55% of those journals whose policies we at ROMEO examined allow self-archiving. Since no one is agreed how many journals there really are, and since we did not in any case have the resources to check every single one, it is impossible to provide the figure for "all journals". It is probably fair to say that the journal list covers virtually all the "important" journals in the world. Statistically, it is likely that the sample was "typical" of the population of journals as a whole.
However, if Mr Schneider would care to undertake the necessary work to do the comprehensive work, we would all applaud him. Charles Professor Charles Oppenheim Department of Information Science Loughborough University Loughborough Leics LE11 3TU 01509-223065 (fax) 01509-223053 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Markus Schneider" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 4:41 PM Subject: Re: Project RoMEO Listing of Journal Copyright Agreements > I would be thankful for some clarification. Why is the 55% figure (3897) of > journals which allow self archving based on a number of 7135 journals rather > than 24000 (the total number of journals)? > > http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ls/disresearch/romeo/Romeo%20Publisher%20Policies.htm > > Isnt it a bit misleading to state that 55% of the journals allow either > pre- or post print self archving when the actual number is closer to 15% > (24000/3897)? (irrespective of whether one believes that publisher's > consent to self archiving is necessary or not) > > Markus Schneider >
