Challenges in Open Access Publishing for Software Engineering and Information Systems Fields
A special issue of Challenges (ISSN 2078-1547).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 November 2013) | Viewed by 360
Special Issue Editors
Interests: human aspects in software engineering; psychometrics in software engineering; web engineering; open access; open source; open data
Interests: empirical software engineering; agile software development; software engineering training and education
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Interests: empirical software engineering; software processes and methods; entrepreneurship; software innovation; human aspects in software engineering; research methods
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is known that research results are often hidden behind the publishers’ paywall and may not be accessible for all researchers and practitioners. While there are thousands of peer-reviewed journals with consistently increasing subscription costs, universities, libraries and companies are suffering from budget cuts making it difficult for them to offer a wide access to articles and journals. Therefore, there is an apparent danger that published research results are not seen by the audience that would benefit from them. Arguably, a solution for this matter would be to make all the research results freely available over the Internet. Open Access as defined in the Budapest statement is such an initiative. Indeed, as of today, various Open Access models for publishers exist. The most commonly used models are called the gold, green, hybrid, and the delayed publishing models. Many new players are entering this market: independent journals and magazines, subscription-based traditional publishers, and the so-called predatory publishers. In Software Engineering and Information Systems fields, the status of Open Access publishing is little researched and hence to large extent an unknown and little understood venue for researchers and practitioners. The purpose of this special issue on Open Access publication challenges is to investigate the uncharted terrain in the fields of Software Engineering and Information Systems. We welcome all kinds of viewpoints including theoretical contemplations, systematic reviews, mapping studies, and empirical research papers on different topics, including those listed in the keywords below.
Dr. Daniel Graziotin
Dr. Xiaofeng Wang
Dr. Pekka Abrahamsson
Guest Editors
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Challenges is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- open Access
- publication models
- quality of Open Access publications
- industrial experiences
- researchers' perceptions
- publishers' viewpoints
- status of Open Access research
- costs of Open Access publishing
- barriers for adoption of open access
- new publication innovations in Open Access
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