Comprehensive Approach to Open Access Publishing: Platforms and Tools
10.3346/jkms.2019.34.e184
- Author:
Armen Yuri GASPARYAN
1
;
Marlen YESSIRKEPOV
;
Alexander A VORONOV
;
Anna M KOROLEVA
;
George D KITAS
Author Information
1. Departments of Rheumatology and Research and Development, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust (Teaching Trust of the University of Birmingham, UK), Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, West Midlands, UK. a.gasparyan@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Periodicals as Topic;
Access to Information;
Open Access Publishing;
Peer Review;
Bibliography as Topic
- MeSH:
Abstracting and Indexing as Topic;
Access to Information;
Bibliography as Topic;
China;
Education;
Japan;
Korea;
Metric System;
Open Access Publishing;
Peer Review;
Periodicals as Topic;
Russia;
Search Engine;
Social Media
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2019;34(27):e184-
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The Open Access Initiative is gaining momentum due to the worldwide availability of advanced digital tools, online publishing platforms, and systems for tracking academic contributions. Several declarations and initiatives, including Plan S, have already laid a foundation for moving away from subscription to full and immediate open-access publishing. The global initiatives imply targeting journals satisfying the upgraded quality and visibility criteria. To meet these criteria, a comprehensive approach to Open Access is recommended. This article overviews the essential components of the comprehensive approach, increasing transparency, adherence to ethical standards, and diversification of evaluation metrics. With the increasing volume of quality open-access journals, their indexing with free databases and search engines is becoming increasingly important. The Directory of Open Access Journals and PubMed Central currently free searches of open-access sources. These services, however, cannot fully satisfy the increasing demands of the users, and attempts are underway to upgrade the indexing and archiving of open-access sources in China, Japan, Korea, Russia, and elsewhere. The wide use of identifiers is essential for transparency of scholarly communications. Peer reviewers are now offered credits from Publons. These credits are transferrable to their Open Researcher and Contributor iDs. Various social media channels are increasingly used by scholars to comment on articles. All these comments are tracked by related metric systems, such as Altmetrics. Combined with traditional citation evaluations, the alternative metrics can help timely identify and promote publications influencing education, research, and practice.
