On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:12 PM, Klaus Graf wrote:
The low percentage of full texts in Zurich seems to give
some evidence
against the OA mantra that most publishers allow green
OA:
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/5169934/
The low percentage of full texts in Zurich gives some evidence that,
unlike most of the other 53 OA mandates to date, the
Zurich mandate (adopted in 2005) is still not being implemented . I
doubt that these figures from ZORA represent anywhere near Zurich's
full annual output:
* 2007 (429)
* 2006 (409)
* 2005 (463)
Compare these with the figures for QUT , whose mandate was adopted in
2004.
* 2007 (1749)
* 2006 (1661)
* 2005 (1444)
The differences have nothing whatsoever to do with the percentage of
journals that endorse Green OA self-archiving (63% for postprints +
32% for preprints).
The differences arise from Zurich's delay in implementing its
mandate.
(If Klaus's data are right, then ZORA may not yet have implemented
its email eprint request Button fully yet either.)
Zurich was among the fleet ones to adopt a mandate, but not to
implement it. As the mandate momentum grows, I expect Zurich will
catch up.
Stevan Harnad
Received on Sun Sep 07 2008 - 04:49:23 BST