Search Results - "Björk, Bo‐Christer"

The development of open access journal publishing from 1993 to 2009 by Laakso, Mikael, Welling, Patrik, Bukvova, Helena, Nyman, Linus, Björk, Bo-Christer, Hedlund, Turid

“…Open Access (OA) is a model for publishing scholarly peer reviewed journals, made possible by the Internet. The full text of OA journals and articles can be…”
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Open access to the scientific journal literature: situation 2009 by Björk, Bo-Christer, Welling, Patrik, Laakso, Mikael, Majlender, Peter, Hedlund, Turid, Gudnason, Gudni

“…The Internet has recently made possible the free global availability of scientific journal articles. Open Access (OA) can occur either via OA scientific…”
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New web services that help authors choose journals by Forrester, Amy, Björk, Bo‐Christer, Tenopir, Carol

“…The motivations for an author to choose a journal to submit to are complex and include factors relating to impact and prestige, service quality, and…”
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'Predatory' open access: a longitudinal study of article volumes and market characteristics by Shen, Cenyu, Björk, Bo-Christer

“…A negative consequence of the rapid growth of scholarly open access publishing funded by article processing charges is the emergence of publishers and journals…”
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Open access versus subscription journals: a comparison of scientific impact by Björk, Bo-Christer, Solomon, David

“…In the past few years there has been an ongoing debate as to whether the proliferation of open access (OA) publishing would damage the peer review system and…”
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Anatomy of open access publishing: a study of longitudinal development and internal structure by Laakso, Mikael, Björk, Bo-Christer

“…Open access (OA) is a revolutionary way of providing access to the scholarly journal literature made possible by the Internet. The primary aim of this study…”
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Gold, green, and black open access by Björk, Bo‐Christer

“…Key points The debate about open access has until now focused on the gold (journals) versus the green route (manuscript self‐archival). Recently an even more…”
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Anatomy of green open access by Björk, Bo-Christer, Laakso, Mikael, Welling, Patrik, Paetau, Patrik

“…Open access (OA) is free, unrestricted access to electronic versions of scholarly publications. For peer‐reviewed journal articles, there are two main routes…”
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The publishing delay in scholarly peer-reviewed journals by Björk, Bo-Christer, Solomon, David

“…•Review and publication times vary significantly by discipline.•Most of the variation in review time is among articles within a journal.•Most of the variation…”
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Article processing charges in OA journals: relationship between price and quality by Björk, Bo-Christer, Solomon, David

“…The subscription prices of peer-reviewed journals have in the past not been closely related to the scientific quality. This relationship has been further…”
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Adoption of the Open Access Business Model in Scientific Journal Publishing: A Cross-Disciplinary Study by Björk, Bo-Christer, Korkeamäki, Timo

“…Scientific journal publishers have rapidly converted during the past 25 years to predominantly electronic dissemination, but the reader-pays business model…”
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Publishing speed and acceptance rates of open access megajournals by Björk, Bo-Christer

“…PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to look at two particular aspects of open access megajournals, a new type of scholarly journals. Such journals only review…”
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Have the "mega-journals" reached the limits to growth? by Björk, Bo-Christer

“…A "mega-journal" is a new type of scientific journal that publishes freely accessible articles, which have been peer reviewed for scientific trustworthiness,…”
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Growth of hybrid open access, 2009-2016 by Björk, Bo-Christer

“…Hybrid Open Access is an intermediate form of OA, where authors pay scholarly publishers to make articles freely accessible within journals, in which reading…”
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Scholarly journal publishing in transition- from restricted to open access by Björk, Bo-Christer

“…While the business models used in most segments of the media industry have been profoundly changed by the Internet, surprisingly little has changed in the…”
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Article processing charges for open access publication-the situation for research intensive universities in the USA and Canada by Solomon, David, Björk, Bo-Christer

“…Background. Open access (OA) publishing via article processing charges (APCs) is growing as an alternative to subscription publishing. The Pay It Forward (PIF)…”
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Open access to scientific articles: a review of benefits and challenges by Björk, Bo-Christer

“…The Internet has fundamentally changed the publishing of scholarly peer reviewed journals, and the way readers find and access articles. Digital access is…”
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Hybrid open access—A longitudinal study by Laakso, Mikael, Björk, Bo-Christer

“…•Lack of standardized metadata poses a challenge for studies on hybrid OA.•Years 2007–2013 show consecutive growth in hybrid OA uptake.•During 2013 13994…”
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Open access journal publishing in the business disciplines: A closer look at the low uptake and discipline-specific considerations by Laakso, Mikael, Björk, Bo-Christer

“…The Internet has enabled efficient electronic publishing of scholarly journals and Open Access business models. Recent studies have shown that adoption of Open…”
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Building information modelling – Experts’ views on standardisation and industry deployment by Howard, Rob, Björk, Bo-Christer

“…The goal of the single building information model has existed for at least 30 years and various standards have been published leading up to the 10-year…”
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