Presentation made in the final plenary summing-up session of the European Commission conference 'Working Together to Strengthen Research in Europe', 21-23 October 2009. The presentation covers the...
Towards open scholarship: digital publishing for the humanities (2009)
Presentation at the formation meeting of the new association of European University presses, during Frankfurt Book Fair.
What a repository can do for you - and for your university (2009)
Overview of the advantages and benefits of an institutional repository for an individual researcher and for an institution.
A presentation describing Open Access advocacy processes within research institutions, including making the business case for a repository, the Open Access citation advantage, the impact advantage...
Why Open Access to health research is a benefit to mankind (2009)
This is a short commentary on a Round table feature about Open Access. It gives the reasons who Open Access is necessary in the struggle to improve world health. Access to health research information...
The communication of science and technology in a sustainable future (2009)
Scientific research in developing countries suffers from lack of access to information in scientific journals because subscriptions are expensive. Open Access can resolve this, by providing...
The communication of science and technology in a sustainable future (2009)
Scientific research in developing countries suffers from lack of access to information in scientific journals because subscriptions are expensive. Open Access can resolve this, by providing...
This report documents the findings from a small study on the availability of academic grey literature to SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) in the UK. SMEs do require access to grey literature...
New metrics for research outputs: overview of the main issues (2008)
A concise overview of the issues and possible solutions in developing new research metrics using the published research literature
Open Access - the next five years (2008)
Keynote address covering the next phase in Open Access developments
Back to the mission: universities, scholarship, open access and the Web (2008)
Presentation on scholarly communication and open access
Use of repositories to aid institutional strategy (2008)
Presentation on what a repository can contribute to a research-based institution
The communication of science and technology in a sustainable future (2008)
Scientific research in developing countries has always suffered from a lack of access to information in scientific journals because subscriptions are expensive, resulting in very poor provision for...
Open Access: What is it and why should we have it? (2008)
www.keyperspectives.co.uk This article derives from a presentation made at the meeting "Zichtbaar onderzoek. Kan Open Archives daarbij helpen? " / Visible research. Can OAI help?...
Open Access and the Health Sciences in the Developing World: an Overview (2008)
Describes the context for developing countries' science, in terms of access to developed world scientific research findings. Discusses what Open Access can do to help remedy the situation and how...
A study on current practices with respect to data creation, use, sharing and publication in eight research disciplines (systems biology, genomics, astronomy, chemical crystallography, rural economy...
Why Open Access for Brazil? (2008)
An overview of Open Access and why it should be adopted in Brazil.
Researchers and academic libraries (2008)
Presentation on the role of academic libraries in the life of Uk researchers.
The report reviews the 'big picture' with respect to scholarly communication in 2008. It then documents the findings from our investigation into the four top concerns of researchers previously...
The report reviews the 'big picture' with respect to scholarly communication in 2008. It then documents the findings from our investigation into the four top concerns of researchers previously...
India, Open Access, the Law of Karma and the Golden Rule (2008)
India is peculiarly positioned to help herself while helping the entire planet as well. India needs to adopt a national OA self-archiving mandate for all of its research institutions and funders. The...
The business of digital repositories (2008)
This chapter is aimed at those who are involved in planning, setting up and running a digital repository for an institution or community. It covers making a business case, costs, staffing...
The business of digital repositories (2008)
This chapter is aimed at those who are involved in planning, setting up and running a digital repository for an institution or community. It covers making a business case, costs, staffing...
Open Access for Indian Scholarship (2008)
India’s scholarship has ancient roots and a glorious heritage. Over the last few decades in particular, due to the way the scholarly communication system overall has developed in that time,...
Open Access for Indian Scholarship (2008)
India’s scholarship has ancient roots and a glorious heritage. Over the last few decades in particular, due to the way the scholarly communication system overall has developed in that time,...
Institutions, their repositories and the Web (2008)
It will soon be rare for research-based institutions not to have a digital repository. The main reason for a repository is to maximise the visibility of the institution’s research outputs (provide...
Institutions, their repositories and the Web (2008)
It will soon be rare for research-based institutions not to have a digital repository. The main reason for a repository is to maximise the visibility of the institution’s research outputs (provide...
Harnad, Stevan, Carr, Les, Swan, Alma, Sale, Arthur, Bosc, Helene
No research institution can afford all the journals its researcers may need, so all articles are losing research impact (usage and citations). Articles that are made “Open Access,” (OA) by...
Researcher awareness and access to Open Access content through libraries (2008)
The study was carried out to examine what libraries are doing to promote Open Access to researchers and how effectively they are doing this. By means of questionnaire surveys of librarians and...
Overview: The Communication and Effectiveness of Research (2007)
An overview of the communication research information in the UK and its importance to the UK economy.
Overview: The Communication and Effectiveness of Research (2007)
An overview of the communication research information in the UK and its importance to the UK economy.
Brody, Tim, Carr, Les, Gingras, Yves, Hajjem, Chawki, Harnad, Stevan, Swan, Alma
The research production cycle has three components: the conduct of the research itself (R), the data (D), and the peer-reviewed publication (P) of the findings. Open Access (OA) means free online...
Brody, Tim, Carr, Les, Gingras, Yves, Hajjem, Chawki, Harnad, Stevan, Swan, Alma
The research production cycle has three components: the conduct of the research itself (R), the data (D), and the peer-reviewed publication (P) of the findings. Open Access (OA) means free online...
Time to Convert to Metrics (2007)
Brody, Tim, Carr, Les, Harnad, Stevan, Swan, Alma
The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) will be a parallel metric and panel exercise. It is hence a natural testbed for validating candidate metrics against the panel rankings.If Eugene Garfield,...
Time to Convert to Metrics (2007)
Brody, Tim, Carr, Les, Harnad, Stevan, Swan, Alma
The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) will be a parallel metric and panel exercise. It is hence a natural testbed for validating candidate metrics against the panel rankings.If Eugene Garfield,...
Unlocking scholarly communication: what is this thing called Open Access (2007)
When you have put months or years of effort into producing your research findings, have carefully written them up as an article, and submitted it for peer review, what would you prefer - that your...
A detailed study was carried out into the use of research libraries by academic researchers from all disciplines in the UK. The study investigated the factors influencing researchers' attitudes...
Author compliance with publisher open access embargoes: a study of the journal Nature Physics (2007)
A detailed study was carried out into the use of research libraries by academic researchers from all disciplines in the UK. The study investigated the factors influencing researchers' attitudes...
Author compliance with publisher open access embargoes: a study of the journal Nature Physics (2007)
A detailed study was carried out into the use of research libraries by academic researchers from all disciplines in the UK. The study investigated the factors influencing researchers' attitudes...
Author compliance with publisher open access embargoes: a study of the journal Nature Physics (2007)
A Longitudinal Study of the Practice of Self-Archiving (2007)
Carr, Leslie, Harnad, Stevan, Swan, Alma
This paper examines the practice of self-archiving and how it has changed over a period of almost two years in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton,
A Longitudinal Study of the Practice of Self-Archiving (2007)
Carr, Leslie, Harnad, Stevan, Swan, Alma
This paper examines the practice of self-archiving and how it has changed over a period of almost two years in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton,
A Longitudinal Study of the Practice of Self-Archiving (2007)
Carr, Leslie, Harnad, Stevan, Swan, Alma
This paper examines the practice of self-archiving and how it has changed over a period of almost two years in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton,
Linking Repositories: scoping the development of cross-institutional user-oriented services (2007)
The purpose of the Linking Repositories study was to conduct research to identify appropriate sustainable technical and organisational models to support the development of end-user oriented services...
Linking Repositories: scoping the development of cross-institutional user-oriented services (2007)
The purpose of the Linking Repositories study was to conduct research to identify appropriate sustainable technical and organisational models to support the development of end-user oriented services...
Linking Repositories: scoping the development of cross-institutional user-oriented services (2007)
The purpose of the Linking Repositories study was to conduct research to identify appropriate sustainable technical and organisational models to support the development of end-user oriented services...
A study was carried out into: the extent of library support and promotion of Open Access provision, initiatives and activities in UK universities; researchers' awareness of Open Access issues; how...
A study was carried out into: the extent of library support and promotion of Open Access provision, initiatives and activities in UK universities; researchers' awareness of Open Access issues; how...
India, Open Access, the Law of Karma and the Golden Rule (2007)
India is peculiarly positioned to help herself while helping the entire planet as well. India needs to adopt a national OA self-archiving mandate for all of its research institutions and funders. The...
Strategies for Open Access (2007)
So much positive progress has been made for open scholarship over the past few years as the light dawns on the research world about the benefits and opportunities of open and unfettered communication...
Strategies for Open Access (2007)
So much positive progress has been made for open scholarship over the past few years as the light dawns on the research world about the benefits and opportunities of open and unfettered communication...
Open Access: Why should we have it? (2006)
This article derives from a presentation made at the meeting "Zichtbaar onderzoek. Kan Open Archives daarbij helpen?" / Visible research. Can OAI help? This was a "good practice” conference...
Repositories for Institutional Open Access: Mandated Deposit Policies (2006)
Carr, Les, Swan, Alma, Sale, Arthur, Oppenheim, Charles, Brody, Tim, Hitchcock, Steve, ...
Only 15% of articles are currently being made Open Access (OA) through spontaneous self-archiving efforts by their authors. They average 25%-250% more citations in all 12 disciplines tested so far....
Repositories for Institutional Open Access: Mandated Deposit Policies (2006)
Carr, Les, Swan, Alma, Sale, Arthur, Oppenheim, Charles, Brody, Tim, Hitchcock, Steve, ...
Only 15% of articles are currently being made Open Access (OA) through spontaneous self-archiving efforts by their authors. They average 25%-250% more citations in all 12 disciplines tested so far....
Repositories for Institutional Open Access: Mandated Deposit Policies (2006)
Carr, Les, Swan, Alma, Sale, Arthur, Oppenheim, Charles, Brody, Tim, Hitchcock, Steve, ...
Only 15% of articles are currently being made Open Access (OA) through spontaneous self-archiving efforts by their authors. They average 25%-250% more citations in all 12 disciplines tested so far....
Open Access: What is it and why should we have it? (2006)
Open Access (OA) means (1) greater visibility and accessibility, hence impact, from scholarly endeavour, (2) more rapid and more efficient progress, (3) better assessment, better monitoring and...
Open Access: What is it and why should we have it? (2006)
Open Access (OA) means (1) greater visibility and accessibility, hence impact, from scholarly endeavour, (2) more rapid and more efficient progress, (3) better assessment, better monitoring and...
Open Access: What is it and why should we have it? (2006)
Open Access (OA) means (1) greater visibility and accessibility, hence impact, from scholarly endeavour, (2) more rapid and more efficient progress, (3) better assessment, better monitoring and...
The JISC commissioned the project partners to undertake a scoping study whose aim is to identify sustainable technical and organisational models to support user-oriented services across digital...
The JISC commissioned the project partners to undertake a scoping study whose aim is to identify sustainable technical and organisational models to support user-oriented services across digital...
The JISC commissioned the project partners to undertake a scoping study whose aim is to identify sustainable technical and organisational models to support user-oriented services across digital...
What is new in Open Access (2006)
A number of quite significant developments have taken place in Open Access over the last year or so. I have already documented some of the advances in Open Access publishing and in digital...
What is new in Open Access (2006)
A number of quite significant developments have taken place in Open Access over the last year or so. I have already documented some of the advances in Open Access publishing and in digital...
Overview of scholarly communication (2006)
In this chapter, Alma Swan describes Open Access as emerging from a long history of scholarly communication, which has always been closely tied to changes in technology and economics. She describes...
The culture of Open Access: researchers’ views and responses (2006)
In this chapter Alma Swan draws from the surveys undertaken by Key Perspectives Ltd into researchers attitudes toward open access. She describes the context in which researchers work, and how this...
What is new in Open Access (2006)
A number of quite significant developments have taken place in Open Access over the last year or so. I have already documented some of the advances in Open Access publishing and in digital...
Overview of scholarly communication (2006)
In this chapter, Alma Swan describes Open Access as emerging from a long history of scholarly communication, which has always been closely tied to changes in technology and economics. She describes...
The culture of Open Access: researchers’ views and responses (2006)
In this chapter Alma Swan draws from the surveys undertaken by Key Perspectives Ltd into researchers attitudes toward open access. She describes the context in which researchers work, and how this...
What is new in Open Access (2006)
A number of quite significant developments have taken place in Open Access over the last year or so. I have already documented some of the advances in Open Access publishing and in digital...
Overview of scholarly communication (2006)
In this chapter, Alma Swan describes Open Access as emerging from a long history of scholarly communication, which has always been closely tied to changes in technology and economics. She describes...
The culture of Open Access: researchers’ views and responses (2006)
In this chapter Alma Swan draws from the surveys undertaken by Key Perspectives Ltd into researchers attitudes toward open access. She describes the context in which researchers work, and how this...
What is new in Open Access (2006)
A number of quite significant developments have taken place in Open Access over the last year or so. I have already documented some of the advances in Open Access publishing and in digital...
Open access self-archiving: An author study (2005)
This, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived...
Open access self-archiving: An Introduction (2005)
This, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived...
JISC Open Access Briefing Paper (2005)
What Open Access is. What Open Access is not. How is Open Access provided? Open Access archives or repositories. Open Access journals. Why should authors provide Open Access to their work? Further...
This, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived...
Open access self-archiving: An author study (2005)
This, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived...
Open access self-archiving: An Introduction (2005)
This, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived...
JISC Open Access Briefing Paper (2005)
What Open Access is. What Open Access is not. How is Open Access provided? Open Access archives or repositories. Open Access journals. Why should authors provide Open Access to their work? Further...
Open access self-archiving: An author study (2005)
This, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived...
Open access self-archiving: An Introduction (2005)
This, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived...
JISC Open Access Briefing Paper (2005)
What Open Access is. What Open Access is not. How is Open Access provided? Open Access archives or repositories. Open Access journals. Why should authors provide Open Access to their work? Further...
Swan, Alma, Needham, Paul A. S.
A study carried out for the UK Joint Information Systems Committee examined models for the provision of access to material in institutional and subject-based archives and in open access journals....
Swan, Alma, Needham, Paul, Probets, Steve, Muir, Adrienne, Oppenheim, Charles, O’Brien, Ann, ...
A study carried out for the UK Joint Information Systems Committee examined models for the provision of access to material in institutional and subject-based archives and in open access journals....
Swan, Alma, Needham, Paul, Probets, Steve, Muir, Adrienne, O’Brien, Ann, Oppenheim, Charles, ...
This study identified three models for open access provision in the UK: (a) the centralised model,where e-prints of articles are first deposited directly into a national archive and then...
Open access self-archiving: An author study (2005)
This, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived...
Swan, Alma, Needham, Paul, Probets, Steve, Muir, Adrienne, Oppenheim, Charles, O’Brien, Ann, ...
A study carried out for the UK Joint Information Systems Committee examined models for the provision of access to material in institutional and subject-based archives and in open access journals....
Swan, Alma, Needham, Paul, Probets, Steve, Muir, Adrienne, Oppenheim, Charles, O’Brien, Ann, ...
This study identified three models for open access provision in the UK: (a) the centralised model,where e-prints of articles are first deposited directly into a national archive and then...
JISC Open Access Briefing Paper (2005)
What Open Access is. What Open Access is not. How is Open Access provided? Open Access archives or repositories. Open Access journals. Why should authors provide Open Access to their work? Further...
Open access self-archiving: An Introduction (2005)
This, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived...
International researchers and open access [UK Researchers OA Survey] (2005)
A survey based on studies about open access publishing, UK open access archiving, author behaviour with respect to self-archiving and industry developments. Actions points are highlighted to promote...
Swan, Alma, Needham, Paul, Probets, Steve, Muir, Adrienne, Oppenheim, Charles, O’Brien, Ann, ...
A study carried out for the UK Joint Information Systems Committee examined models for the provision of access to material in institutional and subject-based archives and in open access journals....
What has been going on? [Open Access - what has been going on?] (2005)
New gold journals, alchemy at work on existing journals, hybrids and chimaeras; new repositories, growing repositories, empty repositories; Anglo-Saxon governments in a tizz; funder fudges, funders...
Open access self-archiving: An author study (2005)
This, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived...
Swan, Alma, Needham, Paul, Probets, Steve, Muir, Adrienne, Oppenheim, Charles, O’Brien, Ann, ...
A study carried out for the UK Joint Information Systems Committee examined models for the provision of access to material in institutional and subject-based archives and in open access journals....
Swan, Alma, Needham, Paul, Probets, Steve, Muir, Adrienne, Oppenheim, Charles, O’Brien, Ann, ...
This study identified three models for open access provision in the UK: (a) the centralised model,where e-prints of articles are first deposited directly into a national archive and then...
JISC Open Access Briefing Paper (2005)
What Open Access is. What Open Access is not. How is Open Access provided? Open Access archives or repositories. Open Access journals. Why should authors provide Open Access to their work? Further...
Open access self-archiving: An Introduction (2005)
This, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived...
Open access self-archiving: An author study (2005)
This, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived...
Swan, Alma, Needham, Paul, Probets, Steve, Muir, Adrienne, Oppenheim, Charles, O’Brien, Ann, ...
A study carried out for the UK Joint Information Systems Committee examined models for the provision of access to material in institutional and subject-based archives and in open access journals....
Swan, Alma, Needham, Paul, Probets, Steve, Muir, Adrienne, Oppenheim, Charles, O’Brien, Ann, ...
This study identified three models for open access provision in the UK: (a) the centralised model,where e-prints of articles are first deposited directly into a national archive and then...
JISC Open Access Briefing Paper (2005)
What Open Access is. What Open Access is not. How is Open Access provided? Open Access archives or repositories. Open Access journals. Why should authors provide Open Access to their work? Further...
Open access self-archiving: An Introduction (2005)
This, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived...
Swan, Alma, Needham, Paul, Probets, Steve, Muir, Adrienne, Oppenheim, Charles, O’Brien, Ann, ...
A study carried out for the UK Joint Information Systems Committee examined models for the provision of access to material in institutional and subject-based archives and in open access journals....
Swan, Alma, Needham, Paul, Probets, Steve, Muir, Adrienne, O’Brien, Ann, Oppenheim, Charles, ...
This study identified three models for open access provision in the UK: (a) the centralised model,where e-prints of articles are first deposited directly into a national archive and then...
Swan, Alma, Needham, Paul, Probets, Steve, Muir, Adrienne, Oppenheim, Charles, O’Brien, Ann, ...
A study carried out for the UK Joint Information Systems Committee examined models for the provision of access to material in institutional and subject-based archives and in open access journals....
Swan, Alma, Needham, Paul, Probets, Steve, Muir, Adrienne, O’Brien, Ann, Oppenheim, Charles, ...
This study identified three models for open access provision in the UK: (a) the centralised model,where e-prints of articles are first deposited directly into a national archive and then...
International researchers and open access [UK Researchers OA Survey] (2005)
A survey based on studies about open access publishing, UK open access archiving, author behaviour with respect to self-archiving and industry developments. Actions points are highlighted to promote...
Swan, Alma, Needham, Paul, Probets, Steve, Muir, Adrienne, Oppenheim, Charles, O’Brien, Ann, ...
A study carried out for the UK Joint Information Systems Committee examined models for the provision of access to material in institutional and subject-based archives and in open access journals....
What has been going on? [Open Access - what has been going on?] (2005)
New gold journals, alchemy at work on existing journals, hybrids and chimaeras; new repositories, growing repositories, empty repositories; Anglo-Saxon governments in a tizz; funder fudges, funders...
Swan, Alma, Needham, Paul, Probets, Steve, Muir, Adrienne, O'Brien, Ann, Oppenheim, Charles, ...
This is a joint report by The Electronic Publishing Innovation Centre (EPIC) and Key Perspectives Limited
Executive summary CONTENTS (2005)
An Study, Alma Swan, Sheridan Brown
2. The respondents 7 3. Open access journals 10 4. The use of research information 13
Open access self-archiving: (2005)
www.keyperspectives.co.uk www.keyperspectives.com Note to readers The pages that follow constitute the Introduction, Executive Summary and References from a document written in May 2005 reporting the...
Authors and open access publishing (2004)
Surveys were carried out to learn more about authors and open access publishing. Awareness of open access journals among those who had not published in them was quite high; awareness of...
JISC/OSI JOURNAL AUTHORS SURVEY Report (2004)
On behalf of the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Open Society Institute (OSI) a survey of journal authors has been carried out by Key Perspectives Ltd. The terms of reference were...
ISC/OSI JOURNAL AUTHORS SURVEY Report (2004)
On behalf of the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Open Society Institute (OSI) a survey of journal authors has been carried out by Key Perspectives Ltd. The terms of reference were...
Authors and open access publishing (2004)
Surveys were carried out to learn more about authors and open access publishing. Awareness of open access journals among those who had not published in them was quite high; awareness of...
ISC/OSI JOURNAL AUTHORS SURVEY Report (2004)
On behalf of the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Open Society Institute (OSI) a survey of journal authors has been carried out by Key Perspectives Ltd. The terms of reference were...
Authors and open access publishing (2004)
Surveys were carried out to learn more about authors and open access publishing. Awareness of open access journals among those who had not published in them was quite high; awareness of...
ISC/OSI JOURNAL AUTHORS SURVEY Report (2004)
On behalf of the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Open Society Institute (OSI) a survey of journal authors has been carried out by Key Perspectives Ltd. The terms of reference were...
Authors and open access publishing (2004)
Surveys were carried out to learn more about authors and open access publishing. Awareness of open access journals among those who had not published in them was quite high; awareness of...
Authors and open access publishing (2004)
Surveys were carried out to learn more about authors and open access publishing. Awareness of open access journals among those who had not published in them was quite high; awareness of...
JISC/OSI JOURNAL AUTHORS SURVEY Report (2004)
On behalf of the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Open Society Institute (OSI) a survey of journal authors has been carried out by Key Perspectives Ltd. The terms of reference were...
Authors and open access publishing (2004)
Surveys were carried out to learn more about authors and open access publishing. Awareness of open access journals among those who had not published in them was quite high; awareness of...
JISC/OSI JOURNAL AUTHORS SURVEY Report (2004)
On behalf of the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Open Society Institute (OSI) a survey of journal authors has been carried out by Key Perspectives Ltd. The terms of reference were...