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The Really Short Version: Submit journal article. Check journal policy at http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/ (the bits on “post-print” are the thing to pay attention to). On acceptance go to your institution's repository and create a record. Upload your author's accepted version setting the embargo as per SHERPA/RoMEO. That's it. The Geekier Longer Version Source:
Academic seeks to gather examples of cases where open access article fees have been paid but content remains behind a paywall
Open Access (OA) is usually associated with academic scholarship and its relationship to the “paywall” by proponents and critics alike. It is essential to consider the question of OA not only in terms of its impact on publishers and scholars, but in terms of its teaching and learning potential for students and educators.
Hybrid OA from traditional serials publishers is too expensive. Gosh. Whoodathunk.
Will a low-cost, user-friendly open access journal steal the traditional publishers’ lunch?
On Thursday I participated in an interesting day of talks at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago. The theme was “Communicating Science.” I was on a panel in the morning made up of four journalists, who shared our experiences with the changes roiling the field. You can […]
Universities are drowning in digital information. It's time senior leaders made openness – and its consequences – their concern
Version of Record
Explains the whole preprint/postprint/final version copyright thing.
'But the truth is that a copyright includes any work that is derived from the copyrighted work and is “substantially similar.”'
Supporters of open access and traditional publishing models clash during the American Historical Association's annual meeting.
Scholarly publishing organizations join forces to set standards for aboveboard open access journals.
Good 2013 roundup.
Last week was the most memorable week of my scientific career. Accompanied by family, friends and colleagues, I was honoured with the award of a Nobel Prize in an unforgettable ceremony and banquet. That…
We have released over a million images onto Flickr Commons for anyone to use, remix and repurpose. These images were taken from the pages of 17th, 18th and 19th century books digitised by Microsoft who then generously gifted the scanned images to us, allowing us to release them back into...
Randy Schekman says his lab will no longer send papers to Nature, Cell and Science as they distort scientific process