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We thank @SPARC_NA for its tireless fight for a more equitable and free system for academic publishing. In support of #OAWeek2020, this thread highlights just some of the ways unrestrained innovation can make for a better tomorrow.
Earlier this year, publishers made relevant COVID-19 research accessible. While we applaud this, it’s not enough. We need to remove barriers that keep government-funded research from benefiting everyone in the first place, not just in a pandemic. eff.org/deeplinks/2020…
Universities have been forced online, and now have the choice of two futures. Let traditional publishing keep textbook prices prohibitively high, or support Open Education Resources for a more equitable future. eff.org/deeplinks/2020…
Last up in our #OAWeek2020 series on the RPT process: How do tenure guidelines value nontraditional academic outputs, like blog posts or podcasts? (1/n)
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To find out, we scoured 860+ RPT documents to see whether they mentioned blog posts, preprints, events & other kinds of scholarly outputs. (2/n)
The good news for public scholars: RPT documents in our sample mentioned LOTS of different scholarly outputs (3/n)
How do faculty decide where to publish? Today’s #OAWeek2020 thread features results from our survey of 300+ academics on their publishing decisions (1/n)
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We used a range of methods to explore how factors like age, tenure status, and expectations of other faculty relate to publishing decisions. (2/n)
It turns out, when it comes to where to publish, faculty say they care most about reaching readers — but think their peers value prestige & impact factors. (3/n)
Today for our #OAWeek2020 series, a touchy subject: the JIF.
In our study of RPT documents, we wanted to know how important this metric is in the review and promotion process. (1/n)
In our study of RPT documents, we wanted to know how important this metric is in the review and promotion process. (1/n)
To find out, we looked at how often the Journal Impact Factor was mentioned in RPT documents, as well as how it was portrayed. (2/n)
It turns out, about ¼ of institutions explicitly mention the JIF in their tenure guidelines… but that number likely underestimates what’s really going on. (3/n)
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As a little experiment for #OAWeek2020, I’ve saved the details of 242 articles published in @AHSjournal between 2008 and 2018 using Zotero.
@AHSjournal has a Green OA embargo period of 18 months, so things published in 2018 or earlier should be outside the embargo.
@AHSjournal has a Green OA embargo period of 18 months, so things published in 2018 or earlier should be outside the embargo.
@AHSjournal So how many Green OA versions of these 242 articles will we find using @OA_Button?
Any guesses?
To answer this I’m getting the article DOIs via the Zotero API and then feeding them to the OA Button API.
So the results...
Any guesses?
To answer this I’m getting the article DOIs via the Zotero API and then feeding them to the OA Button API.
So the results...
@AHSjournal @OA_Button 18 of 242 articles are green or gold open access.
5 of these gold OA (ie via APC).
13 are green OA (accepted manuscripts in institutional repos).
There are also 2 articles that the journal has made ‘free access’. These don’t show up in the OA Button results.
20 of 242 – 8%.
5 of these gold OA (ie via APC).
13 are green OA (accepted manuscripts in institutional repos).
There are also 2 articles that the journal has made ‘free access’. These don’t show up in the OA Button results.
20 of 242 – 8%.
Another #OAWeek2020 handy hint for people without access to journal subscriptions -- use @zotero! When you save an article it uses Unpaywall to automatically find and download a Green OA version if available. zotero.org/blog/improved-…
The Unpaywall browser extension is also very handy -- it tells you when a green OA version of an article is available. unpaywall.org #OAWeek2020
The Open Access Button also helps you find OA versions of articles. And if there's no OA version you can request one! openaccessbutton.org #OAWeek2020
