OASPA has now posted their data and method and is approving comments, so my comments about OASPA's approach have been addressed for now. ~ Heather
On 2013-03-12, at 9:49 AM, David Prosser wrote: > No, any upswing in 2008 is not the result of the formation of OASPA. My > simple point was that the growth was clearly not the result of membership of > OASPA as the chart extended to before the creation of OASPA. Hans has > pointed out the obvious interpretation of the chart - as supported by the > text given by OASPA. Also the data are now available. > > And I've seen nobody complain about 'scholarly critiques' so I'm not sure why > Heather has put that into the mix. > > David > > > > > On 12 Mar 2013, at 16:24, Heather Morrison wrote: > >> To illustrate how growth in the use of this one license is likely conflated >> with overall growth of open access and other factors such as an increas in >> OASPA membership, here are the data for the growth in DOAJ including search >> by article for 2012: >> >> • 8,461 journals - increased by 1,133 over past year or 3 titles per day >> • 4,199 journals searchable by article - up 739 over past year, 2 per >> day >> • 944,804 articles searchable by article - up 246,258 over past year, >> 674 per day >> • easy prediction: over 1 million articles searchable by article early >> in 2013 >> >> from: The Dramatic Growth of Open Access 2012 early year-end edition: >> http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.ca/2012/12/dramatic-growth-of-open-access-2012.html >> >> The total number of articles searchable by article is impacted or >> potentially by several factors: >> - additive - new articles published by existing journals >> - increasing publication rates for OA journals >> - technical - more journals added to the mix (more journals searchable by >> article at DOAJ) >> - digitization of back issues for journals that have converted from print >> >> What does this mean for interpreting the OASPA chart? >> >> - the growth shown likely mirrors the overall growth of open access. >> During this time frame, there has been dramatic growth not only in OA >> journals, but also in repositories and their contents. >> - the OASPA chart shows a significant upswing in 2008, the year OASPA was >> formed as David Prosser points out. >> >> In order to properly assess the data, what is needed is an explanation of >> the research method and details about the data itself. Ideally, the full >> data for anyone for download and mine. >> >> I find it mind-boggling that scholarly publishers and their associations, >> whether traditional or open access, need to have someone point out to them >> that if they wish to present data / chart to make a case, they should >> present their research method and be prepared to accepted scholarly critique. >> >> best, >> >> Heather Morrison, PhD >> The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics >> http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com >> >> On 2013-03-12, at 1:46 AM, David Prosser wrote: >> >>> As the chart has data going back to 2000 and OASPA was only formed in 2008 >>> I'm finding it difficult to see how the figures can be influenced by >>> growing OASPA membership! >>> >>> David >>> >>> >>> >>> On 11 Mar 2013, at 20:57, Heather Morrison wrote: >>> >>>> OASPA has posted a picture of a chart of CC-BY growth on their blog: >>>> http://oaspa.org/growth-in-use-of-the-cc-by-license-2/ >>>> >>>> The chart by itself is difficult to interpret. For example, to what extent >>>> is CC-BY growth conflated with OASPA membership growth or overall open >>>> access growth? >>>> >>>> Will OASPA be releasing the data for all to mine? >>>> >>>> best, >>>> >>>> Heather G. Morrison >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> GOAL mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> GOAL mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> GOAL mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > > > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
