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Article: ALPSP survey blasts OA myths. Results of a new ALPSP survey of open access journals have blasted some of the misconceptions surrounding the OA model. Bobby Pickering sifts through the results.(Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, open access )
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- Information World Review
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- April 8, 2005
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A recent ALPSP survey found that much open access (OA) journal publishing is bypassing the need for academic researchers to pay for their research to be published, suggesting that "author-pays" is an inappropriate way of describing the model.
The research also suggests that OA journals are providing peer-review and copy-editing processes on a par with commercial publishing standards, contrary to rumours in the industry that they are responsible for a decline in editorial standards.
Funding for the research, carried out by Kaufman-Wills Group, was supplied by the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), the American Association ...