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Publishing in Open Access Journals in The Social Sciences and Humanities: Who’s Doing it and Why
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Open access (OA) publishing is now an accepted pil- lar of the scholarly communication movement. How- ever, the greatest traction for open access publishing thus far has been gained in the sciences, particularly in the life and medical sciences, and in physics. The penetration of open access publishing has been much slower among disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. John Willinsky, in The Access Principle, recaps milestone open access events of 2003, in which Na- ture, Science, The Scientist, and the Wall Street Journal all ranked open access among their top science sto- ries of the year.1 Examples of movement toward open access were evident long before, however, and some research outputs were openly accessible before the availability of the Internet itself. Peter Suber, on his Timeline of the Open Access Movement indicates many of the major milestones in the open access movement, across disciplines.2 As librarians we are familiar with ERIC, launched by the U.S. Department of Educa- tion in 1966, and, although now no longer free, NTIS at its inception made funded research openly available via microforms deposited in designated libraries.
Bryna Coonin and Leigh Younce - Personal Name
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