Open Access, and Subject/Institutional Repositories - the future of research publishing
Doug Newman
Thomson Scientific
September 2005
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), the world-renowned organization tasked with providing strategic guidance to support teaching, learning, research and administration, recently announced their long-awaited findings regarding the future of research publishing.
New publishing models
The JISC International Colloquium took place from June 21 to 22 in
London, UK. JISC’s colloquium statement lists principles that point to
a future of not only traditional publishing models, but open access and subject/institutional
repositories as well:
“We believe that communication of results is an essential part of the research process, and that research outputs should be disseminated widely and readily, giving access to all. There are many effective routes to do this; traditional publishing models are only one route. Of the emerging models, open access journals and subject repositories and institutional repositories show potential, and further development and deployment should be encouraged.”
Encouraging innovation
Thomson Scientific whole-heartedly supports these findings. New developments
with open access journals and repository searches, as well as continued development
in indexing scholarly Web materials puts Thomson Scientific on the forefront
of technological and communicative innovations. Our “publisher-neutral”
position, combined with our strict selection criteria, ensure that we will provide
you with the best research data, and only the best research data.
Thomson Scientific strongly encourages all researchers to continue to publish their findings in the medium most appropriate for them, secure in the knowledge that their work may still be included in the prestigious ISI Web of KnowledgeSM. We are excited to see what new research and technologies the future will bring.