%0 Journal Article
%T There are Discipline-Based Differences in Authors＊ Perceptions Towards Open Access Publishing. A Review of: Coonin, B., & Younce, L. M. (2010). Publishing in open access education journals: The authors＊ perspectives. Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 29, 118-132. doi:10.1080/01639261003742181
%A Lisa Shen
%J Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
%D 2011
%I University of Alberta
%X Objective 每 To determine reasons authors choose to publish in open access (OA) education journals, which provides readers with unrestricted free online access to published articles, and investigate ways in which publishing practices in the discipline of education affects authors＊ willingness to publish in these journals. Design 每 Web-based survey questionnaire. Setting 每 The survey was conducted over the Internet through email invitations. Subjects 每 A total of 309 authors who published in OA journals in education participated in this survey for a response rate of 27.9%. Methods 每 Researchers surveyed authors who published in selected education journals from 2007 to 2008. The journal titles where generated from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). All chosen journals were peer-reviewed and published either original research or overviews of research results. In addition, all were in English and published in the United States. A total of 1,107 authors were invited to participate via email. The survey was delivered through commercial online survey tool SurveyMonkey and consisted of multiple choice and open-ended questions. It was open from early March to April 16, 2009. Main Results 每 The survey had a response rate of 27.9%. The majority of participants were tenured faculty (42.0%), tenure-track faculty (25.9%), and non-tenure track faculty (12.1%). The rest of participants (20%) consisted of adjunct instructors, graduate students, administrators, and individuals working in non-academic institutions such as government agencies.Most authors surveyed have published between 10 and 20 articles (20.6%), or over 20 articles (30.4%) in print and electronic journals (e-journals). The majority of authors also reported that one (23.3%) or between 2 to 5 (54%) of their articles was published in OA format.When choosing a journal for publications, authors surveyed ranked peer-review to be the most important determinant. Other important determinants included ※good match§ (ranked second most important) for authors＊ manuscripts and reputation of the journal (third) and editorial board (fourth). Citation impact, such as the ISI impact factor (eighth), and copyright retention (tenth) were ranked as some of the least important factors. Researcher also noted a ※surprisingly low§ (p. 124) correlation between authors＊ interest in copyright retention and practices of self-archiving. Thirty-seven percent of authors surveyed reported self-archiving at least one of their publications, but just over 35% of the same group considered copyright retention a determinant when choo
%K open access
%K open access publishing
%K education
%U http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/9925/8949