Re: From ROAR to DOAR - How [many] articles are free?

From: Sally Morris (ALPSP) <"Sally>
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 22:41:50 -0000

 In addition to self-archived papers and those in full OA journals, don't
forget (a) those in hybrid/optional OA journals (which seem to average
around 40 articles p.a) and (b) those in 'Delayed OA Journals'. I and
others are currently trying to estimate the latter - over 1m articles from
HighWire Press publishers alone (and 0.25m from the first 32 ALPSP members
to respond to my enquiry...)

Sally

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>>> Topics of the day:
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>>> 1. how much articles are free? (4)
>>> 2. UK PubMed Central Project: EU tender process launched
>>> 3. February issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter
>>> 4. Correct URL for February SOAN
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>>> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 08:49:21 +0100
>>> From: "Eberhard R. Hilf" <hilf_at_ISN-OLDENBURG.DE>
>>> Subject: Re: how much articles are free?
>>>
>>> dear Simone
>>>> I would like to know if there is a number of articles/papers archived
>>>> untill now around the world and the number of uses. Thank you.
>>>> Simone R. Weitzel
>>>> UNIRIO/Library Science School
>>>> Brasil/Rio de Janeiro - RJ
>>> what for to understand what?
>>> For a number to be worth the effort to count you need a reference
>>> scheme
>>> of understanding, e.g.
>>> you want it to compare with something because to draw from that a
>>> conclusion which helps to ..
>>> - tell anyone something?
>>> - sell anyone something?
>>>
>>> In case you cannot convince others of such a frame, do it yourself by
>>> an
>>> estimate:
>>> All documents archived on any standard: take number of sold computers
>>> times the number of documents on your own.
>>> All scientific documents: take number of scientists in the world times
>>> annual output.
>>> If you do not know the number of scientists worldwide take that of you
>>> own institute, multiply by the ratio to all of your University,
>>> upgrade by the ratio of your University to the Country, to the one of
>>> your country to SouthAmerica etc.
>>>
>>> In our case it is simple:
>>> I am one physicist, output 20 per year, 20 colleagues here, 10
>>> faculties,
>>> 10% of state, 10% of country, 20% of Europe, 20% of world times 10
>>> years of WWW 100.000.000 scientific documents locally digitally
>>> archived.
>>> Science is about .1 % of all fields of activities; thus you get 10
>>> Bill.
>>> But what changes the world if you know this number?
>>> So please be more specific what you want to learn.
>>> Eberhard HIlf
>>>
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