36 · SPEC Kit 299
TOPICS: N
Economics of scholarly publishing 54 49
(91%)
6
(11%)
4
(7%)
2
(4%)
4
(7%)
1
(2%)
1
(2%)
1
(2%)
Author rights management 52 50
(96%)
2
(4%)
1
(2%)
— 2
(4%)
— 1
(2%)
1
(2%)
Contributing to digital repositories 52 45
(87%)
2
(4%)
1
(2%)
1
(2%)
2
(4%)
1
(2%)
1
(2%)
5
(10%)
Benefits and examples of open
access journals
51 39
(76%)
6
(12%)
5
(10%)
2
(4%)
5
(10%)
— 1
(2%)
5
(10%)
Implications for teaching of giving
away copyright
50 44
(88%)
— 1
(2%)
— 1
(2%)
— 1
(2%)
6
(12%)
Author activism (e.g., refusing to
publish in expensive journals)
49 32
(65%)
3
(6%)
2
(4%)
— 2
(4%)
— 1
(2%)
14
(29%)
Future of scholarly society
publishing
49 30
(61%)
4
(8%)
3
(6%)
2
(4%)
2
(4%)
— 1
(2%)
15
(31%)
Impact of new models on peer
review, promotion and tenure, etc.
49 34
(69%)
1
(2%)
1
(2%)
3
(6%)
2
(4%)
— — 14
(29%)
National/international public
access developments such as
Federal Research Public Access Act
of 2006, NIH policy, etc.
49 35
(71%)
3
(6%)
— — 5
(10%)
— — 9
(18%)
Editor activism (e.g., working
within scholarly societies to
improve open access to articles)
47 26
(55%)
7
(15%)
3
(6%)
— 3
(6%)
— 1
(2%)
14
(30%)
Future of the scholarly monograph 46 24
(52%)
1
(2%)
4
(9%)
7
(15%)
2
(4%)
— — 15
(33%)
Disciplinary differences in
communication practices
46 25
(54%)
— — — 1
(2%)
— — 21
(46%)
Other topic 9 4
(44%)
— — — — — 1
(11%)
4
(44%)
All
faculty Science/Engineering
Social
Sciences Humanities
Health
Sciences
Law Other
discipline
Not
addressed