Open access i praktiken. Fokus på humaniora och rättsvetenskap

Abstract:

"Open Access in practice. Focus on the humanities and legal sciences
This article deals with the possibilities for Open Access (OA) publishing for Nordic researchers in law and in the humani- ties. Fifty-two journal editors answered a survey with ques- tions on publishing in OA journals and on parallel publish- ing. The results show that the number of journals with a clear OA policy is low though a number of journals make articles freely available on the Internet without such a policy. The need to discuss the concept of OA in its relation to grat- is, “available without cost” as opposed to libre, “available without cost and free of most judicial restraints”, becomes visible in the study. This is necessary, not least when consid- ering research funders’ demand for OA. Many journals are positive towards parallel publishing. However, for many jour- nals there has never been a need to draft a policy due to a lack of demand from authors. The journals consider parallel publishing as a means to communicate research and to publicize the journal. The investigation also shows that writ- ten author contracts are rare. This means that copyright stays with the author, which would provide possibilities for parallel publishing."