As a recent study indicates, pre-publishing papers in preprint servers, such as arXiv, does not necessarily lead to the subsequent publication of the scholarly articles in prestigious journals, while being associated with co-authorship.
That Google launches a separate search engine for Open Access data sets attests to the increasing importance of Open Access for scientists and the customized search portals that connect between researchers and the content that Open Access repositories store.
The lacking visibility of Open Access journals and repositories from the Global South, such as Asian countries, in international directories, e.g., DOAJ, can be due to the hurdles for the implementation of best practices...
Open Access publishing grows in popularity internationally, due to the enabler role of digital infrastructures for social networking, global visibility, transparent peer reviews and low-cost solutions, such as national-level preprint repositories, built on top...
In recent years, Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries increasingly recognize the status of scientific knowledge as a public good. The spectacular growth of Open Access in these primarily Iberoamérican countries, thus, stems from the increasing...
In France, circa 100 research organizations close ranks by putting their journal subscription negotiations with Springer in abeyance, while insisting on Open Access policies and retaining access to its journal titles, as no agreement...
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