... institutions and academic journal publishers, so-called transformative agreements (TAs), where subscription-based reading access is bundled with OA publishing rights. This study explores the motivational reasonings given by customers and publishers engaging with TAs. Design/methodology/approach This study...

... sources. The list is freely accessible and invites regular updates. The approach used here (webscraping) has seldomly been used in meta-scientific surveys. Bibliographic systems Data collection University presses Journals Online databases Journal publishers Predatory publishers...

... and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Economics Electronic publishing Electronic journals Publishing Free publications Journal publishers Peer review is a fundamental element of scholarly publishing. The process...

.../by/3.0/legalcode Economics Electronic publishing Electronic journals Journals Free publications Journal publishers Open-access mega-journals (OAMJs) represent an increasingly important part of the scholarly communication environment. The first journal of this type (still seen...

... of the biggest, if not the biggest, author survey conducted into scholarly publishing and OA publishing. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Journals Journal publishers Free publications Information media This study was conducted in the winter of 2003/2004 against the backdrop...