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The Open Access Divide

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  • Jingfeng Xia

    (School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, 755 W. Michigan St, UL 3100B, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA)

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This paper is an attempt to review various aspects of the open access divide regarding the difference between those academics who support free sharing of data and scholarly output and those academics who do not. It provides a structured description by adopting the W s doctrines emphasizing such questions as who, what, when, where and why for information-gathering. Using measurable variables to define a common expression of the open access divide, this study collects aggregated data from existing open access as well as non-open access publications including journal articles and extensive reports. The definition of the open access divide is integrated into the discussion of scholarship on a larger scale.

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  • Jingfeng Xia, 2013. "The Open Access Divide," Publications, MDPI, vol. 1(3), pages 1-27, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jpubli:v:1:y:2013:i:3:p:113-139:d:29640
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    1. Jingfeng Xia, 2010. "A longitudinal study of scholars attitudes and behaviors toward open‐access journal publishing," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 61(3), pages 615-624, March.
    2. Jingfeng Xia, 2010. "A longitudinal study of scholars attitudes and behaviors toward open-access journal publishing," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 61(3), pages 615-624, March.
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    1. Julia Gross & John Charles Ryan, 2015. "Landscapes of Research: Perceptions of Open Access (OA) Publishing in the Arts and Humanities," Publications, MDPI, vol. 3(2), pages 1-24, April.

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