Open Access Spectrum (OAS)

October 22, 2012

A guide to understanding the core components of OA

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OAS Cover

http://www.plos.org/about/open-access/howopenisit/

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OAS– Front Page

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Open Access Spectrum – HowOpenIsIt? Grid

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OAS – Independent of OA

Journals can be more open or less open,But their degree of openness is intrinsicallyIndependent from their:

* Impact * Prestige * Quality of Peer Review* Peer Review Methodology * Sustainability* Effect on Tenure & Promotion * Article Quality

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HowOpenIsIt? – The PLOS grid

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HowOpenIsIt? Open Access SpectrumAssess Where You Are On the Grid

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This Guide is a Collaboration Among: