Re: Maximising research access vs. minimizing copy-editing errors

["Sally Morris \(ALPSP\)" <sally.morris@alpsp.org>]

Apologies for copying the wrong link.  You will find the BMJ data 
at http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/aboutsite/visitorstats.shtml - look 
at the 'Annual Online Questionnaire'

Sally Morris, Chief Executive
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
South House, The Street, Clapham, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3UU, UK
Email:  sally.morris@alpsp.org

> [mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Sally Morris
> (ALPSP)
> Sent: 28 July 2006 00:36
> To: Liblicense
> Subject: Re: Maximising research access vs. minimizing copy-editing errors
>
> Maybe we need more information about the actual size of the 
> access problem. Publishers tend, I think, to report fairly low 
> levels of 'turnaways' - those who try to access full text but 
> can't.  If any publishers reading this can contribute figures, 
> that would be useful.
>
> A very, very small percentage of accesses to BMJ's free 
> research articles are from patients and the general public; 
> see 
> http://miranda.ingentaconnect.com/vl=6377737/cl=15/tt=885/ini=alpsp/nw=1/fm= 
> docpdf/rpsv/cw/alpsp/09531513/v16n3/s1/p163.
>
> In OUP's recent study of NAR 
> (http://www.oxfordjournals.org/news/oa_report.pdf) only eight 
> to twelve percent of increased access was attributable to its 
> going OA;  far, far more was due to opening up to search engine 
> crawlers.
>
> Sally Morris, Chief Executive
> Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
> Email:  sally.morris@alpsp.org