OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING

Presented By: Deepti

Shikha Tomar
Abhimanyu Verma
Siddharth Gupta
What is Open Access?
 A publication is defined open access when there are no financial, legal or technical barriers to
accessing it, permitting users to read, download, copy, print or link to the full texts of these
articles or allowing the user to use it for education purpose or in other way without legal
agreements.
 It is simply the free online availability of digital contents, scholarly journal articles, research
results which authors publish without expectation of payment.
 Open Access is a publishing model for scholarly communication that makes research
information available to readers at no cost, as opposed to the traditional subscription model
where readers have to pay a subscription to access the materials.
 Open Access is compatible with copyright, peer review, prestige, print preservation and
indexing.
 Features of Open Access
 Open Access literature is digital, free of charge and free of copyright.
 Open Access campaign focuses on the literatures that authors give to the world without any
expectations.
 OA is compatible with peer review and all the major OA initiatives for scientific and scholarly
literature insist on its importance.
 Without OA access is inequitable and based on the ability to pay.
 Without OA, research is not being disseminated widely as it could be.
 History
The term “open access” itself was formulated in three public statements in the 2000s
 The Budapest Open Access initiative in February 2002
 The Bethesda statement on Open Access Publishing in June 2003
 The Berlin declaration on Open Access to knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities in
October 2003.
And the initial concept of OA refers to an unrestricted online access to scholarly research
primarily intended for scholarly journal articles.
 Characteristics of Open Access
According to Willinsky (2003)- Nine characteristics of open access.
 E-print Archive: Authors self archive pre or post prints
 Unqualified: Immediate and full open access to publication of a journal.
 Dual mode: Both print subscription and open access versions of a journal are offered.
 Delayed open access: Open access is available after a certain period of time.
 Author fee: Author pays a fee to support open access.
 Partial open access: Some articles from a journal are available to via open access.
 Per-capita: Open access is made available to countries based on per-capita income.
 Abstract: Open access available to table of contents/abstracts.
 Co-op: Institutional members support open access journals.
Types of Open Access Publishing
 Green Open Access publishing refers to the self-archiving of published or pre publication
works for free public use. Authors provide access to preprints or post-prints of their works
with publisher permission in an institutional or disciplinary digital repository.
 This is when the article is first deposited into a subject-based repository or institution’s
repository, which then often specifies how the article may be used during the copyright
transfer process, they secure rights to deposit a version of articles in an open access repository
or post on a personal website.
 Gold Open Access is where an author publishes their article in an online open access journal.
In contrast, green open access is where an author publishes their article in any journal and then
self-archives a copy in a free accessible institutional or specialist online archive known as a
repository or on a website.
 This is one of the most open, least restrictive types of open access.
Advantages of Open Access
 Access: Most journals and repositories do not impose access costs on the reader. Authors are thus
granted the ability to address a wider audience without the corresponding expenditure.
 Immediacy: The research results can be made immediately available to not just others within that
community but also those beyond, including other scientists and laypeople.
 Impact and citations: Articles tend to have a much bigger impact in the short-term compared to
”subscription based” work. The long term impact has been found to be similar.
 Simulating effects: The quick proliferation of results not only enlivens similar research but also
impress others to make inroad into other areas which may open up as a consequence.
 Author and institution visibility: More readers can become aware of authors who publish in
open access journals as opposed to subscription-only journals. Institutions can enhance their
profile by participating it in or hosting open-access publishing.
Benefits for authors:
 OA provides authors with a worldwide audience.
 OA increases the visibility and impact of their work.
 OA widens opportunities for funding and international collaboration.
Benefits for students:
 OA gives students access to the research literature regardless of which institution they are
based at
 Lecturers can more easily make available their own work for students to use.
Benefits for Libraries:
 In the long term OA may help alleviate the problem of increasing journal subscription
costs.
 OA helps libraries provide what their readers need.
 OA helps libraries to work closely with authors and other parts of the university to make
the research output more visible.
Benefits for Universities:
 Increases the visibility and impact of the research being carried out an institution.
 Institutional repositories provide a showcase for a University’s research.
 OA is a major tool in attracting new students and staff to a university.
 OA helps universities to share their knowledge and expertise.
Benefits for Funding Agencies:
 OA increases the return on their investment in research by making the results of that
research more widely available.
 OA gives public access to the results of publicly funded research.
 OA encourages further developments and innovations in research.
Benefits for govt.: OA promotes open democratic govt. by making information as freely
available as possible.
Budapest Open Access Initiative
 In response to the growing demand to make research free and available to anyone with a
computer and an internet connection, a diverse coalition has issued new guidelines.
 The recommendations were developed by Leaders of the Open Access movement which has
worked for the past decade to provide the public with unrestricted, free access to scholarly
research.
 The recommendations are the result of a meeting organized by the Open Society Foundations to
mark the tenth anniversary of Budapest Open Access Initiative, which first defined Open Access.
 The recommendations include the development of open access policies in institutes of higher
education and in funding agencies.
 The recommendations also established a new goal of achieving open access as the default method
for distributing new peer-reviewed research in every field and in every country within ten years
time.
Open Access Portals
There are two OA portals namely Directory of open access journals, DOAJ and Open J-Gate, OJ
portals where DOAJ is a free portal and OJ is a subscription based one.
 Subject areas covered are almost same in both portals except addition of Library and
Information science in OJ.
 These portals cover journals of areas agricultural and Food Sciences, Arts and architecture,
biology and life sciences, Business and economics, chemistry, earth and environmental
sciences, general works, health sciences, history, languages and literature, mathematics and
statistics etc.
 Number of journals listed are slightly high in case of OJ as compared to DOAJ.
 Peer-reviewed journals are more in DOAJ as compared to OJ.
 Number of journals covered for indexing are very high in OJ as compared to DOAJ.
 Popular and Trade-press journals are covered by OJ but not by DOAJ.
In view of the above, it is suggested that any library for that matter, may start using DOAJ at first,
as it is a free portal. After utilizing it fully, then may consider to subscribe to portals such as OJ, if
financial provisions permit for the same.
Disadvantages of Open Access
 Publication fees: Since the end user does not have to pay to read an open access article,
someone has to pay for the costs of publication. Often it is the responsibility of author,
perhaps through their employer or a research grant to cover these costs. In times of austerity
and funding costs, this can discourage researchers from going open access.
 Lack of quality control: Some argue that open access models incentivize journals to publish a
more articles. Journals have to cover their costs and when a large portion of their revenue
comes from publication fees, they may be encouraged to publish more articles, with a
negative impact on overall quality.
 Sustainability: Some argue that traditional paid access models ensure publishers are
adequately compensated for the substantial role they play. Whether open access models can
sustainably support the research publication infrastructure in the long term remains to be
seen.
SHERPA/RoMEO

PRESENTED BY : Shikha Tomar

 What is SHERPA?

 SHERPA ( Securing a High Environment for Research Preservation and Access)

was originally set up by the Nottingham University in 2002
https://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/

 Its aim is to encourage change in the scholarly communication process by creating

open access institutional repositories for the dissemination of research findings.

 SHERPA’s most notable service RoMEO, is a database aggregating publisher

archiving policies which allows researchers quick access to copyright and self-
archiving policies.
About SHERPA/RoMEO
https://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/
 Sherpa Romeo is an online service that aggregates and presents publisher
and journal open access policies from around the world. The service is used
by researchers, repository staff and research support teams across the world
to help users understand complex publisher and journal open access policies.
 Authors at times find it difficult to do self-archiving due to some
apprehensions about publishers’ policies. This is why SHERPA RoMEO is
existing - to offer list of publisher permissions policies with respect to self-
archiving.
 Every registered publisher or journal held in Romeo is carefully reviewed
and analyzed by the specialist team who provide summaries of self-archiving
permissions and conditions of rights given to authors on a journal-by-journal
basis.
 SHERPA/RoMEO Services
We can search for the information we need from the Sherpa Romeo landing
page, and the Sherpa Romeo search page.
The options for searching and browsing include:
• Search by:
➢ Journal title
➢ ISSN
➢ Publisher

SHERPA/RoMEO search interface

Browse publication by journal title
We can search for a journal title in SHERPA/RoMEO. As we search for journal title,
it provides us with the list of journals from which we can search for any journal of
our choice. Here, let us search for the “Quarterly Journal of Operations Research”.
After searching, it will provide us with information about publication and publisher
policy.
Publication Information

Publisher Policy
 How to read a Publisher Policy?
INTRODUCTION:
Policy records contain information on how articles can be made open access for the published,
submitted and accepted versions of an article

Policies are stored on Sherpa Romeo as a set of pathways, each pathway presenting a way in
which a document can become open access
Authors can refer to these pathways to understand how to make their article open access

Properties within pathways are represented by icons to give users a condensed summary of
publisher policies

UNDERSTANDING PATHWAYS:

Each version of an article contains one or more

pathways through which the article can be
made open access, which can depend on
factors such as funders, publisher
requirements, or the availability of the article .
Understanding publisher policy icons
The icons represent complex aspects of publisher policy.
Publisher policies are stored in SHERPA/RoMEO as a set of
pathways. Each pathway represents a different way in which a
document can become open access. Pathways have different
policies and the icons represent the properties within the
pathways.
The different types of publisher policy icon includes :
 Document icon
 Pound icon
 Cross icon
 Copyright icon
 Tick list icon
 License icon
 Exclamation icon
 Folder icon
 Pen icon
 Cloud icon
Layout
Now, in order to get more information
about the journal such as self archiving
policies and open access policies we
can click on the following links:
Browsing by publishers
Statistics of publishers in SHERPA/RoMEO

Publishers by country
Growth of publishers in SHERPA/RoMEO
CONCLUSION
Thus it can be concluded that :
 SHERPA/RoMEO is for searching publisher or individual journal open
access policies
 SHERPA/RoMEO can be searched for either publisher or journal
information
 SHERPA/RoMEO is a database of publisher copyright and self-archiving
policies.
 SHERPA/RoMEO is a really helpful tool for researchers who want to know
whether they can post their articles online. It provides summary of the
policies of many publishers , which can help researchers avoid copyright
infringement. The database is updated regularly, so its always up-to-date.
 SOFTWARE TOOL TO
IDENTIFY PREDATORY
PUBLICATIONS DEVELOPED BY SPPU

By
Abhimanyu Verma
 WHAT IS A PREDATORY JOURNAL?
What is a predatory journal?

THEY HAVE NO PEER

A PREDATORY JOURNAL REVIEW SYSTEM AND NO
IS A PUBLICATION THAT TRUE EDITORIAL BOARD
ACTIVELY ASKS THEY ALSO ASK FOR AND ARE OFTEN FOUND
HUGE PUBLICATION TO PUBLISH MEDIOCRE
RESEARCHERS FOR
CHARGES.
MANUSCRIPTS. OR EVEN WORTHLESS
RESEARCH PAPERS.
PREDATORY JOURNAL – WHO COINED
THIS TERM?

Jeffrey Beall, a librarian at the University of Colorado in Denver, is

often credited as coining the term “predatory publishers,” which he
described as organizations that “publish counterfeit journals to
exploit the open-access model in which the author pays. These
predatory publishers are dishonest and lack transparency. They aim
to dupe researchers, especially those inexperienced in scholarly
communication.
CHARACTERISTICS OF PREDATORY JOURNAL

• Their primary goal is to make money.

• They do not care about the quality of work published (i.e. very little or no peer-review).
• They make false claims or promises(about impact factor and indexing)
• They engage in unethical business practices.
• They fail to follow accepted standards of scholarly publishing.
• They readily accept articles with poor or no peer review and quality control.
• They tend to inform the author about the fees only after accepting the article for publishing.
CHARACTERISTICS OF PREDATORY JOURNAL

• They pursue and campaign to the academician to a great extent.

• They also appoint false academicians for their editorial board.
• They often copy the name and website style of well established journals.
• They make misleading claims about publishing operation, such as false location.
• Use ISSN improperly.
• They often boast about being “indexed” by academic social networking websites like
research gate.
• They also boast about other standard identifiers such as ISSNs and DOIs potraying
themselves as some prestigious or reputable bibliographical database.
 WHY DO In research environments, there is
ACADEMICIANS usually more value for quantity over
quality.
PUBLISH IN
SUCH
JOURNALS? Hiring and promotion of academics is based
largely on their number of publications.
Predatory journals has helped many
pseudo- researchers to prosper.
WHAT IS THE HARM CAUSED BY PREDATORY
JOURNALS?

• Predatory and low-quality journals corrupt the literature.

• Medical science has been particularly hit hard, with journals now
devoted to unscientific medicine.
• “Peer review is at the heart of academic evaluation. Publishing
without peer review [while pretending that peer review was done]
gives poor and mediocre academics a chance for jobs and
promotions which should go to better qualified researchers.”
 HRD MINISTRY TO REMOVE ALL BOGUS
JOURNALS
• For the study titled “A critical analysis of the ‘UGC-approved
list of journals’, a team of six researchers, in association with
the human resource development (HRD) ministry, analysed
1,336 academic periodicals randomly selected from a list of
5,699 journals in the so-called university-source component.

• Their conclusion: “Over 88% of non-indexed journals in the

university source component of UGC-approved list could be
of low quality.”
SOFTWARE TOOLS TO IDENTIFY PREDATORY
PUBLICATIONS DEVELOPED BY SPPU
Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) appointed a committee to look after the issue
of predatory journals.

PRESENT PROBLEM:
A recent study to find out who is publishing in such journals revealed that most
authors in predatory journals are from developing countries like India, Nigeria, some
African and middle eastern countries..
 HRD MINISTRY TO REMOVE
ALL PREDATORY JOURNALS

The dubious publications were identified by the team of

researchers that included Bhushan Patwardhan, a professor
at the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), a special
invitee member on the UGC Standing Committee for
Notification of Journals and former vice-chancellor of
Symbiosis International University
GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO AVOID
PREDATORY PUBLISHING
 Committee feels that good research publications need good quality research work,
which can be attained with inquiry, investigation, innovation and hard work
 Committee feels that the present policy of universities to strengthen the
research culture by providing support of its own resources is good, however
more stringent methods are needed to evaluate impact and outcome of
research.

Therefore, the committee recommends following as a policy to encourage

responsible
research and ethical publishing:
• Generally, those journals which are regularly published at least for consecutive five years, do
not guarantee publication in short time at cost consideration, publish true and correct
information on websites, have reputed academicians on editorial boards and are members of
reputed bodies like COPE can be considered as good journals and research publications in
such journals can be considered for academic purposes.

Papers published in private in-house journals, proceedings of workshops,

seminars,
refresher/orientation courses should not be considered as research publications.

• In accordance with the UGC Regulations 2010 our Universities should develop
comprehensive faculty-wise list of quality Journals and reputed publisher in each subject.
This should be used as reference when dealing with research guides recognition, PhD/
M.Phil submissions, selection, confirmation, increments, career advancement.
• To qualify individual publications in peer reviewed / reputed / refereed journals mere ISSN
number is not sufficient. The publisher / journal should be indexed in globally accepted
databases, should preferably be members of reputed bodies like COPE and must follow
publication ethics in a transparent manner where all true, correct and vital information is
available on the journal website.

• A good journal that complies with ethics in publishing, which is indexed in reputed agencies
like Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct, Pubmed, SSRN etc should be considered as a
reputed journals.
Various types of tools and metrics developed by reputed agencies like Thomson
Reuters,Scopus, Scimago are few of the reliable indicators.
Record of citations to a particular publication in other reputed journals is also a very
useful
parameter to judge quality of a research paper.
In open access, Google Scholar offers citation records and h5-index, which can also be
considered in primary evaluation. It is best to ensure that the Journals are indexed in at least
three of the reputed indexing / metrics agencies and databases.
• Research publications in Marathi, Hindi and other languages constitute an important aspect
especially for the Faculties of Arts, Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

Due recognition to Marathi and other language journals should be given. The modalities to
identify reputed research journals in Marathi and other languages should be decided by a
committee of senior social science professors together with external national experts duly
approved by the Vice Chancellor.

• The faculty-wise lists should be developed by independent committees to be appointed by Vice

Chancellor consisting of senior professors from University and external experts including
national research professors, Directors of National Institutes, Fellows of National Academies
and such other distinguished academicians.

Journals published by National Academies, National Institutions and National Societies should
be recognized. These lists should be updated every year and should be published in annual
reports and displayed prominently on the University website.
• Classification of Journals like national or international and ranking merely based on impact
factors is not relevant today especially because large number of predatory journals with names
starting with ‘international’ ‘global’, ‘world’ etc are in plenty as also several counterfeit impact
factor agencies are in existence. Because many counterfeits and spurious agencies have
cropped up giving fake h index and impact factors, utmost care needs to be taken before
including any journal in the official list of the University.

• Many fake indexing agencies, societies, academies have created false identity to sound /
appear
similar to reputed agencies.

• Very careful due diligence should be done while developing a comprehensive faculty-wise list of
approved journals.

• Research publication ethics and guidelines should be widely circulated and undertaking
should be obtained from PhD guides and the research students, stating that he/she has
understood the guidelines and violating them can lead to appropriate actions by the
University.
• As a good publication practice, manuscripts proposed to be published as research articles,
thesis, dissertation may preferably go through screening by individual Departmental Research
Committee consisting internal and external experts duly approved by the Vice-Chancellor. All
such research manuscripts should be scanned through reputed anti-plagiarism software like
Turnitin, Orkund, etc.

• University should create more awareness about predatory publishers and importance of
publication ethics so that faculty and students are encouraged to do high quality rigorous
research and not succumb to desperation to publish poor quality work by taking short cuts and
easy ways.

• Quality of any publication can be best judged after considering amount of work, rigor,
methodology, novelty etc, which can be evaluated by external experts in the field in an
anonymous manner. As a long term policy, the University should strengthen its research culture
and bring stringent external peer review system to critically evaluate its research output.

• These guidelines and comprehensive faculty-wise lists of Journals in each subject should be
published in the University Annual Report and prominently displayed on the University website
for creating awareness and dissemination of information.
 CONCERNS AND MEASURES RELATED TO
PREDATORY JOURNALS
 Fending off the attack of trash science will be a long battle. Predatory journals have
severely compromised scientific scholarship.
 They collect fees, but do not perform peer review or other promised services.
 In India, research is carried out mainly at national institutes and laboratories as well
in a few universities.
 In 2010, UGC began evaluating current and potential university faculty members by
their publications.Although well intended, this regulation encouraged corruption.
 There is a need to correct overemphasis on quantity over quality as an academic
performance indicator.
 Teaching faculty and researchers need dependable guidance on choosing journals
in which to publish.
 UGC has set up the Consortium for Academic Research and Ethics(CARE) to promote
these goals and to improve the quality of research at Indian universities in general.
 PREDATORY OPEN ACCESS
PUBLISHING

• The idea that they are "predatory" is based on the view that
academics are tricked into publishing with them, though some
authors may be aware that the journal is poor quality or even
fraudulent.

• New scholars from developing countries are said to be especially

at risk of being misled by predatory practices.
HRD MINISTRY TO REMOVE ALL
PREDATORY

Out of the 1,336 journals studied, 897 were disqualified from the UGC-
approved list of journals by the human resource development ministry
for providing false information such as an incorrect ISSN (International
Standard Serial Number), making false claims about the impact getting
published in their pages would have, indexing in dubious databases,
poor credentials of editors and non-availability of information such as
an address, website details and names of editors. Papers published in
the disqualified journals will not be considered valid.
HOW DOES ONE FIND OUT IF A GIVEN
JOURNAL IS PREDATORY OR NOT?
• Some people think any journal from an unknown publisher,
or a journal that charges for publication, is necessarily
predatory.
• That is not necessarily correct. The important thing is to dig
deeper and find the quality of submitted manuscripts and its
standards,”
BEALL’S CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFICATION
OF PREDATORY JOURNALS
 CHECKLIST TO IDENTIFY FAKE JOURNAL
• Do you or your colleagues know the journal?
• Can you easily identify and contact the publisher?

• Is the journal clear about the type of peer review it uses?

• Are articles indexed in services that you use?
• Is it clear what fees will be charged?
• Do you recognise the editorial board?
• Is the publisher a member of a recognised industry initiative (COPE,DOAJ,OASPA)?
• The publisher has poorly maintained websites, including dead links, prominent misspellings and
grammatical errors on the website.
• The publisher makes unauthorised use of licensed images on their website, taken from the
open web, without permission or licensing from the copyright owners.
• Re-publish papers already published in other venues/outlets without providing appropriate
credits.
 CHECKLIST TO IDENTIFY FAKE JOURNAL

• Use boastful language claiming to be a ‘leading publisher’ even though the publisher may
only be a start-up or a novice organisation.
• Provide minimal or no copyediting or proofreading of submissions.
• Publish papers that are not academic at all, e.g. essays by lay people, polemical editorials,
or pseudo-science.
• Have a ‘contact us’ page that only includes a web form or an email address, and the
publisher hides or does not reveal its location.
• The publisher publishes journals that are excessively broad (e.g. Journal of Education) or
combine two or more fields not normally treated together (e.g. International Journal of
Business, Humanities and Technology) in order to attract more articles and gain more
revenue from author fees.
HOW TO AVOID PREDATORY PUBLISHERS?

 APA staff has compiled a list of questions to help researchers avoid publishing in
predatory journals.When you receive an e-mail inviting you to submit a manuscript,
consider:
 Is the e-mails’ tone overly informal?
 Is the journal’s website provided as a part of the email? Is the journal’s publisher
clearly acknowledged in the email?
 What is the reputation of the publisher? Does the publisher’s website look
professional? Are the publishers’ full contact details provided clearly on every page?
Is impact factor information presented clearly and without qualifiers?
 If the journal is identified as ‘open access’ in the email or on the home page, is the
journal’s financial model clearly announced?
NAME : COMPASS TO PUBLISH: ASSESSING THE FRAUDULENT NATURE OF AN OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL

Link:
https://www.uliege.be/cms/c_12945539/en/compass-to-publish-assessing-the-fr
audulent-nature-of-an-open-access-journal
 BEWARE OF PREDATORY JOURNALS

• Is the publisher listed in any blacklist

(Beall's List, UGC Care)?
• Check in any whitelist like DOAJ.
• Searching for the journal in databases
(PubMedCentral, Web of Science).
• Credible journals follow transparency in editorial
and peer review processes.

THANK YOU
Journal Finder/Journal Suggestion
Tools

Presented By:
Mr. Siddharth Gupta
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