Prestige at Risk?
truths, myths, theories and practices
Yrsa Neuman
Philosophy, ÅAU
The OA Worries
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The Situation?
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Prestigious journal
• Publication needs?
• Predatory publishers: Beall’s list
• OA journals often new
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Gold OA – OA by publisher/journal
– delayed/direct
– APC/ Open Access fee or no fee
– ”hybrid”: subscription journals with additional OA
offer
€ There’s almost always green.
• Green OA – OA provided by me (or my
university)
– self-archiving (website, open repository, academic
social media)
> Sherpa/Romeo http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/
Green OA: The buts
• Final versions + reference practice = core value
• Preprints & citations?
• Publication types: books, antology chapters,
course books
SCHOLARS NEED TO BECOME CRITICAL
CONSUMERS of publication venues
→ The Situation?
Open Access
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