Perceptions of open access publishing: interviews with journal authors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore authors' attitudes towards open access publishing and author charges, their perceptions of journals that charge authors, and whether they would be willing to submit to these journals.

Design

Semistructured telephone interviews.

Participants

28 randomly selected international authors who submitted to the BMJ in 2003.

Results

Authors were more aware of the concepts of open access publishing and author pays models than previously reported. Almost all authors supported the concept of open access, but few had submitted to an open access journal, other than the BMJ. Reasons for not submitting included lack of awareness of which journals publish with open access, and journal quality taking a higher priority in decision making than the availability

SUBMITTER: Schroter S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC555876 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature