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Scholarly communication and open access: Perspectives from Korea
Author(s) -
Joung Kyoung Hee,
Rowley Jennifer
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1002/leap.1108
Subject(s) - scholarly communication , political science , government (linguistics) , toll , payment , business , public relations , library science , computer science , publishing , finance , law , medicine , philosophy , linguistics , immunology
This article reports on scholarly communication and open access ( OA ) in Korea. Drawing on a range of databases, articles, and reference sources, it provides unique insights. In contrast to the UK / US model of scholarly communication, in Korea, most scholarly journals are published by discipline‐based scholarly societies and research institutes affiliated to universities. Payment for publication is the norm, and typically features article processing charges and scholarly society membership fees for both OA and toll access ( TA ) journals. Online access to journals in Korea is provided by commercial vendors who enter into contracts with the scholarly societies for exclusive use. Three online access models apply – TA , gold OA , and dual access – with the use of these models varying between disciplines. In parallel with this access provided by commercial vendors, there are a number of government‐funded open access repositories (OARs) to which university researchers are requested to deposit their research outputs, as well as OARs run by universities and other research institutes.