more users to obtain academic resources without barriers, and aims to enhance the effectiveness of scholarly communication through the internet. With the increasing popularity of Open Access, the number of OA journals has expanded substantially, enabling a growing number of scholars to self-archive their published literature. This movement is of great interest to scholars in the field of library and information Science because they traditionally study topics related to the development of scholarly communication. How to create with the greatest research impact and shorten the process of scholarly communication are issues which LIS scholars concern. Therefore, the current OA development in the LIS field is a subject worthy of attention. This study intends to answer questions as follows: What are the characteristics of OA journals in LIS field? Are those journals covered by major databases? What are the OA policies of LIS journals? Who are key authors of OA articles? Do they self-archive their publications? What are their research impacts? This study resulted in four major discoveries. First, OA journals are mainly published in the United States, and primarily in English. Second, only about half the OA journals are covered in major databases, and whether a given journal is included in the databases or not is related to the location of publication. Third, most of the important journals and periodicals concerned with OA allow at least one form of self-archiving. Finally, not all authors of OA-related research self-archive every one of their articles. OA articles were cited more frequently, but there is no obvious relation between OA articles and its first time of being cited. Study results suggest that databases in the field of library and information science would benefit from give more attention to OA journals. In addition, OA journals should respond to the selection criteria of databases so that they can increase the visibility of their journals. Libraries should take efforts to promote the OA philosophy and provide tools for self-archiving, to organize OA resources for different disciplines, and to provide retrieving platforms for OA resources. Researchers should also be encouraged to publish more in OA journals or self-archive their articles in order to obtain the benefits of Open Access.
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Open Access
self-archiving
Open Access Journal
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臺大位居世界頂尖大學之列,為永久珍藏及向國際展現本校豐碩的研究成果及學術能量,圖書館整合機構典藏(NTUR)與學術庫(AH)不同功能平台,成為臺大學術典藏NTU scholars。期能整合研究能量、促進交流合作、保存學術產出、推廣研究成果。

To permanently archive and promote researcher profiles and scholarly works, Library integrates the services of “NTU Repository” with “Academic Hub” to form NTU Scholars.

總館學科館員 (Main Library)
醫學圖書館學科館員 (Medical Library)
社會科學院辜振甫紀念圖書館學科館員 (Social Sciences Library)

開放取用是從使用者角度提升資訊取用性的社會運動,應用在學術研究上是透過將研究著作公開供使用者自由取閱,以促進學術傳播及因應期刊訂購費用逐年攀升。同時可加速研究發展、提升研究影響力,NTU Scholars即為本校的開放取用典藏(OA Archive)平台。(點選深入了解OA)

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