Download or read book Developing Open Access Journals written by David Solomon and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a practical guide to developing and maintaining an electronic open access peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Creating such journals, particularly if it is done well, requires a great deal of specialized knowledge that spans library science, web development, intellectual property rights and publishing, as well as well issues that are unique to the activity itself. The book provides a very practical step by step guide to addressing the issues of creating an open access journal. - The first book on the practical issues of developing an open access journal – what to do, and what not to do - Comprehensive and provides a step by step guide in the process of developing an open access journal