Publikowanie OA

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Open publishing obligation – Plan S

This is a broad action plan for opening up the results of publicly funded research. A group of science funding organizations (including the National Science Centre), with the support of the European Commission and the European Research Council, is creating the so-called cOAlition S with the aim of providing mandatory access to scientific publications and research results funded by these organizations from 2021 (in Open Access model).

Institutions and authors will naturally retain copyright on their work, but it will be advisable to publish under a Creative Commons license. Publishing itself is expected to take place within Open Access journals (as high quality as possible) or in Open Access databases/repositories.

It should be noted that publishing in Open Access shifts the costs of publishing to the author or as strongly recommended, to the funding institution.

Plan S assumes publishing in the Open Access model not only for scientific articles but also monographs, chapters and the sharing of research data.

Paths of publishing in Open Access

The Golden Route

The golden route of open access to publishing means an intentional, completely open model for publishing and distributing content based on a uniform and fully open publishing policy. This includes formal issues (regulated, open access policies such as a Creative Commons license for articles). Such publications are entirely available free of charge for download (with a possible embargo period).

The Green Route

The green route is a model of somewhat derivative open publishing. Usually, the authors of individual articles post them in databases from which they can be downloaded free of charge. This process can also be mediated by a scientific institution (university, library). Usually, these articles are in the form of preprints (before review and editorial corrections) or post-prints (final versions already after reviews and editing).

Creative Commons Licences

Authors who make their works available for free do not transfer their copyright but allow their publications to be redistributed. Creative Commons licenses are usually applied, which allow publications to be copied, distributed and presented. These licenses are based on four essential modules, which can occur together (if not mutually exclusive).

  •  Attribution (BY). It is free to copy, distribute, present and perform copyrighted work and derivative works based on it, provided that the name of the original author is cited.
  • Non-commercial use (NC). You may copy, distribute, display and perform copyrighted work and derivative works based on it for non-commercial use only.
  • No Derivative Works (ND). No derivative works. You may copy, distribute, present and perform the work only in its original form - the creation of derivative works is not permitted.
  • Under the same conditions (SA). You may distribute derivative works only under the same license as the original work.

Threats

Fake journals

Beware of fake journals - scamming academic texts and money - impersonating reputable titles. Fraudsters fake the official pages of journals, using not only the title, but also the publisher footer, DOI identifier, ISSN, editorial board members, etc.

For example, there have already been approx. 50 forged journals whose originals are indexed in the JCR database have already been identified.

Non-existent conferences

Another dangerous phenomenon is fake conferences from which - despite promises - materials are not indexed in Web of Science or Scopus, and sometimes not published at all. The scientific supervision of such a conference is fake; the responsible body of scientists is usually made up.

Predatory publishers

Offers to publish papers fast should be approached with caution. There are publishers who offer publishing services and accept articles for publication without reviewing or editing the texts. Their actions are characterized by a high degree of aggressiveness aimed at acquiring publications and representatives to editorial boards. They often go as far as fraudulently including, for example, the names of scientists on editorial boards without their consent and providing a false Impact Factor or their own article citation factors. They misrepresent the publishing process, notify authors of fees only after an article has been accepted for publication and charge for non-existent services.

Note: Reputable publishers do not seek for papers and the publishing process takes a long time due to reviewing and editorial work!

 We encourage you to read the presentation Fałszywe czasopisma, drapieżni wydawcy – metody działania i skuteczne rozpoznanie. If in doubt, please contact the library.

 

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