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Open Access Publishing as a Discipline-Specific way of Scientific Communication: The Case of Biomedical Research in Finland

Advances in Library Administration and Organization

ISBN: 978-0-7623-1411-9, eISBN: 978-1-84950-484-3

Publication date: 17 July 2007

Abstract

Open access to scientific publications is in this study looked at from the perspective of Finnish biomedical research. In the study we outline the development of open access in Finland and the different channels for open access publishing as well as the recommendations from officials. We argue that the discipline-specific patterns of communicating research should be taken into account when studying open access adoption, and when planning for initiatives and recommendations. We have in the case study on the prevalence of open access articles on the Internet, in the field of biomedical research, found that incentives to publish in open access channels could be developed and that the impact of open access in research publishing is growing and therefore future research is needed.

Citation

Hedlund, T. and Roos, A. (2007), "Open Access Publishing as a Discipline-Specific way of Scientific Communication: The Case of Biomedical Research in Finland", Garten, E.D., Williams, D.E., Nyce, J.M. and Talja, S. (Ed.) Advances in Library Administration and Organization (Advances in Library Administration and Organization, Vol. 25), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 113-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0732-0671(07)25006-0

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