Revisiting open access journal policies and practices in Serbia | EIFL

"EIFL is delighted to announce a new 10-month project in Serbia, titled ‘Revisiting open access journal policies and practices in Serbia’, with the Serbian Library Consortium for Coordinated Acquisition (KoBSON - EIFL’s partner consortium in Serbia) and the National Library of Serbia. The project will improve visibility of Serbian OA journals, and enhance their attractiveness for researchers – both readers and authors. Scholarly OA journals in Serbia are mostly subsidized by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development and/or supported by membership fees or donations to scholarly societies. Therefore, most journals do not charge article processing charges (APCs). Over the past decade, much has been done to improve the quality and visibility of OA journals in Serbia, primarily through DOISerbia and SCIndeks. However, many OA journals in Serbia have not truly made the transition towards e-publishing and global visibility. Many journals are merely archives of PDF files, and some still make the e-version available only after the print version has been released ..."