A Survey of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty Regarding Author Fees in Open Access Journals

Autor/inn/en	Cusker, Jeremy; Rauh, Anne E.
Titel	A Survey of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty Regarding Author Fees in Open Access Journals
Quelle	In: Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 78 (2014), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-1206
DOI	10.5062/F4VH5KTQ
Schlagwörter	Periodicals; College Faculty; Teacher Surveys; Graduate Students; Student Surveys; Physical Sciences; Mathematics; Engineering; Research Universities; Fees; Publishing Industry; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Fakultät; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Schülerbefragung; Natural sciences; Naturwissenschaften; Naturwissenschaft; Mathematik; Maschinenbau; Forschungseinrichtung; Gebühren; Studiengebühren; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Discussions of the potential of open access publishing frequently must contend with the skepticism of research authors regarding the need to pay author fees (also known as publication fees). With that in mind, the authors undertook a survey of faculty, postdocs, and graduate students in physical science, mathematics, and engineering fields at two research universities (Cornell University and Syracuse University) asking for their experience with and opinion of paying author fees for publication of research in open access journals. The results of this survey indicated that most respondents had not decided against publishing in an open access journal due to the author fee requirement. Those who had paid them only requested or received coverage for those fees in grant line-items or from institutional sources in a few cases. Responses seemed to combine cautious optimism about open access journals with intense skepticism about their quality and intense opposition to the idea of having to pay any additional costs from their own pockets. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01