The case for varying embargos based on frequency of publication is often
stated, but I wonder if librarians actually look at the number of issues
under embargo when making cancelling decisions? Is the fact that there may
be only one issue under embargo important?
It would be interesting to compare the access curves for these two astronomy
journals with other astronomy journals to see if there were any significant
differences.
David
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From: American Scientist Open Access Forum
[mailto:AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG] On
Behalf Of J.F.B.Rowland
Sent: 11 April 2007 12:55
To: AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG
Subject: Re: Journal embargo periods.
Without wishing to defend this particular case, I feel I should point out
that there needs to be some sort of relationship between the length of the
embargo period and the frequency of publication of the journal. A journal
published only twice a year which had an embargo period of six months would
have only one issue under embargo at any time; a weekly with a six-month
embargo would have 26 issues protected. Publishers of quarterlies typically
want a minimum of a year's embargo.
Fytton Rowland, Loughborough University
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew A. Adams" <A.A.Adams_at_READING.AC.UK>
To: <AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:54 AM
Subject: Journal embargo periods.
> While looking at the Journal of Legal Studies for possible submission, I
> noted the University of Chicago Press is green for its journals. It allows
> non-commercial deposit, specifically including institutional repository
> deposit. There is an interesting element in it's embargo period:
>
> http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/rights.html
> ...
> Can I include my published paper in an official institutional repository?
>
> You may place your published paper in a non-commercial data repository
> maintained by an institution of which you are a member, provided that all
> relevant conditions described in this FAQ and on the journal's home page
> are
> met. Your paper may be made publicly available after the appropriate
> embargo
> period* has been observed. You are responsible for informing the manager
> of
> the institutional repository of the embargo period that must be observed.
>
> *Embargo periods are as follows: American Journal of Human Genetics: 6
> months; Astrophysical Journal and Supplement Series, Astronomical Journal,
> Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific: 3 years; all
> other
> journals: 12 months.
> ...
>
> As has been stated here many times, ID/OA with an embargo period is the
> minimum "green policy" and allows the eprint capability to produce
> more-or-less OA even within the embargo.
>
> The reason I think this is of interest to the community here is the length
> of
> the embargo period for the three astronomy/astrophysics journals. Has
> anyone
> else come across a THREE YEAR embargo period before?
>
>
>
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