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Open is not forever: a study of vanished open access journals
arXiv - CS - Digital Libraries Pub Date : 2020-08-27 , DOI: arxiv-2008.11933
Mikael Laakso, Lisa Matthias, Najko Jahn

The preservation of the scholarly record has been a point of concern since the beginning of knowledge production. With print publications, the responsibility rested primarily with librarians, but the shift towards digital publishing and, in particular, the introduction of open access (OA) have caused ambiguity and complexity. Consequently, the long-term accessibility of journals is not always guaranteed, and they can even disappear from the web completely. The purpose of this exploratory study is to systematically study the phenomenon of vanished journals, something that has not been done before. For the analysis, we consulted several major bibliographic indexes, such as Scopus, Ulrichsweb, and the Directory of Open Access Journals, and traced the journals through the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. We found 176 OA journals that, through lack of comprehensive and open archives, vanished from the web between 2000-2019, spanning all major research disciplines and geographic regions of the world. Our results raise vital concern for the integrity of the scholarly record and highlight the urgency to take collaborative action to ensure continued access and prevent the loss of more scholarly knowledge. We encourage those interested in the phenomenon of vanished journals to use the public dataset for their own research.

中文翻译:

开放并非永远:对消失的开放获取期刊的研究

自知识生产开始以来,学术记录的保存一直是一个关注点。对于印刷出版物,责任主要由图书馆员承担,但向数字出版的转变,特别是开放获取 (OA) 的引入导致了歧义和复杂性。因此,期刊的长期可访问性并不总是得到保证,甚至可能完全从网络上消失。这项探索性研究的目的是系统地研究期刊消失的现象,这是以前从未做过的事情。为了进行分析,我们查阅了几个主要的书目索引,例如 Scopus、Ulrichsweb 和开放获取期刊目录,并通过 Internet Archive 的 Wayback Machine 追踪期刊。我们发现了 176 种 OA 期刊,由于缺乏全面和开放的档案,在 2000 年至 2019 年间从网络上消失,涵盖世界所有主要研究学科和地理区域。我们的结果引起了对学术记录完整性的重大关注,并强调了采取合作行动以确保持续获取并防止丢失更多学术知识的紧迫性。我们鼓励那些对消失的期刊现象感兴趣的人将公共数据集用于他们自己的研究。
更新日期:2020-09-04
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