I feel open access journal is more preferable to young researchers than non-open access journals since former is reachable to large masses..

I feel open access journal is more preferable to young researchers than non-open access journals since former is reachable to large masses..

Definitely, open access has more advantage than the other. Just as Anoop mentioned, you can reach out to a larger audience and get wider publicity with citation of such papers much faster than its counterpart

Thank you for your valuable contributions.

Olutosin

The only care is needed about the quality , in some cases . But another side of the coin , is the publication without publication charges ..

Of course with Open access journals, but we need to make sure that the journal is peer- reviewed and indexed. 

Also you can see the following links.

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_do_you_think_about_Open_access_journals

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Should_we_prefer_Open_Access_publishing

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_your_experience_with_open_access_journals

The best is to use Open Access Journals

hello

The two thought good to the young researcher as a start

regards

Open access journals is the best for young researchers as my colleques mentioned and justified.

Open acces is the best option for a young rresearchers.

Thank you all for your timely and candid views about the discussion.

Really appreciate your contributions so far. Do already established and/older researchers prefer non-open access journals? If yes, what are the advantages derived from this?

Thank you

Olutosin

Open access, peer-reviewed journals in order to obtain more citations.

Definitely, open access peer-reviewed journals because of being fast in publication, easy access, wider publicity and larger reach

Thank you for your valuable inputs in this discussion dear Rzger A. Abdula and Napoleon Wessey.

Olutosin

i agree peer review  in  open access journals is more important ..but be warned off the predatory journals please..

Thank you for the information about predatory journals but Dr. Anoop, how can we identify predatory journals around us? Thank you

Olutosin

You can check online for the predatory list

Being a Research Scholar, I definitely find the open access journals as highly preferred (of course not the predatory ones as well mentioned in the previous comments) due to wider reach, easy to find, and specially non involvement of monetary matter as in case of their counter parts as subscription, etc.

Both!

Researcher may in both i.e. Open access and non-open access journals, but the paper must be of quality research.

However, open access will give more visibility and more access to all type of researchers.

Really appreciate your valuable inputs to this discussion dear researchers, Drs. Oluwafemi Samson Balogun, Durga Prasad  and Subhash C Kundu. 

Thank you.

Olutosin

Many researchers struggle with the decision of whether to do so in an OA journal versus a traditional (and perhaps more well-established) journal. The four main factors to consider when making this decision are: ----

---visibility,

---cost,

---prestige, and

---speed.

See link for details!

http://www.aje.com/en/arc/making-the-choice-open-access-vs-traditional-journals/

If all the information sources are not open, it is hard to think about a knowledge society. If we are based on economic and financial power, better the term is currency age at the place of information age. 

Knowledge is power today, but knowledgeable are powerless. Politicians and corporate are deciding the future of our human civilization.

Requested to all RG members to think on it despite being a negative assessment.

To the present question, my preference is Open access journals" as they are easily available. Open access and non-open access - both can bear quality.

I go with "Open access" because I feel research paper should be accessed easily to the scientific community for the betterment of the Society. 

Really appreciate your continued interest in this discussion. Many thanks to the following RG experts for their wonderful contributions so far;

Drs. Mohammad Aljaradin, Subhash C. Kundu, Prabhat Ranjan, & Nirajan Biswal.

Olutosin

Let there is some quality in journal and that is surely widely referred by expert groups. If a journal is widely referred it's should be  preferred irrespective of it is open or otherwise.

the very objective of any research is dissemination of knowledge to the scientific community including budding researchers and research students.....OA journals serve this purpose better...many research students can't afford paying for access to research papers....the content in OA journals are also as good as non-OA journals...

Open Access is defined as publications that are free to all interested readers, and the publishers place no financial or copyright barriers between the readers and the article; therefore,  I will like to vote in favor of open access being convenient, easy way of communication.

Dear Drs. Munish Kumar, Selvam Ramasamy and Rzger Abdula, thank you  for your great inputs in this discussion.

Olutosin

Dear Olitosin, in my opinion there should not be a non open access journals. The answer is simple:  the science cannot be closed, every scientific article should be approachable to everyone who has the interest for. Isn't it the nature of the science? Should science be owned by someone etc. I do not understand the non open access journals.

Best regards,

V. Janusheva

I agree with Dr.Violeta Janusheva ,

Science should be available for all 

Thank you Drs. Violeta and Salam for your contributions to the discussion..In my own opinion, non open access journals are the journals that accept manuscript processing charges and the charges are very high. Finally, they are not accessible freely to anyone that desire to access it at no cost.

Thank you

Olutosin

As per my opinion open access journal is more preferable to young researchers than non-open access journals since former is reachable to large masses and they will reach many.

Thank you dear Dr. Nishad  Nawaz for your important contribution to the discussion.

Olutosin

Offcourse open access…Articles are freely available for anyone who wishes to read them. For authors, it can help open up their research to wider viewers. Open access can help an article to be more discoverable online. And ultimately, an increased number of readers can convert into an increased number of citations for the author. Increases readership.

Thank you dear Saroj Deshmukh for your valuable input to the discussion.

Olutosin

Thank you all for your insightful contributions

Best Regards

Olutosin

 I think most journals should be open access for greater dissemination of scientific findings at the lowest possible.

Thank you.

Oluwaseun

This is a good point, many of the high impact factor peer reviewed  journals charge so heavily that it is beyond the capacity of authors to even think of submitting the manuscript to such journals , despite covering the research in frontier areas..

Thank you sir for your contribution. It is as high as USD 500 for a paper. Also, not outright open journal, you still pay to get e-copy of this papers.

What can be done to bring down the financial aspect of journal publication to the level affordable by younger and researchers from developing countries. It is actually a growing concern of especially younger and vibrant researchers from this part of the world.

Thank you 

Olutosin

By not doing , many of the frontier research are not finding due place in such journals.I agree with you.

I agree with you, publication in open access journals is better for more readers and citation, but you should be careful when you are choosing an online journal

Thank you dear Dr. Ahmed Rugheim for your contribution.

Open access journals it preferred for more reads and citation 

Thanks Dr. Salam Hmood for your contribution.

Best Regards

Olutosin

The main reason authors make their articles openly accessible is to maximize their research impact.

                                                                                                   (Alma Swan, 2006)

Thank you Dr. Rzger for your contribution to the question.

Olutosin

Open Access should be preferable to young researchers but it has it own attending problem of funding. Hence, if no funding is accessible to researcher he/she will have no choice but to go for non-open access journals.

Dear Dr. Ewemooje, it is quite true. Thank you for your contribution to the discussion.

Thank you

Olutosin

In 2009, there were approximately 4,800 active open access journals, publishing around 190,000 articles. As of October 2015, this had increased to over 10,000 open access journals listed in the Directory of open Access Journals, though this number has fallen to 9,500 in January 2017. A study of random journals from the citations indexes AHSCI, SCI and SSCI in 2013 came to the result that 88% of the journals were closed access and 12% were open access.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access_journal

The open access system for scientific journals is the most acceptable to readers compared to non-open access.

Thank you Dr. Rzger Abdula for that interesting information concerning open access and non open access Journals.

Thank you Dr. Isam Omran for your valuable contribution to this discussion.

I believe it is open access which has more chance of reading as well as download your article by the young researchers.

I believe a well moderated content (for example, Wikipedia) accessible openly is the best solution going forward. It should be thoroughly review-able by any one who can understand the subject, and the reviewers must be neutral.

Dear Drs. Bapuji Rao and Velusamy Kolandai Velu for your valuable contributions on this discussion.

Dear Olutosin, I believe that science should be free for anyone, thus I do not support the non open access journals. Why to hide ideas, thoughts, relevant scientific issue. I cannot see the point.

Kind regards,

V. Janusheva

Thank you dear Violets for your valuable contribution to this discussion. Is it really hiding ideas, findings or discovery? I think because non open access journal charge high publication fee, they also want you to pay before you have access to such publications.

Thank you.

Dear Olutosin, I could not agree more. I thought of the same. It is all about money and one can not be sure if his article has certain value. I have send and article to a journal, and on its web site there was not an information about the fee. The article was accepted, I was happy ... but then I receive a mail which informs me that I have to pay the publication fee. I was caught by surprise. Another thing is the question why we have to pay for publishing our articles, Isn't the aim of the science to share ideas among scholars or? I am aware that the publication of an article is a hard work to do, still I believe that nobody should pay. And the fee is so high. My opinion is that if I have to pay, I will not be sure that my paper has scientific value, I would think that the article is accepted only because the money. I have so many experience with the highly evaluated journals.

Kind regards and thank you for answering.

V. Janusheva

Thank you dear Dr. Violets for such a personal experience concerning issue of article processing charge and purported quality of scientific research in especially non open access journals. Thanks for sharing this.

Open access vs. closed access

Journal articles which are open access are freely available on the Internet and openly accessible to everyone. That makes these articles more likely to be used and cited. In contrast, articles which appear in non-open access journals are initially only visible to people at institutions which have a licence for these specific journals.

Since open access journals place an emphasis on improving visibility and accessibility, they are exclusively published in an electronic format. In contrast, non-open access journals often offer a print edition of the journal in addition to an electronic version.

A stubborn prejudice persists that open access journals are somehow inferior when it comes to journal publications. This view is not supported by the facts. Open access journals also use the peer review process, and some journals have a Journal Impact Factor.

It is probable that the number of open access journals with a Journal Impact Factor will continue to rise. Studies have shown that improved visibility leads to a citation impact advantage.

Open access has now been made obligatory by foreign funders whose sponsorship area includes Germany. The reach of these requirements will undoubtedly expand in the years ahead, which is why academics and researchers need to get to grips with this topic as soon as possible.

Jasmin Schmitz

Thank you dear Rzger Abdula for sharing this beautiful piece on the topic of discussion.

Olutosin

Complaints that are associated with predatory open-access publishing include

- Accepting articles quickly with little or no peer review or quality control, including hoax and nonsensical papers.

- Notifying academics of article fees only after papers are accepted.

- Aggressively campaigning for academics to submit articles or serve on editorial boards.

- Listing academics as members of editorial boards without their permission, and not allowing academics to resign from editorial boards.

- Appointing fake academics to editorial boards.

- Mimicking the name or web site style of more established journals.

- Misleading claims about the publishing operation, such as a false location.

- Improper use of ISSNS.

- Fake or non-existent impact factors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_open_access_publishing

Thank you dear Dr. Abdula for your invaluable contribution.

Olutosin

Thanks for asking this important question. My answer is embedded in the link below:

https://www.elsevier.com/connect/5-surprising-facts-about-elsevier-and-open-access?sf123623451=1

and I'd like to present a simple gift for you my colleague dear Dr.Olutosin and for young researchers by following this link:

Presentation "IF YOU WANT TO...", by: Asst. Prof. Dr. Emad Kamil

Regards, Emad

Thank you so much Dr. Emad for sharing your view on this discussion. I really appreciate the added link (my gift) sir.

Olutosib

Thank you dear Dr. Mutazem Beni-Fwaz for sharing your valuable thought on this discussion. It is well appreciated sir.

Olutosin

Why Open Access Matters

Most publishers own the rights to the articles in their journals. Anyone who wants to read the articles must pay to access them. Anyone who wants to use the articles in any way must obtain permission from the publisher and is often required to pay an additional fee.

Although many researchers can access the journals they need via their institution and think that access is free, in reality it is not. The institution has often been involved in lengthy negotiations around the price of their site license and reuse of this content is limited.

Paying for access to journals makes sense in the world of print publishing, where providing articles to each reader requires the production of physical copies of articles, but in the online world, with distribution as wide as the internet's reach, it makes much less sense.

https://www.plos.org/open-access/

Thank you Dr. Rzger A. Abdula for this wonderful contributions to this discussion. You are highly appreciated.

Olutosin

Please visit this link:

https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_keep_up-to-date_with_a_current_research_in_your_field_of_specialty?

Emad

And this link:

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Directory_of_Open_Access_Journals_DOAJ-2017

Emad

Also this:

https://www.researchgate.net/post/5_surprising_facts_about_Elsevier_and_open_access-2017?

Emad

Thank you for these links Dr Emad Kamil Hussein.

Open access journals is free that means high number of readers which give high chance to get cited. Thus this is a benefit. But on the other hand, open access need publication charge and this is difficult for the young and self supported researchers.

Sincerely appreciate Dr. Gomaa A. M. Ali for your contribution to this discussion. Thank you so much sir. Even with open access some publisher still charge APC as high as 500USD.

Olutosin

In my own opinion, with continued searching you can definitely get some with good discount on APC and you can still copy with it for now.

Thanks

Oluwaseun

I feel open access journal is more preferable to young researchers due to the higher numbers of citation that could be obtained

Absolutely, open access journal has more advantage than the other to obtain more citations.

Thank you for your contribution dear Dr. Ihsan Habib Dakhil.

Dear Olutosin,

Kindly see the following RG link:

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Open_access_v_s_Non_Open_access_journals

Thank you dear Dr. Hadeel Saleh Haj Aliwi for this helpful link. You are highly appreciated.

Olutosin

There are several varieties of open access journals, including full open access journals with all content open access; hybrid open access journals where only some of the content is open access; and delayed open access journals where the content is made open access after a delay (e.g. 12 or 24 months). Open access journals are one of the two general methods for providing open access. The other one (sometimes called the "green road to open access," as opposed to the "gold road" above) is self-archiving in a repository. The publisher of an open access journal is known as an "open access publisher", and the process, "open access publishing".

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thanks so much dear Dr. Rzger A. Abdula for this helpful clarification on this discussion.

Olutosin

Fee-based open access journals

Fee-based open access journals, also known as gold open access journals, require payment on behalf of the author. The money might come from the author but more often comes from the author's research grant or employer. In cases of economic hardship, many journals will waive all or part of the fee. (This includes instances where the authors come from a less developed economy). Journals charging publication fees normally take various steps to ensure that editors conducting peer review do not know whether authors have requested, or been granted, fee waivers, or to ensure that every paper is approved by an independent editor with no financial stake in the journal. While the payments are often incurred per article published, there are some journals that apply them per manuscript submitted. A 2013 study found that only 28% of journals in the Directory of Open Access (DOAJ) required payment by the authors; however, this figure was higher in journals with a scientific or medical focus (43% and 47% respectively), and lowest in journals publishing in the arts and humanities (0% and 4%, respectively).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access_journal

Thank you so much dear Dr. Rzger A. Abdula for your helpful contribution to this discussion.

Olutosin

In order to select a suitable open access journal in which to publish, it can be helpful to understand what it is that you are paying for with your publication fees. In this context, we find it useful to think about the economics of scholarly publishing.

Academic journals require one or more revenue streams to cover their costs and turn a profit. There are three basic sources of revenue to which a publisher can turn: (1) publication fees, (2) sponsor support, and (3) subscription charges. Publishers regularly employ each of these sources, sometimes in combination.

http://www.eigenfactor.org/openaccess/

Thank you dear Dr. Rzger A. Abdula for sharing your valuable contribution to this discussion.

open access are more preferable although all of them are very slow in considering the article

Thank you dear Yulia Chernyakhovskaya for sharing your view on this discussion.

The way to test the impact advantage of Open Access (OA) is not to compare the citation impact factors of OA and non-OA journals but to compare the citation counts of individual OA and non-OA articles appearing in the same (non-OA) journals. Such ongoing comparisons are revealing dramatic citation advantages for OA.

Harnad and Brody, 2004

Either junior or senior researcher, open access journal would be a recommended choice so that researcher can be well-known and his/her work can be visible.

Many"open access" journals require large payments to actually make the article open access. I would treat this practice with skepticism.

As long as the journal allows publication of pre-press versions of the paper at places like ResearchGate, the paper is easily found and huge payments are not necessary.

Many thanks dear Drs. Yousef Fazea and Michael W. Marek for your excellent contributions on this discussion.

Both of them and the most important thing is that, selecting indexed and trusted journals.

www.scimagojr.com

wwwdoaj.org

Regards,

Emad

Dear powerful and respected Olutosin,

I prefer open access journals for young and senior researchers. Dissemination of information and research work should be easily available and accessible by all. This would rapid development and would be of benefit to all. With open access journal discovery of one scientific fact can lead to another scientific discovery within a little time frame. Best regards.

Kifilideen.

Agree with Emad Kamil Hussein. Age has nothing to do with it.

i prefer the open access where can i read the full result easily while in the non-open access abstracts, usually , the results are not clear