Snapshot of Open Access

Here’s a nice snapshot of the current state of the Open Access movement:

More than 1,000 journals are now using Open Journal Systems (OJS).

Of these:
99% are academic
49% are fully open access
40% are delayed open access
11% have yet to publish their first issue
NOT ONE JOURNAL USING OJS was found to be entirely subscription-bound

Disciplinary breakdown:
50% - sciences
23% - social sciences
14% - humanities
12% - interdisciplinary
1% - non academic

I’m occasionally asked whether I think the Open Access movement is picking up momentum or not, and I don’t have a good answer because I’m not close enough to the action. This are good data points, and it’s encouraging that there are (apparently) more in the pipeline. (via Open Access News).

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