Why You Should Consider Converting Your Work to Open Access
- Increase Citation Rates & Indexing Potential
- Greater Notoriety for Authors’ and Editors’ Academic Institutions
- Greater Sharing Power and Discoverability for the Authors and Editors
- Copyright Returned to the Authors and Editors (Converted to CC Licensing)
- Content Becomes Free to Access by All Researchers Around the World
- Contents of the Unlocked Work Can Be Utilized in Future Publications and Teaching Materials
- Opportunity for Additional Research Collaborations
- Affordable Open Access Conversion Fees
- Institutions Funding Conversions Will Benefit From a Wide Range of Promotional Materials Highlighting the Funding Sponsorship
The Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC) converted to gold open access in 2021.
It also retrospectively had its 2020 volume year converted to open access.
Dr. Sang-Bing Tsai Speaks to the Rise in Impact for His Journal,
Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC)
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In my opinion, the most important thing for a journal to be defined
as an excellent journal is that the external objective indicators
should be of high level, such as the impact factor of Web of Science
and the CiteScore of Scopus, and the internal evaluation reputation
in the research field should be excellent. We have been working
hard on these two aspects for several years, and now our journals
are ranked very high in Web of Science and Scopus.
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- Prof. Sang-Bing Tsai, JOEUC Editor-in-Chief
The shift to open access (OA) for JOEUC has proven to be highly successful
as the journal is experiencing an increase to its usage and citation rates as
the content is now freely accessible and no longer behind a paywall.
Pricing for Retrospective Open Access Conversions
Because the work will no longer be behind a paywall or collecting subscription revenue, open access processing
charges are critical to ensure the sustainability of the publication and our open access publishing program.
Converting work to open access does require production resources and technological tools.
As retrospective open access conversions involve the conversion of previously completed and published manuscripts to open access, no copyediting or editorial services will be included with the paid OA processing charge.
View All Pricing Below:
Retrospective Open Access Article Processing Charge (APC): US$ 3,000
Retrospective Open Access Chapter Processing Charge (CPC): US$ 3,500
Retrospective Open Access Book Processing Charge (BPC):
The total length of the book publication (chapter and word count), cost to produce the work, and the sales achieved
to-date on the work (to determine how much of the overhead costs to produce the work have been fulfilled), will play a
role in determining open access conversion costs. Please contact openaccessadmin@igi-global.com for estimates on
your full book conversion.
Funding Considerations and Options for Retrospective Open Access
Contributor Funding and Discount Options
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Any IGI Global Scientific Publishing contributor who has earned royalties or honorariums on their projects can use the amount toward unlocking one or more of their
previously published journal articles, book chapters, or full book publications.
Crowdfunding
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Consider crowdfunding the Article Processing Charge (APC), Chapter Processing Charge (CPC),
or Book Processing Charge (BPC) with multiple funders such as institutions, national funding,
self-funding (come together with other authors and editors – for edited books,
instead of open access funding for the book being fully covered by a BPC,
each chapter author pays the retrospective CPC for the conversion of their work), etc.
to each contribute a portion of the funds (note for full book publications, crowdfunding
platforms such as Kickstarter or
Unglue.it can be used).
Other Funding Options
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Some open access funders provide provisions for authors to open their work retrospectively.
For a list of OA funding organizations, please visit the Open Access Funding Resources page.
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Utilize foundations/associations for retrospective open access funding coming from foundations
with specialized and focused topic areas.
An Open Access Chapter in
Building Competencies for Organizational Success: Emerging Research and Opportunities
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This chapter in the book Building Competencies for Organizational Success:
Emerging Research and Opportunities, to open access in this way was the most
appropriate outlet to expose this work to a broader audience. My experience has
been that this work has gotten into the hands of audiences from across the globe.
Only possible due to open access. Since open access to this chapter. I have had
others consult with me about this work, and I have consulted others about their
work based on their access to my work. I encourage you to take advantage of the
open access. The exposure this platform offers is phenomenal.
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- Prof. Donta S. Harper, EdD