Questions tagged [open-access]
On the open-access publishing model, in which journal articles or other academic works are made available to readers free of charge.
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Is there a flaw in the Elsevier green OA license?
I'm checking the Elsevier article sharing policies and I think there is a problem with their license of the accepted manuscript (post-review article). Indeed, the instructions say:
Authors can share ...
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What is a difference for authors when publishing in a journal with 300 annual papers compared to an open access journal publishing 9000 papers a year? [closed]
Both journals are indexed by major search engines and have similar ratings. From my point of view (with limited experience), if you are researching a narrow subject and you have found online an ...
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Can I submit papers already published on arXiv to Communications of the ACM (CACM)?
Recently I already published a paper on arXiv. I want to enrich and submit the paper to Communications of the ACM (CACM). But as mentioned in Author Guidelines of CACM (Section 5 ACM Policies):
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Do mega-journals (e.g. Scientific Reports, BMJ Open, Sage Open, ...) have longer peer review durations?
We recently discussed mega journals (PLOS One, Scientific Reports, SAGE OPEN, BMJ OPEN, ...) in our group. One member argued that said journals have longer peer review and processing times than field-...
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Does publication of results trigger the GPLv3 license?
I have modified scientific open-source code licensed with the GPLv3 license. If I run some simulations on my PC with this modified code and later on I want to publish a paper with the results of my ...
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What happens if you cannot pay OA fees after publishing in an elsevier journal?
What happens if I am unable to pay the article processing charge after my paper was published in a open access journal? I had asked for a full waiver from the very beginning and clearly communicated ...
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Copyright confusion - scientific paper
Currently, we have a discussion in our work group as to whether one may use images from WikiMedia Commons in Case Reports. I have a general understanding of what types of CC license one may use or not....
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strategy of publication fee for a junior faculty member in math/phys fields
Most good journals don't charge a mandatory publication fee. Many open access only journals aren't that good and accept papers easily. For a junior faculty member who has much money for publication in ...
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Can you use an open access CC-BY ND scientific article for text annotation?
We plan to use clinical trial articles in one of the text annotation projects. This article mentions the license below.
This is an open-access article under the terms of the Creative Commons ...
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Is there a contradiction between open access/science positions adopted at many universities and their reliance on Google services? [closed]
I work at a faculty which is completely dedicated to open access and open science. They do everything in accordance with best practices. Very cool.
But at the same time they are totally embedded in ...
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up-to-date database of open access policies *and* publication fees?
Sherpa Romeo does a good job aggregating open access policies for a large number of academic journals. This lets me see what OA options (self-archiving of various kinds, full 'diamond' OA with fee, ...
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Should I ask for a fast response?
I got minor revisions and sent the updates by 20 September but didn't get any response yet. I asked the editor by 10 October for the status and he replied that “the paper is with the editor for the ...
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Google Scholar: how to request indexing of well-known conference
I realized that Google hasn't properly indexed the well-known "Extending Database Technology" (EDBT) conference of 2019. The proceedings are uploaded via OpenProceedings and are usually ...
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What does "revision is due by" mean?
I got a minor revision with the message "Your revision is due by 19 Oct 2022." I sent the comments in by Sept. 23.
Will I have to wait until Oct. 19 for an update, as the status still with ...
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Why are some articles that are published in subscription mode available publicly in the journal?
I was checking the content of a Springer journal, when I found out some papers which are not open access, yet they are made public and everyone can download them. While other articles, also published ...
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Can I do publish my paper without APC? [closed]
Now a days,I have no money to pay for Article Processing charge (APC) since I have no money support foundation.I want to publish my paper without paying any amount of money in an international journal ...
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how can i publish paper in open access journal?
I found a hybrid journal that accepts an open access option. When I submitted my paper, there was no choice to choose open access and it is submitted now, how can I tell the journal that I need to ...
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Is there a database of free-of-charge open access peer reviewed journals?
I'm trying to get papers published but I live in a poor Eastern European country and don't have the means to pay for peer review. Or not for all of the reviews, to be more specific. Yet, I want them ...
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I'm doing an industrial PhD. How to convince the company to let me publish my source code?
I'm pursuing an industrial PhD within a company in the context of an European project, having two directors: one from the company and another from the university. The topic of my PhD is related to ...
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Can companies source paywalled scientific articles from authors?
I work for a company in the medical sector that, among other things, conducts literature searches and submits them to regulators for approval prior to product launch. The company currently pays for ...
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How do you release a previously published, copyrighted work as open access?
I am working on an open-access textbook. I have the permission of an author to use material from a previously published book from 20 years ago which the publisher returned the rights to digital ...
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open access vs journal meaning for authors
I'm planning to publish my first paper, and while choosing a journal, I noticed that the journals can be open access or not.
As far as I understand it, open-access journals can be read for free (i.e. ...
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Where to upload research data after article publication?
As the title says, I wish to publicly share a dataset used in one of my articles which has already been published (by MDPI, if that helps). I do not think the data is worthy of an article by itself, ...
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Authors sharing accepted paper reviews
For transparency, I would like to share my accepted papers' anonymous peer reviews, if my coauthors unanimously agree. Some journals partner with websites such as openreview.net (which share reviews ...
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Author refuses sharing his "open access" code/data
My doctoral project required me to learn a whole new method from zero. My advisor had another student who mastered the technique since his BA studies, and so was much more advanced than me. I asked ...
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How can I get funding for my research article? [duplicate]
An article of mine has been accepted by a Springer journal.
I want to publish this article in Open Access.
My institute is a pretty small one and cannot fund my research. Is there any worldwide ...
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Submission not visible anymore after 4 months with the journal [duplicate]
I submitted a paper to a journal and after four months, the status changed to "decision in progress". After 2 days, I cannot see my submission anymore. I am co-author. What happend?
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What happened to ScholarlyHub?
Does anyone have an update on the status of the launch of the open-access research-social-network ScholarlyHub?
Is this still an ongoing project or did they quit?
There was much coverage after their ...
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Is publishing research typically allowed if the bulk is open source?
I'm considering going back into school to get my graduate degree. A large part of my decision is the ability to Open Source all of my code. I'm really not familiar how the idea of IP reconciles itself ...
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Is there any single search portal over all open access scholarly materials?
I would like to find a search engine over open access materials of all kinds, but specifically from scholarly publishers.
So to be clear, it could be a specialised encyclopedia or encyclopedia article,...
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How is perceived an open access academic book without a publisher among academics
I am currently working on my second book and I want to make it open access this time. I know there is many way to put the book online (github, bookdown, etc.), but I am worried on how it will be ...
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Why can't we just use platforms such as arXiv for proper peer-reviewed publishing?
Many of you will know that, whether per subscription fees or via open access models, there is a ridiculously absurd amount of money flowing to many big (or medium-size) publishers for getting our ...
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Making already published papers open-access: is it and could it be an option?
Currently, there are plenty of options to publish an open-access paper. From using purely open-access journals (free of charge or for a fee) to opting-in for an open-access license in the traditional ...
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Is arXiv really a lower form of publication than the majority of computer science journals?
arXiv, by itself, and not as a preprint server, is already moderated by top computer science researchers at Cornell.
I understand if it's not the top journal, but isn't at least getting into arXiv ...
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Submission to OA journals when you can't pay the fees
As a person from a developing country, we (most of the times) do not have funding to pay for publishing papers. As more and more journals in the field (neuroimaging) become open-access, I find myself ...
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Author biography information when submitting papers to IEEE Access
I'm about to submit a paper to IEE Access. Since the journal requires author bios at the end of the paper, I have added all the bio information of co-authors.
However, when I was preparing the ...
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Can I still publish my thesis elsewhere if I publish it "closed access" with ProQuest?
My university requires that I upload my PhD thesis to ProQuest. ProQuest charges $95 for "open-access" publishing, while "traditional" publishing is free. I want to confirm my ...
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Pay for open access publication from private money
I am working on a paper together with people from another university. In one of our meetings, after I have mentioned that I do not have any funding from the university for open access, they suggested ...
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Can I opt for traditional manuscript submission instead of open access in a journal that offers open access?
I am a Ph.D. student and I wrote my first paper. The term open access is a new concept for me. I already watched YouTube videos about the subject, so I now understand that you have to pay a fee to the ...
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I mistakenly chose the CC BY 4.0 license on arxiv. Can anyone take my paper and publish it in a journal or conference?
I recently submitted an under-review paper to arxiv. I mistakenly chose CC BY 4.0 as the license. I suddenly found out that I've done that mistake. Can anyone publish my paper in a journal or ...
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What happens if the grant requirement for open access publications is not respected? [small & short-duration grants]
EDIT: I am referring to short duration (1-2 years) small grants (10k-30k $/euros) usually given to PhD or post-docs. The amount needs to cover material, conferences, publications, etc. Publishers now ...
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Is publishing in open access journal a good impression? [duplicate]
Is publishing in open access journal a good impression ? I mean publishing in such journals (where one has to pay money), will it be valuable compared to other journals ?
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Publishing in Mathematics and Computer Science related journals
I have seen Elsevier journals offer Gold open access and Green open access options, when I was checking for journals related to Mathematics and Computer Science.
I have understood that Gold open ...
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Arxiv Journal Ref field updation guidelines and examples for published Conference papers
ArXiv has a section called Journal Ref where a researcher can add a publication reference for their paper published in a journal or proceedings. For a journal the rules and example provided is clear, ...
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Is participating in open peer reviewing good or bad for early career scientists?
I see a few questions about open peer review (OPR), as more publishers move towards open access and open review.
As an early career scientist I wondering if publishing my name as a reviewer is a risky ...
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Are there any funding sources available for OA/APC charges? [closed]
I'm a self-funded part-time PhD student. My (UK) university does not provide funding for OA charges/APC for self-funded students. I had a few situations now where I've struggled to come up with ...
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Is there a database of publications for nearly all major disciplines? [closed]
Google scholar is an excellent service for looking at basic metadata about publications (e.g. authors, title, abstract, and papers it cites). But they do not offer an official API (free or otherwise).
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Dilemma: Where to publish?
I am an early career researcher from India. I had earned a PhD from a top European University four years ago and then I moved to my home country early this year. I have been working on a century old ...
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How to properly adapt academic papers obtained from a university to private companies?
My post is more related to private research than academic research, but as I think they could be strongly related, I thought this would be the most appropriate place to ask.
I have recently started ...
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Can I publish open access articles on my personal website?
I have written a couple of articles for a print journal which I found, at the time of publication, were available online for free as Open Access. This was around two years ago. Can I also publish them ...
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