On the color schemes of Open Access
Karsten Schuldt (FH Graubünden) open access · analyticsA problem one encounters with Open Access (OA) is the wide range of understandings of different OA types and classifications. What started as a classification of two “colors” (gold and green, see Harnad et al. 20081) has evolved into a plethora of possible classifications. Right at the outset of the OA movement the SHERPA/RoMEO-project (2002-2006) proposed an enhanced four color scheme (green, blue, yellow, white; see Jenkis et al. 20072). Since then, the number of colors meaning different classifications of OA, have grown rapidly. E.g. one LiBGuide of the De Paul-University, Chicago, now lists seven types of OA (green, blue, yellow, gold, white, black and hybrid; see Lucic (n.d.)3). Taubert et al. (2019: 34; further discussion see below) count 14 different colors used in different studies on OA.
On the problems of APC cost analysis
Karsten Schuldt (FH Graubünden) openapc · apc · open access · analyticsWhat are we dealing with, when we talk about “costs of OA”?
It has become commonly accepted in the scientific community that Open Access comes with costs attached. Sustainable infrastructures, editorial work and other costs have to be financed somehow. But, as the concept of “Article Processing Charges” (APC) which have to be paid for the publication of OA-articles has taken root, it has also become commonplace to focus singularly on those costs when talking about the “costs of OA”.
On Open Access Analytics in Europe
Karsten Schuldt (FH Graubünden) analytics · open accessOne of the work packages in the SONAR project is concerned with “Open Access (OA) Analytics”. This is a field on which work has been done already in the last years in other European countries. SONAR can profit from this work.