Submission Bias and the Rise of Open Access Journals | Aesthetic Surgery Journal

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-10-30

Summary:

[Introduction] Substantial growth continues to occur in open access publishing.1 This developing trend in medical literature comes with the potential to accelerate the spread of knowledge worldwide, create a more informed public and ultimately improve health care through the dissemination of knowledge. However, it also brings inherent challenges that must be considered to ensure established standards of research are upheld. In particular, standalone open access journals must gain credibility as reliable outlets of quality research. Standalone open access journals often times lack the foundation and resources of hybrid journals, which are linked to traditional subscriber based publications. Plastic surgeons should be aware of the nuances accompanying open access publishing in order to successfully shepherd this relatively …

Link:

http://asj.oxfordjournals.org/content/35/8/NP275

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.medicine oa.gold oa.quality oa.credibility oa.hybrid oa.publishers oa.business_models oa.paywalled oa.journals

Date tagged:

10/30/2015, 09:02

Date published:

10/30/2015, 05:02