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Browsing by Author "Hanlon, Ann"

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    Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities in the Sciences?
    Ramírez, Marisa L.; McMillan, Gail; Dalton, Joan T.; Hanlon, Ann; Smith, Heather S.; Kern, Chelsea (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2014-11)
    In academia, there is a growing acceptance of sharing the final electronic version of graduate work, such as a thesis or dissertation, in an online university repository. Though previous studies have shown that journal editors are willing to consider manuscripts derived from electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs), faculty advisors and graduate students continue to raise concerns that online discoverability of ETDs negatively impact future opportunities to publish those findings. The current study investigated science journal policies on open access ETDs and found that more than half of the science journals responding (51.4%) reported that manuscripts derived from openly accessible ETDs are welcome for submission and an additional 29.1 percent would accept revised ETDs under certain conditions.
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    Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities in the Sciences?
    Ramirez, Marisa L.; McMillan, Gail; Dalton, Joan T.; Hanlon, Ann; Smith, Heather S.; Kern, Chelsea (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2013-10)
    In academia, there is a growing acceptance of sharing the final electronic version of graduate work, such as a thesis or dissertation, in an online university repository. Though previous studies have shown that journal editors are willing to consider manuscripts derived from electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs), faculty advisors and graduate students continue to raise concerns that online discoverability of ETDs negatively impact future opportunities to publish those findings. The current study investigated science journal policies on open access ETDs and found that more than half of the science journals contacted (51.4%) reported that manuscripts derived from openly accessible ETDs are welcome for submission and an additional 29.1% would accept revised ETDs under certain conditions.
  • Do Open Access ETDs Affect Publishing Opportunities in the Sciences? Findings from the 2012 Survey of Academic Journal Editors
    McMillan, Gail; Ramirez, Marisa L.; Dalton, Joan; Hanlon, Ann; Smith, Heather; Kern, Chelsea (2012-12-17)
    Although open public access to electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) has been widely implemented in higher education, some faculty advisors and graduate student authors are still concerned that unfiltered access to their ETDs could diminish future publishing opportunities. This presentation will discuss a survey of academic journal editors about their attitudes towards ETDs that was conducted under the auspices of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. At the fall 2011 Coalition for Networked Information meeting, results of a survey of social science and humanities editors and university press directors were reported. This presentation will share the latest survey findings regarding the policies of science journals in light of open access ETDs. It will also compare the results from the 2011 social science and humanities survey and the 2012 science survey.
  • Do Open Access ETDs Effect Publishing Opportunities in the Sciences? Preliminary Findings from the 2012 Survey of Academic Journal Editors
    McMillan, Gail; Ramirez, Marisa L.; Dalton, Joan; Hanlon, Ann; Smith, Heather (15th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012-09-14)
    In spite of some institutions decade-long policy of providing open public access to ETDs in their online repositories, some faculty advisors and ETD authors are still concerned that unfiltered access to ETDs could diminish future publishing opportunities. Therefore, the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Board of Directors charged a working group to survey editors about their attitudes and journal policies regarding online theses and dissertations. At the 2011 ETD symposium, the authors reported the results of the survey of social science and humanities editors’ and publishers’ attitudes toward freely accessible ETDs. Those findings revealed that the majority of manuscripts, which are revisions of openly, accessible ETDs are welcome for submission. The authors subsequently conducted a similar survey of science journal editors. This paper presents the preliminary survey findings regarding the policies of science journals in light of open access ETDs. It also compares and contrasts the survey responses among the three publishing communities--science, humanities, and social science.