Dear Colleagues,
I just wanted to share some interesting insight from an "experiment" with open access. Recently I published a paper about Blockchain and SCM with Emerald Publishing. The paper was online for several weeks and I had roughly 15 downloads a day:
https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/SCM-01-2018-0029
Fortunately, the publisher offered me to make the paper open access (I do not have any specific funding for that):
https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/SCM-01-2018-0029
After that, the downloads tripled with roughly 40-50 downloads a day. Of course, this does not say anything about how often the paper will get cited, but it clearly shows that OA fills a need. It might also widen the gap between those institutions who can afford to pay for it and those who can not. In other words: research from affluent institutions might also get cited more, since it is simply easier to access it.
This will not only uplift the paper and the authors but will definitely raise the impact factor of the journal. I think they should have considered your APC waived or rather they are formally expecting your official request, please do this with a reasonable excuse, possibly accompanied with a letter from your institution giving reasons why you cannot shoulder the cost. Many people always say those reputable journals do not charge, but I disagree with this standpoint, even though some give a long time embargo before being openly made accessible. The cost of publication, following expenses on the research itself, is huge especially without grant or other sponsorships. Where are we heading to on this issue, particularly for self-financed projects?. It contributes to making predatory rosy.
I wrote about this earlier;
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Unbearable_article_publication_charges_is_the_main_reason_for_proliferative_number_of_publications_in_the_predatory_journals_Yes_or_No_Reasons
Hello
Esmerald, Elsevier and in my opinion another multinational are far away of help students.
ingrd
Ingrid Del Valle García Carreño I agree, but it is not only students. Fees regularly start at 1,500 € which is quite a lot of money if one does not have funding.
Hi,
researchers who choose to publish in an OA journal should always assess the benefits of this kind of publication against the processing price they are required to pay.
Hello
Universities never help us to publish. I know one JCR that we should pay 2.500 euros in order to publish
Ingrid
That is exactly my point. I know some universities which support OA and others which do not. One more distortion in the academic system.
Knowledgement is universal and must be free, in my university there are 27 open access Journals that you can review for your convenience, the web page is www.produccioncientifica.luz.edu.ve, most of them are in good bibliometric indexes such as scopus
Gilberto Vizcaíno Unfortunately, I cannot open the link. Is it correct? Do those journals charge fees? btw: I can fully understand that OA journals need to cover the costs, but I am also aware that these fees might be prohibitive for many researchers.
Dear Prof Gilberto
It is true the only problemis that they take more that 1 year to tell you about one comunication. I send 2 paper to social magazines and thake too long
Best regards
Ingrid del valle garcia venezolana
Dear Horst
Those journals do not charge fees. The Zulia University from Venezuela is a public one of the best. No fees the only problem is the time they take to reviews but I understand they are too many paper
Ingrid
Ingrid Del Valle García Carreño Thank you for letting me know. Time is relative, by the way. In so-called top journals it is common to take 2-3 years from the initial submission until the paper is published.
This will not only uplift the paper and the authors but will definitely raise the impact factor of the journal. I think they should have considered your APC waived or rather they are formally expecting your official request, please do this with a reasonable excuse, possibly accompanied with a letter from your institution giving reasons why you cannot shoulder the cost. Many people always say those reputable journals do not charge, but I disagree with this standpoint, even though some give a long time embargo before being openly made accessible. The cost of publication, following expenses on the research itself, is huge especially without grant or other sponsorships. Where are we heading to on this issue, particularly for self-financed projects?. It contributes to making predatory rosy.
I wrote about this earlier;
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Unbearable_article_publication_charges_is_the_main_reason_for_proliferative_number_of_publications_in_the_predatory_journals_Yes_or_No_Reasons
Congtats to Dr.Horst Treiblmaier for his open access publication regarding blockchain management .
Jaydip Datta Thank you very much!
I currently work as an editor for various open access journals. In most cases they allow you to publish an article for free. This is a nice workaround when you do not get funding.
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