Oxford Journals release preliminary findings from open access experiments: final report now available online

["MUKHERJEE, Mithu" <mithu.mukherjee@oxfordjournals.org>]

***Apologies for cross posting***

Oxford Journals has published the final report from its open access
workshop, held on 5 June 2006. Details follow

For further information please contact:
Mithu Mukherjee,
Assistant Communications Manager, Oxford Journals
+44(0)1865 354471
mithu.mukherjee@oxfordjournals.org


Oxford Journals release preliminary findings from open access
experiments

Findings from three studies into the effects of open access on 
authors, readers, usage, and citations have today been made 
available online: 
http://www.oxfordjournals.org/news/oa_workshop.html. The reports, 
conducted by LISU, CIBER, and Oxford Journals, were shared with 
the research community as part of a one day workshop earlier this 
month.

1. NAR Author and Reader Survey, Claire Saxby, Oxford Journals

2. Evaluation of open access journal experiment: Stage 2 report, 
Claire Creaser, LISU

3. Determining the impact of open access publishing on use and 
users: a deep log analysis of Nucleic Acids Research, David 
Nicholas, Paul Huntington and Hamid R Jamali, CIBER

Martin Richardson, Managing Director, Oxford Journals, commented: 
"This report presents the preliminary findings of our research to 
date. We hope that making this data available will stimulate 
others to share their experiences of open access, in order to 
help to foster a better understanding of the advantages and 
disadvantages of open access and subscription-based business 
models."


For further information on Oxford Journals' open access 
experiments, click here 
<http://www.oxfordjournals.org/oxfordopen/>

For further information on the Oxford open access workshop, click 
here <http://www.oxfordjournals.org/news/oa_workshop.html>

Notes for Editors

The Oxford Journals open access workshop took place on 5 June 
2006 at the Institute of Physics conference Centre, 76 Portland 
Place, London

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