Open Access

Open Access at Linköping University Electronic Press

Linköping University Electronic Press is an Open Access publisher, which means that authors retain the copyright of their publications and readers may download, read and distribute (non-commercially) a publication as long as they give complete attribution to the authors.

Freely available publications lead to greatly increased citation rates

• Open Access means making research results freely (i.e. cost free) available to anyone with an internet connection.
• Open Access allows anybody to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and cite full versions of texts without financial or technical barriers (other than those associated with access to the internet), and furthermore to use such texts in any other conceivable legal manner.
• Articles published with Open Access are generally much more highly read and cited (see References below).
• Author's retain the copyright to their work.
• The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) and other granting agencies have or are considering making Open Access publishing of work they fund mandatory.
• Several Swedish Universities have Open Access publishing policies (requiring, where possible, results to be published with Open Access journals) - e.g. Lund and Stockholm Universities.
• A list of Open Access journals is given by the DOAJ.
• Most major commercial publishers (e.g. Elsevier, Taylor-Francis, Springer...) allow a compromise: parallel or post-print publishing; published articles (with certain conditions) can be published on personal or institutional (non-profit) web sites (i.e. LiU E-Press).
• The advantages for researchers are undeniable: increased visibility of work, increased citation, increased impact.
• Parallel publishing or Post Publishing with LiU E-Press is simple and articles will also be registered automatically in LiU's Publication Database.

References

The Berlin Declaration. Available at Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities (pdf) (2008-10-03)

Budapest Open Access Initativ. Available at Budapest Open Access Initiative (2008-10-03).

Eysenbach, Gunther. “Citation Advantage of Open Access Articles”, PLoS Biology, 4(5): e157, 2006. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040157 (2007-10-22).

Geist, Michael. “Push for Open Access to Research”, BBC, 28 Feb., 2007.  Available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6404429.stm (2007-10-22).

Lawrence, S. “Free Online Availability Substantially Increases a Papers’s Impact”, Nature (411) 521, 2001. Available at http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1038/35079151 (2007-10-22) (Requires subscription).

Sanderwall, Erik. “Commentarium on Open Access to Research”, 2006. Available at http://piex.publ.kth.se/coar/ (2007-10-22).

“The effect of open access and downloads ('hits') on citation impact: a bibliography of studies”, The Open Citation Project. Available at http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html (2007-10-22).

External Sources

Open Access and/or Scientific Databases

• Biomedical information resources - Biomedical links
• Digital Academic Repositories - Worldwide Access to Dutch Academic Research Result
• DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
• e-ref - Agriculture, Forestry and Wood and Veterinary Medicine
• PubMed - Over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and links to fulltext articles
• Sherpa Romeo - Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving
• Science, Engineering and Technology - access to physical sciences, engineering, computing, geography, mathematics and environmental science.
• SCIRUS - Searches over 300 million science-specific Web pages

Open Access Student Theses Databases

• Uppsatser.se, gets the information from the database below (Swedish)
• Uppsök, a Swedish National Search Service for Student Theses in fulltext (Swedish)

Collection of Links to International Databases with Ph.D. Theses

• The University of Chicago Librar