Open Access: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly By Tim Bottorff, Head, Rosen Library With assistance from Sarah Norris, Scholarly Communication Librarian, John C. Hitt Library 18 November 2016

What is Open Access? "Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.“ ~ Peter Suber "OA is a kind of access, not a kind of business model, license, or content." ~ Peter Suber

Common OA Pathways Publish in a fully OA journal, such as: Tourism & Management Studies Review of Economic Analysis International Review of Management and Marketing Publish in a traditional journal that allows you to unlock an OA option (through negotiation or fees) Publish in a traditional journal & later archive your work in an OA repository, such as: STARS http://stars.library.ucf.edu/ ResearchGate Academia.edu

The Good Increases access Increases impact Shares your work worldwide, without paywalls or other hindrances Increases impact Increases your likelihood to be read and cited Increases your reputation Good for the institution & academia OA may help solve the “pricing crisis” for scholarly journals

The Bad OA publishing still costs money Article Processing Charges (APCs) Some fields are slower to adopt OA OA journals may have lower metrics than traditional journals Some restrictions if you self-archive later: May have to use a pre- or post-print version of your work May have to wait until an embargo period passes Sherpa Romeo site can help you navigate the policies of most journals http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/index.php

The Ugly OA also provides an opportunity for… predatory publishers, lower quality journals, and various nefarious practices Tactics may include: May provide little or no evidence of real peer review May list researchers on editorial boards without their consent May spam researchers with unsolicited emails May surprise researchers with high fees to publish the work May never actually publish the article

Recommendations Trust your gut Use a checklist, such as Think Check Submit http://thinkchecksubmit.org/ Check standard sources, such as: Directory of Open Access Journals https://doaj.org/ Beall's Scholarly Open Access https://scholarlyoa.com/ UCF Library’s Online Journals lookup site http://library.ucf.edu/ Google Scholar’s journal metrics https://scholar.google.com/ A book in the library titled The Source: A Guide to Academic Journals in Hospitality, Leisure, Tourism, & Travel

Removing Articles from Predatory Journals If your work was published in a predatory journal, you may wish to: Remove the article from your CV File a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice, see e.g.: http://www.sfwa.org/2013/03/the-dmca- takedown-notice-demystified/ File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC): https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/

UCF Librarians Questions about Open Access, predatory publishers, and other aspects of scholarly communication: Sarah Norris, Scholarly Communication Librarian 407-823-2402 Sarah.Norris@ucf.edu Shane Roopnarine, Rosen Public Services Librarian 407-903-8003 Shane.Roopnarine@ucf.edu Tim Bottorff, Rosen Head Librarian 407-903-8004 Timothy.Bottorff@ucf.edu Questions about STARS (UCF’s digital institutional repository): Kerri Bottorff, Digital Collections Project Coordinator 407-823-1129 Kerri.Bottorff@ucf.edu Lee Dotson, Digital Initiatives Librarian 407-823-1236 Lee.Dotson@ucf.edu

Additional Sources UCF Libraries Open Access Guide http://guides.ucf.edu/openaccess UCF Libraries Scholarly Communication department http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/scholarly- communication/ Open Access Overview by Peter Suber http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm