Developing Open Access Journals

A Practical Guide

David Solomon (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2008
Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84334-340-0 (ISBN)

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This book provides a practical guide to developing and maintaining an electronic open access peer-reviewed scholarly journal. The book provides a very practical step by step guide to addressing the issues of creating an open access journal.

This book provides a practical guide to developing and maintaining an electronic open access peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Creating such journals, particularly if it is done well, requires a great deal of specialized knowledge that spans library science, web development, intellectual property rights and publishing, as well as well issues that are unique to the activity itself. The book provides a very practical step by step guide to addressing the issues of creating an open access journal.

Dr David J. Solomon is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Michigan State University. He started an open access electronic journal in medical education, Medical Education Online, which has grown rapidly in recent years.

Part 1 Background information: Introduction; Examples of successful open access journals. Part 2 Crafting a new open access journal: Journal planning issues; Hosting and data systems; By-laws, policies and other journal documentation; Resources and financing; Disseminating the content of your journal. Part 3 Maintaining and operating an open access journal: Launching the journal; Maintaining and sustaining an OA journal; Concluding remarks.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.1.2008
Reihe/Serie	Chandos Information Professional Series
Verlagsort	Witney
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	460 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
ISBN-10	1-84334-340-1 / 1843343401
ISBN-13	978-1-84334-340-0 / 9781843343400
Zustand	Neuware