[Multiple Postings: F. Friend, S. Harnad, S. Morris, M. Carroll] Fred Friend:
If only authors did have the right to self-archive post-prints! Many of them (and we have all done it) have lost that right when they signed the publisher's copyright agreement. In order to self-archive post-prints authors have to retain copyright or retain that specific right to self-archive. Pre-prints can be self-archived without the publisher's agreement before the copyright agreement is signed. > > Anonymous query: > > > > "Over 60% of publishers" equates to what percentage of journal > > titles that allow institutional archiving of already published papers? > > Cox, J. & Cox, L. (2003) Scholarly Publishing Practice: The ALPSP > report on academic publishers' policies and practices in online > publishing. Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers. > http://www.alpsp.org/2004pdfs/SFpub210104.pdf > > Stevan Harnad: > > That's a good question, because it will most certainly be higher than > 60%! It would only be 60% of journals if each publisher published only > one journal. > > I hope the authors (Cox & Cox) or the sponsor (ALPSP's Sally Morris) > will be able to provide those data. Stevan's reference is correct. There is an executive summary on the site - the full report is for sale (we have to recoup the costs!) 275 publishers were asked; there were 149 usable responses including all the major players. About 52% of publishers covered in our survey do not allow posting of preprints; some 48% do, either on the author's own web page, the institution's site or a separate preprint server (yes, I know it doesn't make much difference) About 38% do not allow posting of the published article; around 62% do, in one or more of the locations outlined above. The questionnaires were anonymous so I have no way of telling you what Elsevier's policy is. Sally Morris, Chief Executive Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers http://www.alpsp.org ------------------------------------------------------- Michael Carroll: Job Announcement: Science Commons Executive Director http://creativecommons.org/learn/aboutus/opportunities
