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open-acces-book-policies/9324430-oa-book-policy-landscape/article/attitudes-towards-open-access-books-in-the-european-research-area

Attitudes towards open access books in the European Research Area

04-03-2025 01:00 … research funding organisations and policymakers across different countries within the European Research Area. A total of 39 individual and three group interviews were conducted. Policy and …

Open-acces-for-books/7555171-author-success-stories/article/13700457-author-success-story-conservation-biology-in-sub-saharan-africa

Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa

26-11-2024 01:00 … information on the funding behind the research / book / network We were prepared to fund the project using our own resources. This seemed feasible given the reasonable production costs quoted by …

Open-acces-for-books/7555171-author-success-stories/article/5631558-contextual-process-digitalization-changing-perspectives-design-thinking-value-led-design

Contextual Process Digitalization: Changing Perspectives – Design Thinking – Value-Led Design

26-11-2024 01:00 … information on the funding behind the research / book / network We were able to receive funding from various projects and initiatives. Our academic institutions and our network partners were helpful …

Open-acces-for-books/7555171-author-success-stories/article/5287897-coronavirus-politics-the-comparative-politics-and-policy-of-covid-19

Coronavirus Politics: The Comparative Politics and Policy of COVID-19

26-11-2024 01:00 … information on the funding behind the research / book / network Most of the funding for the book came from the International Institute at the University of Michigan. It also received support from …

Open-acces-for-books/7555171-author-success-stories/article/12678163-destination-london-the-expansion-of-the-visitor-economy

Destination London: The Expansion of the Visitor Economy

26-11-2024 01:00 … information on the funding behind the research / book / network The book didn’t receive any dedicated funding, although we successfully applied for University of Westminster funds to help pay for …

glossary/glossary/article/13448491-diamond-open-access

Diamond open access

27-11-2024 01:00 … Diamond open access Diamond open access is sometimes used to describe gold open access where publication is made freely available on the publisher platform and there is no fee to the author or their …

glossary/glossary/article/2729213-embargo-embargo-period

Embargo period

27-11-2024 01:00 … Embargo (period) A period during which access to scholarly work is restricted to those who have paid for access. Once the embargo period ends, an author’s work can be deposited in a repository if …

glossary/glossary/article/1181786-gold-open-access

Gold open access

27-11-2024 01:00 … Gold open access Gold open access usually means the immediate, permanent, and free to access availability of the published version of record on the publisher’s website and with a licence that …

glossary/glossary/article/16011913-green-open-access

Green open access

27-11-2024 01:00 … open access A version of the publication is archived online, e.g., in a repository. It can be freely accessed but sometimes only following an embargo period, and there can be barriers to reuse. …

open-acces-book-policies/9324430-oa-book-policy-landscape/article/needs-obstacles-and-challenges-of-policymaking-for-open-access-books

Needs, obstacles and challenges of policymaking for open access books

26-03-2025 01:00 … as a condition of funding. Regarding technical infrastructure, respondents were overwhelmingly in favour of publicly funded technical infrastructures rather than commercial solutions. A key issue …