The DOAJ database, with bibliographic information about nearly 5,000 open-access journals, offers more than its name implies, by virtue of also having searchable traditional bibliographic data, keywords and abstracts for 331,000 articles of 1,725 open-access scholarly journals. The software offers good browsing options for the journal records, but the search and output features should be enhanced. Adding records about journals with delayed open access (of 6-12 months moratorium) would significantly enhance this excellent database. ...
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 12/16/2009 01:30:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
