ALPSP and the Kaufman-Wills Group have released a post-publication addendum to their October 11 report, The Facts About Open Access. The addendum is devoted to peer review and contains new data and analysis not on the original report. Among other things, it acknowledges that BMC journals use external peer reviewers (pp. 4-5), correcting the original report. Moreover, "Once ISP journals were removed from the calculations, the percentage of Full Open Access journals relying on editorial staff for peer review [rather than external reviewers] dropped from 28% to 4%. Thus, without ISP journals in the mix, the percentage of Full Open Access journals relying on editorial staff for peer review was not significantly different than any other cohort" (p. 2).
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/28/2005 11:38:00 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.
