2 - The Rise of Open Access Journals: Their Viability and Prospects for the African Scholarly Community
Corresponding Author(s) : Allison Möller
Revue africaine des médias,
Vol. 15 No 1-2 (2007): Revue africaine des médias, Volume 15, n° 1 & 2, 2007
Résumé
L’édition électronique a permis à l’éditeur de revues savantes d’offrir un produit de haute qualité, mais dans des conditions peu satisfaisantes: les prix élevés, les conditions rigides et les obstacles liés au droit d’auteur qui restreignent fortement le flux et l’utilisation optimaux de l’information. Insatisfaits des termes et des limites des revues traditionnelles, les individus, les groupes et les organisations ont choisi d’adopter un autre modèle de revue. Le mouvement du libre accès peut être considéré comme faisant partie d’une tendance qui vise à briser l’étau de l’expropriation commerciale de l’information. Les revues de libre accès sont disponibles gratuitement pour la lecture, la copie et de la diffusion. Avec l’appui croissant de plusieurs milieux différents, le défi lancé à l’industrie d’édition qui est de 3,5 milliards de dollars a eu un effet potentiellement déstabilisateur. Cette étude portera sur l’essor des revues de libre accès et examinera les aspects économiques d’un modèle fonctionnel « auteur-payeur ». Nonobstant les avantages appréciables pour les lecteurs, le projet de renversement des traditions profondément ancrées doit également surmonter d’importants obstacles. Il s’agit notamment de la pratique du système de récompense académique, les questions de financement, les perceptions de la qualité et de l’intégrité, ainsi que le problème fondamental de la fracture numérique. Bien que le modèle du libre accès présente également une sérieuse menace pour les publications des chercheurs, toutes les initiatives visant à promouvoir la visibilité des revues africaines doivent être explorées.
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Altbach, P. G.. and Teffera, D., eds, 1998, Knowledge Dissemination in Africa: The Role of Scholarly Journals, Bellagio Studies in Publishing, 8, Massachusetts: Bellagio Publishing Network.
BioMed Central, 2004, ‘Open Access Journals Proven to Compete on Quality’, Press Release, 24 June, (http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/pr- releases?pr=20040624), Accessed 20 August 2004.
Bjork, B. C., 2004,‘Open Access to Scientific Publications – An Analysis of the Barriers to Change?’, Information Research, 9 (2), Available online at http://informationr.net/ir/9-2/paper170.html, Accessed 20 August 2004.
BNP Paribas Study [excerpts], 2003, Available online at http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/news -letter/11-02-03.htm#paribas, 20 August 2004.
Burdzy, K., 2002, ‘Mathematical Articles and Bottled Water’ (http://www.math.washington.edu /~burdzy/water.shtml), Accessed August 2004.
Forero-Pinedo, C. and Jaramillo-Salazar, H., 2001, ‘The Access of Researchers from Developing Countries to International Science and Technology’, International Social Science Journal, 171, pp. 129-140.
Friend, F., 2004, ‘Letter’. The Times Higher Education Supplement, May 28.
Harnad, S., and Brody, T., 2004, ‘Comparing the impact of open access vs non-OA articles in the same journals’, D-Lib Magazine, 10 (4), June, Available online at http://www.dlib.org/dlib/june04/ 06contents.html, Accessed 20 August 2004. Jensen, M., 2003, ‘The Evolution of the Internet in Africa’, in Beebe, M., et al, Africa Dot Edu: IT Opportunities and Higher Education in Africa, New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, pp. 43-68.
JISC., 2004, ‘JISC/OSI Journal Authors Survey Report’ (http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents /JISCOAreport1.pdf), Accessed 20 August 2004.
King, D. W. & Tenopir, C., 2004, ‘An Evidence-based Assessment of the «author pays» Model’, Nature Web Focus, (http://www.nature.com/nature/focus/ accessdebate/26.html), Accessed 20 August 2004.
Lor, P., 2004,’Knowledge Production, International Information Flows and Intel- lectual Property: An African Perspective’, Presentation at the Association of African Universities DATAD Workshop,
Accra, Ghana, 19-20 February. (http://www.aau.org/datad/reports/2004workshop/lor.pdf), Accessed 20 August 2004. Okkerson, A., 2003, ’Towards a Vision of Inexpensive Scholarly Journal Production’, Libri, 53.
Science & Technology Committee, House of Commons, 2004a, ‘Scientific Publication’, Uncorrected
transcripts of Oral Evidence, March 1, March 8 and 21 April, (http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/ cmsctech/uc399-i/uc39902.htm), Accessed 20 August 2004.
Science & Technology Committee, House of Commons, 2004b, Scientific Publi- cation: Free for All? (http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/ cmselect/cmsctech/399/39902.htm.), Accessed 20 August 2004.
Suber, P., 2003, ‘BNP Paribas Concludes that Open Access Threatens Elsevier’, (http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/11-02-03.htm#paribas), Accessed 20 August 2004.
Suber, P., 2004, ‘Timeline of the Open Access Movement’, http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/ timeline.htm, Accessed 20 August 2004.
Teferra, D., 2003, ‘Scientific Communication and Research in African Universities: Challenges and Opportunities in the Twenty-First Century’, in Teferra, D., and Altbach, P., Handbook of Higher Education in Africa, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, pp. 128-142.
Walport, M., 2004, ‘Everyone’s a Winner’, Times Higher Education Supplement, May 7.
Wellcome Trust, 2004, ‘Costs and Business Models in Scientific Research Fund- ing’, (http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/images/costs_business_7955.pdf), Accessed 20 August 2004.