Gold Open Access Journals: Books and Data

2024 Edition: Gold Open Access 2024: Articles in Journals 2019-2023 (GOA9)

1. The Book: Gold Open Access 2024: Articles in Journals 2019-2023 (GOA9)

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PDF ebook (free)

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2. The Data

Available on my website: https://waltcrawford.name/g9_figshare.xlsx

Figshare: Gold Open Access 2024

3. Diamond OA 2024: The World of No-Fee OA Publishing

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2023 Edition: Gold Open Access 2017-2022: Articles in Journals (GOA8)

1. The Book: Gold Open Access 2017-2022: Articles in Journals (GOA8)

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2. The Data

Figshare: Gold Open Access 8: 2017-2022.

Also available in my website at https://waltcrawford.name/g8_figshare.xlsx.

3.  Diamond OA 2023: The World of No-Fee OA Publishing

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2022 Edition: Gold Open Access 2016-2021: Articles in Journals (GOA7)

1. The Book: Gold Open Access 2016-2021: Articles in Journals (GOA7)

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2. The Data

Figshare: Gold Open Access 7: 2016-2021.

Also available on my website at https://waltcrawford.name/g7_figshare.xlsx

3. Gold Open Access by Country 2016-2021: The Long Tail

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2021 Edition: Gold Open Access 2015-2020: Articles in Journals (GOA6)

1. The Book: Gold Open Access 2015-2020: Articles in Journals (GOA6)

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2. The Data

Figshare: Gold Open Access 6: 2015-2020

Also available from my website, at https://waltcrawford.name/g6_figshare.xlsx, but Malwarebyres may treat this as suspicious.

3. Gold Open Access by Country 2015-2020

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2020 Edition: Gold Open Access 2014-2019: Articles in Journals (GOA5)

1. The Book: Gold Open Access 2014-2019: Articles in Journals (GOA5)

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2. The Data

Figshare: Gold Open Access 2014-2019 (GOA5)

3. Gold Open Access by Country 2014-2019

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2019 Edition: Gold Open Access 2013-2018: Articles in Journals (GOA4)

1. The Book: Gold Open Access 2013-2018: Articles in Journals (GOA4)

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2. The Data

Figshare: Gold Open Access 2013-2018 (GOA4)

3. Gold Open Access by Country 2013-2018

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4. Gold Open Access 2013-2018: Subject and Publisher Profiles

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2018 Edition: GOAJ3: Gold Open Access Journals 2012-2017

1. The Data

Figshare: https://figshare.com/articles/Gold_Open_Access_Journals_2012-2017_GOAJ3_/6429362

[Identical dataset with incorrect name:  https://figshare.com/articles/GOAj3_Gray_Open_Access_Journals_2012-2017/6379883]

2. The Book: GOAJ3: Gold Open Access Journals 2012-2017

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3. Gold Open Access Journals by Country 2012-2017

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The increased price is entirely because of more coverage resulting in more pages; as usual, price is raised to the nearest $0.50 above cost.

4. Subject Supplement

Now out as Cites & Insights 18.4 

2017 Edition: GOAJ2: Gold Open Access Journals 2011-2016

1. The Data

Figshare: https://figshare.com/articles/GOAJ2_Gold_Open_Access_Journals_2011-2016/5023256

2. The Book: GOAJ2: Gold Open Access Journals 2011-2016

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3. Countries of OAWorld 2: 2011-2016

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4. Subject Approach

This will not appear as a separate book. GOAJ2 has some coverage, and more appear in the June 2017 Cites & Insights.

The 2016 Edition: Gold Open Access Journals 2011-2015

1. The Data

Figshare: https://figshare.com/articles/Gold_Open_Access_Journals_2011-2015/3407500
Excel spreadsheet. no macros, no formulas. Creative Commons BY (attribution) license.

2. The Book: Gold Open Access Journals 2011-2015

PDF ebook (free): 

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Print paperback ($6):

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{I'm making $0.34 on each sale, if you're interested.)

As of 4 p.m. (PDT) Saturday, June 18, 2016, all versions have corrected growth & shrinkage tables and discussions,

3. Gold Open Access Journals: A Subject Approach

Expanded subject coverage with a chapter on each of 28 subjects.

PDF ebook (free):

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For those unable or unwilling to download the PDF from Lulu, there's a copy on my website as waltcrawford.name/goajsub.pdf

Print paperback ($6):

Available at Lulu--but if you want it as cheaply as possible, go to Lulu's home page: they frequently have discount codes. Then you can search for the book or use the link here.

(This one's a little longer, so I'll make $0.18 on each sale.)

As of 4 p.m. (PDT) Saturday, June 18, 2016, all versions have corrected growth & shrinkage tables and discussions,

4. The Countries of OAWorld, 2011-2015

Detailed coverage of OA country-by-country, excluding the big publishers in APCLand.

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For those unable or unwilling to download the PDF from Lulu, there's a copy on my website as waltcrawford,name/goajcntr.pdf

Print paperback ($8)

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(This one's a lot longer--over 300 pages. I'll make two cents on each sale.)

5. Gray OA 2012-2016: Open Access Journals Beyond DOAJ

Not part of the SPARC-sponsored project.

The PDF, a 72-page 6" x 9" ebook, is Volume 17, Issue 1 (whole number 200) of Cites & Insights.

No print version will be made available.

A partial dataset is available at https://figshare.com/articles/Gray_OA_2012-2016_Gold_OA_Beyond_DOAJ/4275860

A Word About Standards

All PDFs are PDF/A, an official standard.

Given that I can open and save the .xslx spreadsheet in LibreOffice with no loss of information, I regard that as a functionally open standard--but if necessaryI'll make an .odt version available. The troubles with .csv are that I can't couple the notes to the spreadsheet--and it's too easy to mangle Unicode in a .csv file.

(Trust me: I care about standards. I even wrote the book: Technical Standards: An Introduction for Librarians. (1986; second edition 1991. Long out of print.)