Bjork and Solomon. Open access versus subscription journals: a comparison of scientific impact. BMC Medicine 2012, 10:73 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-10-73. “Our results indicate that OA journals indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus are approaching the same scientific impact and quality as subscription journals, particularly in biomedicine and for journals funded by article processing charges.” Bjork and Solomon [...]
Interesting commentary in NEJM: Copyright and Open Access at the Bedside. John C. Newman and Robin Feldman. N Engl J Med 2011; 365:2447-2449. December 29, 2011.
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Elsevier issued a guidance document, Ways to Use Journal Articles Published by Elsevier: A Practical Guide, that outlines the rights of authors who publish in journals published by Elsevier.
The Washington University Copyright Addendum form has been revised to allow for a completed addendum in PDF to be sent via email to the author. The WU Addendum allows authors to select from various rights such as: Comply with the NIH Public Access Policy Comply with funding agency policies for public access Post the work [...]
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The Washington University Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and General Counsel along with the Danforth Campus Libraries and the Becker Medical Library are pleased to present, Copyright Law and Your Rights as an Author. Do you have a manuscript or other work that you are preparing for publication? Do you know what rights you [...]
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Interesting reading on author rights by Timothy Armstrong. An excerpt follows: There are good reasons to retain your copyright rather than assigning it to the publisher. Why might you prefer this? • They don’t need it. Publishers can do all the things they might legitimately want to do with your work (publish it, put it [...]
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Authors are encouraged to anticipate their future use of the work and retain any or all of the rights they may need to achieve their academic and professional goals. Authors may want to retain rights to do the following: Make copies of the work for educational use, including class notes, study guides or electronic reserves [...]
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PloS recently initiated a program to provide metrics for individual articles published in all PLoS journals. This program focuses on the impact of the article itself instead of the journal and includes metrics for assessing the impact of the article by using indicators such as cited-by citations, social bookmarks, blog coverage, to name a few. “. [...]
Are you an author? Do you know what you are agreeing to when you sign a publication agreement form? To learn more about your rights as a an author, read: An Introduction to Publication Agreements for Authors by Timothy K. Armstrong. Many publishers allow authors to retain a number of rights to their work. Some [...]
How can authors enhance the impact and visibility of their work? One way is to use the same variation of your name consistently throughout your academic career. If your name is a common name, add a middle name to distinguish yourself from other authors. Standardize your output to maximize your impact. Retain rights to your [...]
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