Techreport,
New reports give further insights into open access publishing: Disciplinary Differences and Needs & Learned Society Open Access Business Model
(September 2005)
Abstract
he first report – Disciplinary Differences and Needs - written by Sue Sparks of Rightscom Ltd, explores the nature of disciplinary differences as far as they impact both upon the use of information resources by researchers as well as the means available to them of disseminating their research results. The survey, responded to by 780 UK research academics in a wide variety of institutions and departments, also investigated wider issues affecting scholarly communications, such as the Research Assessment Exercise, institutional repositories and self-archiving. The second report – Learned Society Open Access Business Models – by Mary Waltham provides an in-depth exploration of 13 learned society journals, their business and pricing models, the wider context of their societies, and open access business models.
