Library Support for Researchers: Series 5: Publishing in Open Access

 Open Access models

There are three main Open Access models, some of which attract fees:

• Green OA: Authors can self-archive accepted manuscripts at the time of submission of the publication, via an institutional or subject repository. This is the model supported by UOW's Open Access Policy.

• Gold OA: Authors publish in an Open Access journal where free online access is available to all readers. Some OA journals require the author to pay a publication fee (Article Processing Charge – APC). Gold OA may be supported and funded at the Faculty level where strategically or otherwise appropriate (UOW's Open Access Policy).

• Hybrid OA: Authors pay a fee for their article to be made Open Access even though it is in a subscription journal.

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ANU Press 

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Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: ANU Press Textbooks, ANU eView

ANU Press is a globally recognised leader in open access academic publishing, produce fully peer-reviewed monographs and journals across a wide range of subject areas, with a special focus on Australian and international policy, Indigenous studies and the Asia-Pacific region.

arXiv.org 

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Open access to 1,318,865 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Electrical Engineering and Systems Science, and Economics.

Australian Building Codes Board 

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Free access to the National Construction Code (NCC) which is comprised of the Building Code of Australia (BCA), Volume One and Two; and the Plumbing Code of Australia (PCA), Volume Three.

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) | Mobile access 

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Australian Bureau of Statistics provides statistical information including reports and census data.
Register at the TableBuilder website, entering University of Wollongong in the ‘Organisation’ field.

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Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) 

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Open access scholarly journals in most subject areas. Full-text. Dates vary

DOAB: Directory of Open Access Books 

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An ebook discovery service provided by OAPEN. Find an ebook and link through to full-text on the publisher site. All books in DOAB have a full Open Access License which makes them 'free to share'.

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HathiTrust Digital Library 

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Provides access to digitised public domain and in copyright content, including books, journals and special subject collections from U.S based partner institutions - 60 research institutions, including MIT, Havard and Yale. A first-of-its-kind shared digital repository. Hathi (pronounced 'hah-tee') is Hindi for elephant, highly regarded for its memory, wisdom, and strength - a name chosen to convey key benefits of this resource. Partial full-text. Dates vary

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JSTOR Open Content 

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JSTOR Open Content provides open access to thousands of academic ebooks and journal articles.
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La Trobe eBureau 

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Access to engaging, high quality and open access etextbooks that are written by La Trobe University academics, and published by the La Trobe eBureau.

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OAPEN - Open Access Publishing in European Networks 

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A collection of searchable Open Access ebooks. The OAPEN Library contains books that are 'free to read' and books that are 'free to share'. Includes titles from the Knowledge Unlatched collection.

Open Dissertations 

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A collaboration between EBSCO and BiblioLabs, Open Dissertations connects you to open-access Doctoral EDTs (Electronic Theses and Dissertations) accepted by American Universities, 1955+, selected full-text

Open Textbook Library 

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Open Textbook Library provides hundreds of textbooks that have been funded, peer reviewed, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed.
All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organisation.

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SpringerOpen 

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Peer-reviewed, open access journals and ebooks, covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, the humanities and social sciences.

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IntechOpen Books 

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IntechOpen is the world's leading publisher of Open Access books built by scientists, for scientists. Read, share and download more than 4,100 peer-reviewed Open Access books in Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Life Sciences, Health Sciences and Social Sciences and Humanities.

Source: https://uow.libguides.com/support-researchers/discoverability-open-access  (Accessed on 24/11/2021)

https://uow.libguides.com/az.php?s=1403&t=28665  (Accessed on 24/11/2021)

Library Support for Researchers: Series 4: Alternative Metrics

Alternative metrics show how many times a research output has been shared, mentioned or downloaded from online sources such as social media sites, blogs, mainstream media and reference managers. This data accumulates at a faster rate compared to traditional measures.

• Altmetric
• Altmetric bookmarklet for researchers

  Access to data for any publication with a DOI.
• Impactstory

  Free site where researchers join with their Twitter account and explore and see the online reach of their research.
• Plum analytics

  Plum metrics are available in Research Online and for articles indexed in Scopus.
• Social Searcher

  Monitors and provides analytics of public mentions of work in social networks and on the web.

• Trove 

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  Find Australian library holdings of your books.
• WorldCat 

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  Find International Library holdings of your books.

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Library Support for Researchers: Series 2: Understanding journal metrics before you submit

When deciding where to submit your manuscript, it’s important to understand common journal metrics to help you decide which journal is right for your research.

Below, we’ve listed some of the most common journal metrics. The “JCR Year” refers to the Journal Citation Report year, which is the individual year for which a metric is provided.

Metric Name	Metric Source	Metric Description
Impact Factor	Web of Science	The Impact Factor is the average number of times articles from the journal published in the past two years have been cited in the JCR year. The Impact Factor is calculated by dividing the number of citations in the JCR year by the total number of articles published in the two previous years.
5-Year Impact Factor	Web of Science	The 5-year Impact Factor is the average number of times articles from the journal published in the past five years have been cited in the JCR year. It is calculated by dividing the number of citations in the JCR year by the total number of articles published in the five previous years.
Altmetrics	(Any source)	Altmetrics go beyond more traditional citation metrics to measure social visibility around scientific articles. These metrics are based on a broad spectrum of indicators, such as tweets, blog mentions, news media, social bookmarking, article views, and downloads.
Eigenfactor	Web of Science	The Eigenfactor is based on weighted citations in the JCR year to papers published within the previous 5 years. Citations are weighted according to the prestige of the citing journal, with citations from highly ranked journals making a larger contribution to the Eigenfactor than those from poorly ranked journals.
Google Scholar Metrics	Google Scholar	The main Google Scholar journal metric is the H5 index and is based on articles published in the last 5 complete calendar years. This is similar to the h-Index but also includes the top cited h articles (h-core) and the median of the citation counts (h-median).
h-index	Web of Science, Google Scholar, or Scopus	The h-index attempts to measure the productivity and citation impact of the published body of work of an author. The h-index indicates the number of papers, h, that have been cited at least htimes (e.g. an h-index of 15 means that 15 papers have been cited at least 15 times each.) Note: Due to variations in citation coverage between databases, each source may determine a different value of the h-index for each author.
Immediacy Index	Web of Science	The Immediacy Index is the average number of times an article is cited in the year it is published. The Immediacy Index is calculated by dividing the number of citations to articles published in a given year by the number of articles published in that year.
SJR	Scopus	The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) Indicator is based on weighted citations in Year X to papers published in the previous 3 years. Citations are weighted by the prestige of the citing journal, so that a citation from a top journal will have more impact than a citation from a low-ranked journal.
SNIP	Scopus	The Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) measures average citations in Year X to papers published in the previous 3 years. Citations are weighted by the citation potential of the journal’s subject category, thereby making the metric more comparable across different disciplines.

Source: https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/find-a-journal/journal-metrics.html (Accessed on 12th November 2021)

Russian website offering ‘paid’ research authorship under probe

73 of the 344 papers offered for sale are from journals based in India

An “online marketplace” claiming to facilitate sale and purchase of authorships for research papers that have been accepted for publication in scientific journals has been brought to light by the Web of Science, part of London-based Clarivate Analytics, which provides analytical services to journals and innovation companies.

An investigation by the company showed that a Russian website (http://123mi.ru) claims to facilitate the fraudulent publication. Retraction Watch blog was the first to report the scam.

A Google translation of the claims on the Russian website says, “We sell publications of finished articles in Scopus and Web of Science journals (articles written and accepted in journals; sold in parts or in whole).”

It asks researchers to part with hundreds of dollars to become authors of papers that they never worked on, promising definite publication and indexing.

The website lists 344 articles for which first, second, third or more authorships are for sale.

Of the 344 papers where authorships are for sale, 73 are from journals based in India. Venezuela has the second highest number of papers at 54, followed by the U.S. (38), Russia (33) and Pakistan (28).

Although there are a few dozen papers listed from these countries, it is not clear how many journals are allegedly open to such a practice.

There is also no confirmation of the site’s claim that the journals are indexed in Scopus or Web of Science or whether they are predatory or standard journals.

Although the website claims that certain authorships had been sold, it is not clear if individuals parted with money.

It is also unclear if any papers have actually been published, or if the Russian website is just an online scam operation.

First-author fee

The cost of first authorship is highest and reduces for the successive authors. The cost of first authorship varies from $285 to $1,222.

Papers with five potential authors have been listed, although the norm is to have three or four.

“The articles have been accepted for publication in journals that are allegedly indexed. We do not know the identity of the authors or journals… We are investigating and trying to identify the journals. We will take appropriate action,” Amy Bourke-Waite, external communications director, Web of Science Group, Clarivate Analytics, said in an email to The Hindu.

The website does not mention the name of the journals or the title of the 344 papers. It says that the names of the journals and titles will be “available only to customers who have paid”. But it does provide information about journal disciplines, country of publication, the number of authors per paper, short description of the article and if the journal is indexed in Scopus and/or Web of Science.

“The primary transaction appears to be author-to-author (with the owners of the service presumably taking a cut) but beyond allowing post-acceptance changes in the author lists, it’s not clear to what extent journal editors or publishers are aware of, or involved in this enterprise,” Nandita Quaderi, editor-in-chief of Web of Science said in a July 17, 2019, letter to Natalie Ridgeway, executive officer of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), a non-profit that promotes integrity in research and publication.

“I wanted to bring this to your attention early as you may want to warn COPE members of this activity as soon as possible and perhaps take this opportunity to share best practice guidelines regarding post-acceptance changes to author lists,” she said.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/russian-website-offering-paid-research-authorship-under-probe/article28621576.ece (Accessed on July 23, 2019)