دورية أكاديمية

Development of Disruptive Open Access Journals

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Development of Disruptive Open Access Journals
اللغة: English
المؤلفون: Anderson, Terry, McConkey, Brigette
المصدر: Canadian Journal of Higher Education. 2009 39(3):71-87.
الإتاحة: Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education. P.O. Box 34091, RPO Fort Richmond, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5T5, Canada. Tel: 204-474-6404; Fax: 204-474-7561; e-mail: csshe@cc.umanitoba.ca; Web site: http://ss.ucalgary.ca/csshe/en/publications/the-canadian-journal-higher-education
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 17
تاريخ النشر: 2009
نوع الوثيقة: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Internet, Writing for Publication, Case Studies, Periodicals, Electronic Publishing, Journal Articles, Access to Information, Business, Financial Support, Educational Technology, Information Technology
مصطلحات جغرافية: Canada
تدمد: 0316-1218
مستخلص: Open access (OA) publication has emerged, with disruptive effects, as a major outlet for scholarly publication. OA publication is usually associated with on-line distribution and provides access to scholarly publications to anyone, anywhere--regardless of their ability to pay subscription fees or their association with an educational institution. The article overviews the growth and impact of OA publication in Canada and elsewhere. The article also presents a case study of the evolution over its first nine years of the "International Review of Research in Open and Distance Education" ("IRRODL"). "IRRODL" has become the most widely read and widely cited journal in the distance education and open learning community, yet it continues to struggle for recognition by some academics, funding, and rating organizations. In this article "IRRODL's" editors document the challenges involved in leading the charge for equal support for open access journals from Canada's research funding organizations and for review and accreditation from commercial and non-commercial review services. In its literature review section the article looks at scholarly works documenting and comparing on-line journals to ones that publish in paper only, or in which access is restricted behind the walls of licensed use. The article also documents issues related to various innovations, including production of articles in both text and audio formats, and the challenges of incorporating more interactive media into a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal. Data is produced demonstrating the ways in which influence and impact for open access journals can be measured, including hit rates and citations reference data from Google Scholar. The article concludes with a description and discussion of the advantages and challenges of using review and publication management tools such as Open Journal System in the production of open access journals. (Contains 3 tables.)
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 24
Entry Date: 2010
URL الوصول: http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/cjhe/article/view/477
رقم الأكسشن: EJ904264
قاعدة البيانات: ERIC