Mathematicians' Views on Current Publishing Issues: A Survey of Researchers

Autor/in	Fowler, Kristine K.
Titel	Mathematicians' Views on Current Publishing Issues: A Survey of Researchers
Quelle	In: Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, (2011) 67 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-1206
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Tenure; Higher Education; Mathematics; Surveys; Researchers; Web Sites; Professional Personnel; Attitudes; Journal Articles; Access to Information; Electronic Publishing; Periodicals + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Mathematik; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Researcher; Forscher; Web-Design; Personalbestand; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Journal article; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Elektronisches Publizieren; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum
Abstract	This article reports research mathematicians' attitudes about and activity in specific scholarly communication areas, as captured in a 2010 survey of more than 600 randomly-selected mathematicians worldwide. Key findings include: (1) Most mathematicians have papers in the arXiv, but posting to their own web pages remains more common; (2) A third of mathematicians have published papers in open access (OA) journals, with speed of publication being seen as the primary advantage over traditional journals, but there is substantial philosophical opposition to OA journal models that charge author fees; (3) Tenure and promotion criteria influence publishing decisions even among most tenured faculty members; (4) Mathematicians want to keep more rights to their publications than they have been allowed, but they have a high success rate in negotiating with publishers for more; and (5) Online collaboration tools, such as Google Groups, are not yet widely used for research but their use is expected to rise in the near future. Reasons behind the mathematics culture of openness were also explored. (Contains 18 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10