A Survey of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty Regarding Author Fees in Open Access Journals.
Discussions of the potential of open access publishing frequently must contend with the skepticism of research authors regarding the need to pay author fees (also known as publication fees). With that in mind, the authors undertook a survey of faculty, postdocs, and graduate students in physical sc...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University of Alberta Library
2014-12-01
|
| Series: | Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship |
| Online Access: | https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/article/view/1617 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1850071211760943104 |
|---|---|
| author | Jeremy Cusker Anne E. Rauh |
| author_facet | Jeremy Cusker Anne E. Rauh |
| author_sort | Jeremy Cusker |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description |
Discussions of the potential of open access publishing frequently must contend with the skepticism of research authors regarding the need to pay author fees (also known as publication fees). With that in mind, the authors undertook a survey of faculty, postdocs, and graduate students in physical science, mathematics, and engineering fields at two research universities (Cornell University and Syracuse University) asking for their experience with and opinion of paying author fees for publication of research in open access journals. The results of this survey indicated that most respondents had not decided against publishing in an open access journal due to the author fee requirement. Those who had paid them only requested or received coverage for those fees in grant line-items or from institutional sources in a few cases. Responses seemed to combine cautious optimism about open access journals with intense skepticism about their quality and intense opposition to the idea of having to pay any additional costs from their own pockets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
|
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-919e5bea52a14594911ac5d63a8aee23 |
| institution | DOAJ |
| issn | 1092-1206 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2014-12-01 |
| publisher | University of Alberta Library |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship |
| spelling | doaj-art-919e5bea52a14594911ac5d63a8aee232025-08-20T02:47:22ZengUniversity of Alberta LibraryIssues in Science and Technology Librarianship1092-12062014-12-017810.29173/istl1617A Survey of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty Regarding Author Fees in Open Access Journals.Jeremy CuskerAnne E. Rauh Discussions of the potential of open access publishing frequently must contend with the skepticism of research authors regarding the need to pay author fees (also known as publication fees). With that in mind, the authors undertook a survey of faculty, postdocs, and graduate students in physical science, mathematics, and engineering fields at two research universities (Cornell University and Syracuse University) asking for their experience with and opinion of paying author fees for publication of research in open access journals. The results of this survey indicated that most respondents had not decided against publishing in an open access journal due to the author fee requirement. Those who had paid them only requested or received coverage for those fees in grant line-items or from institutional sources in a few cases. Responses seemed to combine cautious optimism about open access journals with intense skepticism about their quality and intense opposition to the idea of having to pay any additional costs from their own pockets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/article/view/1617 |
| spellingShingle | Jeremy Cusker Anne E. Rauh A Survey of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty Regarding Author Fees in Open Access Journals. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship |
| title | A Survey of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty Regarding Author Fees in Open Access Journals. |
| title_full | A Survey of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty Regarding Author Fees in Open Access Journals. |
| title_fullStr | A Survey of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty Regarding Author Fees in Open Access Journals. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Survey of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty Regarding Author Fees in Open Access Journals. |
| title_short | A Survey of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty Regarding Author Fees in Open Access Journals. |
| title_sort | survey of physical sciences engineering and mathematics faculty regarding author fees in open access journals |
| url | https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/article/view/1617 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT jeremycusker asurveyofphysicalsciencesengineeringandmathematicsfacultyregardingauthorfeesinopenaccessjournals AT anneerauh asurveyofphysicalsciencesengineeringandmathematicsfacultyregardingauthorfeesinopenaccessjournals AT jeremycusker surveyofphysicalsciencesengineeringandmathematicsfacultyregardingauthorfeesinopenaccessjournals AT anneerauh surveyofphysicalsciencesengineeringandmathematicsfacultyregardingauthorfeesinopenaccessjournals |