Charting the Landscape of Open Access Journals in Library and Information Science
Journal Title: Webology - Year 2017, Vol 14, Issue 1
Abstract
Open access journals (OAJs) represent a significant portion of the literature in library and information science (LIS). This study contributes to current efforts to raise awareness of the LIS OA literature by focusing on the characteristics of journals publishing under an open access gold model. To understand the characteristics of LIS OAJs, 65 English language LIS journals were analyzed via descriptive statistical analysis and summative qualitative content analysis. Along these lines, the study updates and extends previous efforts to describe these journals and their practices. Findings suggest there are several key publication characteristics and commonly represented subject areas in the landscape of active LIS OAJs. Implications for practice include the recognition of the growing diversity of subjects and target audiences, the central role of double-blind peer review in LIS OA, and the acknowledgement that consistency and interoperability among OAJs remains a challenge that may undermine goals for dissemination.
Authors and Affiliations
Emmanuel Edward Te, Frances Owens, Megan Lohnash, Janice Christen-Whitney and Kristen Radsliff Rebmann
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP687773
- DOI -
- Views 235
- Downloads 0
Environmental Literacy and Accountability of Undergraduate Students of Medical Sciences
This was a descriptive-analytical study which was conducted to investigate the knowledge, attitude and accountability of students towards the environment. The study population consisted of undergraduate students of Kerma...
Methods for forming an informational image of a higher education institution
The paper is dedicated to the issues connected with the informational activity of a Higher Education Institution. The methods of acquiring and maintaining a complete informational image of a Higher Education Institution...
Similarities and differences between Web search procedure and searching in the pre-web information retrieval systems
This paper presents an introductory discussion about the commonalities and dissimilarities between Web searching procedure and the searching process in the previous online information retrieval systems including classic...
Ontology Driven Software Development for Automated Documentation
Recent outsourcing /off-shoring software development practices testify that any development done without a proper sharing mechanism leads to the generation of inconsistent information, which further results in an undesir...
Roles of information systems in socio-legal context
Contemporary conception of information has been studied for decades. Starting from legal viewpoint, purpose of this article is to provide methodological understanding of the conception and classification of information i...