Yamada, Y., Nishikawa-Pacher, A., & Teixeira da Silva, J. A. (2023). Is it open access if registration is required to obtain scientific content? European Science Editing, 49, Article e98101. https://doi.org/10.3897/ese.2023.e98101
E040-03-3 - Fachgruppe Szientometrie und Datenvisualisierung E040 - Bibliothek
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Journal:
European Science Editing
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ISSN:
0258-3127
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Date (published):
2023
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Number of Pages:
6
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Publisher:
European Association of Science Editors
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Peer reviewed:
Yes
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Keywords:
Academic publishing; licenses; open access
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Abstract:
Some journals require users to register before accessing a scientific paper, despite labelling that content as open access (OA) and free-of-charge. We refer to such cases as members-only OA (MOOA), which we contend is not ‘free’ since users are forced to ‘pay’ with personal data. Scholarly content may be accessible via MOOA to either the in-browser text (HTML) or to the archival-friendly version (PDF), or both. We suggest a four-tier typology to capture the degree of openness based on this observation. We believe that technical guidelines of OA implementation should not permit MOOA.
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Research Areas:
Beyond TUW-research foci: 90% Information Systems Engineering: 10%
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Science Branch:
5090 - Andere Sozialwissenschaften: 90% 1020 - Informatik: 10%
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