[okfn-discuss] Help make a comparison of open access journals on Wikipedia

Mon Jan 28 20:53:00 UTC 2013

Kyra,

How would you classify pubmed central? They are open access (often single
articles of opt in etc.) And licensing seems really unclear.

Michael

On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 12:42:45PM -0500, Kẏra wrote:
> Thanks for the crosspost. I've converted the list to tables and have an
> example one at the top of the page.
> 
> If we could get everyone to help copy in more journals (especially ones
> using a free license) and more data on the journals this could be ready to
> publish soon!
> 
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Jenny Molloy <jenny.molloy at cantab.net>wrote:
> 
> > Hi Kyra
> >
> > For cross referencing or adding to to the Wikipedia list, you might find
> > this spreadsheet of publishers useful (by Ross Mounce and the OKFN open
> > science working group):
> >
> > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtbO6mZEvieCdDFzdkVNQld6Mnc5NEpGWVlRUVhvM3c#gid=0
> >
> > Ross also has another document set up for Jevin's list of gold OA journals
> > (http://www.eigenfactor.org/openaccess/index.php)
> >
> > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtbO6mZEvieCdExBQm9UclBSaWxlMWVNelVDMHFnSkE#gid=0
> >
> > This is the latest list of embargo periods from SHERPA RoMEO
> > http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/PDFandIR.html
> >
> > Directory of Open Access Journals lists if a journal charges a fee but not
> > how much. It is available as a csv http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=csv
> >
> > I have copied in the open-science and open-access lists where several
> > people are active in logging this kind of information and may have ideas on
> > the most efficient way to get it into Wikipedia!
> >
> > Jenny
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Kẏra <kxra at freeculture.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Sorry for sending three emails in a row, I hadn't updated my email
> >> address so previous messages to the list were stuck in moderation and I
> >> just resent them. Anyways...
> >>
> >> Does anybody want to help me turn Wikipedia's list of OA journals into a
> >> comparison using tables that show ?
> >>
> >> * Whether the journals are freely licensed or not
> >> * Whether the journals are full OA, hybrid OA, or delayed OA
> >> * Whether the journals are fee-based or no cost
> >> * Whether the journals are peer-reviewed or not
> >>
> >> I've copied the page here and will be working on this soon:
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kxra/Comparison_of_open-access_journals
> >>
> >> Also, there are lots of journals here that could use importing:
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Open_access_journals
> >>
> >> And the CC licensed journals category has a subcategory for CC-BY but not
> >> CC-BY-SA
> >>
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Creative_Commons-licensed_journals
> >>
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