From subbiah_a@yahoo.com Sun Apr 3 12:42:57 2005
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 00:56:22 +0000 (GMT)
From: Subbiah Arunachalam
To: oa-india@dgroups.org, lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ac.in, arun@mssrf.res.in
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Study released on electronic publishing
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Friends:
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Hello:
I wanted to share with you a summary of the results
from a study The
Science Advisory Board (http://www.scienceboard.net)
just released on
electronic publishing. I've included a blurb about
it below and would
be interested in any feedback or comments you might
have regarding
the findings.
Thanks,
Tamara
###
The desire to publish one's research cuts across all
scientific
fields. Whatever the recipe for one's motivations: 1
teaspoon
promotion, 3/4 cup tenure, 2 tablespoons salary, 1/4
cup
communication, and a dash of enlightenment,
researchers primarily
rely on specialty journals to accomplish their
publication goals. And
in a relatively recent trend, they are increasingly
turning toward
online versions of specialty print journals to
accelerate the
publication process. This concentration by
discipline coincides with
the observation that while Nature, Science and
Proceedings of the
National Academy of Science enjoy widespread
readership, researchers
primarily read journals that focus on their narrow
area of research.
In an electronic journals study of more than 1,900
scientific and
medical researchers, The Science Advisory Board
found that
researcher's assign greater value to online journals
that directly
aid in their career advancement.The primary
attraction of the online
versions of print journals is their immediacy: an
overwhelming 88% of
researchers want peer-reviewed articles posted
online before the
print version appears.
Although a newer format, the future of the online
versions of print
journals appears to be secure. In fact, roughly 25%
of the
researchers indicated that it was "not at all"
important to receive
the print edition of a journal if they have access
to the online
version. Additionally, increasing use of online
resources in recent
years has lessened the importance of promoting new
online journals in
paper journals; instead, respondents typically learn
about new
journals through references in other articles or by
searching the
Internet for articles on a certain topic.
While there appears to be increasing acceptance of
the online
versions of print journals by the scientific and
medical communities,
researchers indicated that the specific features
unique to online
journals can potentially be improved. Overall, 50%
of researchers are
highly satisfied with the additional information and
search features
of online journals. In contrast, 75% of researchers
are highly
satisfied with the content of online journals.
Notwithstanding their affinity for electronic
publishing, scientists
and clinicians do not want cost to constrain their
ability to publish
papers or review others' work. Researchers indicated
that fees
related to these services should be nominal (less
than $5/page). This
value-consciousness influences scientists' opinions
regarding the
open access publishing system where there was a
negative bias towards
authors' fees. However despite these objections,
fees are not a key
determinant for authors when deciding where to
submit their papers.
This perception also holds true for how they access
information. For
instance, the acceptance of pay-per-view is
growing-from 4% of
researchers in a 2001 electronic journals study to
18% in this study.
--
Tamara Zemlo, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Executive Director
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The Science Advisory Board
2111 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 250
Arlington, VA 22201
TEL: (703) 778-3080 x 25
FAX: (703) 778-3081
t.zemlo@scienceboard.net
http://www.scienceboard.net
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