Re: Dramatic Growth of Open Access - March 31, 2009

[Jan Szczepanski <jan.szczepanski@ub.gu.se>]

The dramatic growth is also confirmed by Evalinde Hutzler in 
figures published in the german journal Bibliotheksdienst on page 
170. Maybe she is also an "avowed advocate" but the German 
figures are in line with the development in DOAJ.

In 2002 there were 9.574 red titles and 3.161 green titles and in 
2007 18.314 red ones and 16.492 green ones. That is a 100% red 
growth and a 500% green growth.

My guess is that in 2009 there are more free open access journals 
than commercial.

Without doubt, in the long run, open access will dominate 
publishing.

http://www.zlb.de/aktivitaeten/bd_neu/heftinhalte2008/Erschliessung010208BD.pdf

Jan

Joseph Esposito wrote:

> Open access is in fact growing much more dramatically than
> Heather suggests. The problem is methodological.  Heather is only
> reviewing sites and directories that survey a very tiny portion
> of the universe of scholarly information.  Since Heather is an
> avowed advocate of open access, it is not clear to me that she
> would pursue a methodology that is counter to her interests.
>
> Joe Esposito
>
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>
> ** with apologies for cross-posting **
>
> I just posted the Dramatic Growth of Open Access for March 31,
> 2009
>
> Synopsis:
>
> This quarter, the growth of open access has been dramatic in open
> access journals, open access archives, and, perhaps most
> noteworthy, open access policies. The Directory of Open Access
> Journals (DOAJ) is on the verge of an important milestone - 4,000
> fully open access, peer-reviewed journals, double the number of
> the largest commercial publisher. DOAJ is growing at the rate of
> 2 titles per day. OpenDOAR lists 1,373 repositories, an increase
> of about 70 this quarter. Scientific Commons now encompasses 26
> million items, an increase of 2 million. 663 journals are now
> voluntarily participating in PubMedCentral, an increase of 119
> (22%) this quarter. 447 journals provide immediate free access
> through PubMedCentral, an increase of 29 (7%) this quarter. There
> are 11 more open access policies, for a total of 72 policies
> worldwide, and 4 more proposed policies, for a total of 14
> proposed policies. One decrease is noted - not in open access per
> se, but rather subscription journals providing free back issues:
> Highwire Press seems to have 212,000 fewer free articles, a
> decrease of 10%. This is a bit puzzling, as Highwire has added 1
> more completely free site, and there is an increase of 11 sites
> providing free back access. Any background on what is happening
> here would be most appreciated.
>
> For details and links, go to:
> http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2009/03/dramatic-growth-of-open-
> access-march-31.html
>
> Any opinion expressed in this e-mail is that of the author alone,
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> Library Network or Simon Fraser University Library.
>
> Heather Morrison, MLIS
> The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics
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