CINXE.COM
Gold Open Access Journals: Books and Data
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <title>Gold Open Access Journals: Books and Data</title> </head> <body> <h1 style="text-align: center; background-color: #f68211;" align="CENTER"><a name="top"></a>Gold Open Access<br> Links to Books and Data</h1> <h1>2024 Edition: Gold Open Access 2024: Articles in Journals 2019-2023 (GOA9)</h1> <h3></h3> <h2>1. The Book: <i>Gold Open Access 2024: Articles in Journals 2019-2023 (GOA9)</i></h2> <h3>Trade paperback ($11.50 USD, nearest equivalent in other currencies), including color graphs</h3> <p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/gold-open-access-2024/paperback/product-7k9gv98.html">Available from Lulu</a>: https://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/gold-open-access-2024/paperback/product-7k9gv98.html</p> <h3>PDF ebook (free)</h3> <p><a href="https://waltcrawford.name/goa9.pdf">Available on my website</a>: https://waltcrawford.name/goa9.pdf</p> <h2>2. The Data</h2> <p><a href="https://waltcrawford.name/g9_figshare.xlsx">Available on my website</a>: https://waltcrawford.name/g9_figshare.xlsx</p> <p>Figshare: <a href="https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Gold_Open_Access_2024/25892869">Gold Open Access 2024</a></p> <h2>3. <i>Diamond OA 2024: The World of No-Fee OA Publishing</i></h2> <h3>PDF ebook (free)</h3> <p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/diamond-oa-2024/paperback/product-m2wy569.html">Available on my website:</a> https://waltcrawford.name/dia24.pdf</p> <h3>Trade paperback ($8 or nearest currency equivalent)</h3> <p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/diamond-oa-2024/paperback/product-m2wy569.html">Available from Lulu</a>: https://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/diamond-oa-2024/paperback/product-m2wy569.html<br></p> <h1>2023 Edition: Gold Open Access 2017-2022: Articles in Journals (GOA8)</h1> <h2>1. The Book:<em> Gold Open Access 2017-2022: Articles in Journals (GOA8)</em></h2> <h3>PDF ebook (free)</h3> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal"><a href="https://waltcrawford.name/goa8.pdf">Available on my website</a>: https://waltcrawford.name/goa8.pdf</p> <h3>Trade paperback ($11.50 or nearest currency equivalent), including color graphs.</h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/gold-open-access-2017-2022-goa8/paperback/product-mj27vg.html">Available from Lulu</a>: https://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/gold-open-access-2017-2022-goa8/paperback/product-mj27vg.html </p> <h2>2. The Data</h2> <p>Figshare: <a href="https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Gold_Open_Access_8_2017-2022/23203955">Gold Open Access 8: 2017-2022</a>. </p> <p>Also available in my website at <a href="https://waltcrawford.name/g8_figshare.xlsx">https://waltcrawford.name/g8_figshare.xlsx</a>.</p> <h2>3. <em>Diamond OA 2023: The World of No-Fee OA Publishing</em></h2> <h3>PDF ebook (free)</h3> <p><a href="https://waltcrawford.name/dia23.pdf">Available on my website</a>: https://waltcrawford.name/dia23.pdf</p> <h3>Trade paperback ($8 or nearest currency equivalent, rounded to 0.5).</h3> <p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/diamond-oa-2023/paperback/product-v6y795.html">Available from Lulu</a>: https://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/diamond-oa-2023/paperback/product-v6y795.html</p> <h1>2022 Edition: Gold Open Access 2016-2021: Articles in Journals (GOA7)</h1> <h2>1. The Book: <em>Gold Open Access 2016-2021: Articles in Journals (GOA7)</em></h2> <h3>PDF ebook (free)</h3> <p><a href="https://waltcrawford.name/goa7.pdf">Available on my website</a>: https://waltcrawford.name/goa7.pdf</p> <h3>Trade paperback ($10.50 or nearest currency equivalent), including color graphs.</h3> <p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/walter-crawford/gold-open-access-2016-2021-articles-in-journals-goa7/paperback/product-ydvyrz.html?page=1&pageSize=4">Available from Lulu</a>: https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/walter-crawford/gold-open-access-2016-2021-articles-in-journals-goa7/paperback/product-ydvyrz.html</p> <h2>2. The Data</h2> <p>Figshare: <a href="https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Gold_Open_Access_7_2016-2021/19929179">Gold Open Access 7: 2016-2021.</a></p> <p>Also available on my website at <a href="https://waltcrawford.name/g7_figshare.xlsx">https://waltcrawford.name/g7_figshare.xlsx</a></p> <h2>3. <em>Gold Open Access by Country 2016-2021: The Long Tail</em></h2> <h3>PDF ebook (free)</h3> <p><a href="https://waltcrawford.name/g7country.pdf">Available on my website</a>: https://waltcrawford.name/g7country.pdf</p> <h3>Trade paperback ($7.50 or nearest currency equivalent)</h3> <p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/gold-open-access-by-country-2016-2021-the-long-tail/paperback/product-qv5e4e.html">Available from Lulu</a>: https://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/gold-open-access-by-country-2016-2021-the-long-tail/paperback/product-qv5e4e.html</p> <h1>2021 Edition: Gold Open Access 2015-2020: Articles in Journals (GOA6)</h1> <h2>1. The Book: <i>Gold Open Access 2015-2020: Articles in Journals (GOA6)</i></h2> <h3>PDF ebook (free)</h3> <p><a href="https://waltcrawford.name/goa6.pdf">Available on my website</a>: https://waltcrawford.name/goa6.pdf</p> <h3>Trade paperback ($10.50--or nearest equivalent in EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD--including color graphs</h3> <p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/walt-crawford/gold-open-access-2015-2020-articles-in-journals-goa6/paperback/product-2ndqwe.html?page=1&pageSize=4">Available from Lulu</a>: https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/walt-crawford/gold-open-access-2015-2020-articles-in-journals-goa6/paperback/product-2ndqwe.html?page=1&pageSize=4</p> <h2>2. The Data</h2> <p>Figshare:<a href="https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Gold_Open_Access_6_2015-2020/14787888"> Gold Open Access 6: 2015-2020</a></p> <p>Also available from my website, at <a href="https://waltcrawford.name/g6_figshare.xlsx">https://waltcrawford.name/g6_figshare.xlsx</a>, but Malwarebyres may treat this as suspicious.</p> <h2>3. <i>Gold Open Access by Country 2015-2020</i></h2> <h3>PDF ebook (free)</h3> <p><a href="https://waltcrawford.name/g6cntry.pdf" title="Gold Open Access by Countdry"> Available on my website</a>: https://waltcrawford.name/g6cntry.pdf</p> <h3>Trade paperback ($7.50 or nearest equivalent in EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD)</h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/walt-crawford/gold-open-access-by-country-2015-2020/paperback/product-eqzgjg.html?page=1&pageSize=4">Available from Lulu</a>: https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/walt-crawford/gold-open-access-by-country-2015-2020/paperback/product-eqzgjg.html?page=1&pageSize=4</p> <p> </p> <h1>2020 Edition: Gold Open Access 2014-2019: Articles in Journals (GOA5)</h1> <h2>1. The Book: <em>Gold Open Access 2014-2019: Articles in Journals (GOA5)</em></h2> <h3>PDF ebook (free)</h3> <p><a href="https://waltcrawford.name/goa5.pdf">Available on my website</a>: https://waltcrawford.name/goa5.pdf</p> <h3>Trade Paperback ($11, includes color graphs)</h3> <p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/walt-crawford/gold-open-access-2014-2019-articles-in-journals-goa5/paperback/product-8yvzp9.html">Available from Lulu</a>: https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/walt-crawford/gold-open-access-2014-2019-articles-in-journals-goa5/paperback/product-8yvzp9.html</p> <h2>2. The Data</h2> <p>Figshare: <a href="https://figshare.com/articles/Gold_Open_Access_2014-2019_GOA5_/12543080">Gold Open Access 2014-2019 (GOA5)</a></p> <p><a href="https://figshare.com/articles/Gold_Open_Access_2014-2019_GOA5_/12543080"> </a></p> <h2>3.<em> Gold Open Access by Country 2014-2019</em></h2> <h3>PDF ebook (free)</h3> <p><a href="https://waltcrawford.name/g5country.pdf">Available on my website</a>: https://waltcrawford.name/g5country.pdf</p> <h3>Trade paperback ($7 or equivalent)</h3> <p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/walt-crawford/gold-open-access-by-country-2014-2019/paperback/product-njq47p.html">Available from Lulu</a>: https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/walt-crawford/gold-open-access-by-country-2014-2019/paperback/product-njq47p.html</p> <h1>2019 Edition: Gold Open Access 2013-2018: Articles in Journals (GOA4)</h1> <h2>1. The Book: <em>Gold Open Access 2013-2018: Articles in Journals (GOA4)</em></h2> <h3>PDF ebook (free)</h3> <a href="https://waltcrawford.name/goa4.pdf">Available on my website</a>: https://waltcrawford.name/goa4.pdf<br> <h3>Trade Paperback ($6):</h3> <p><a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/gold-open-access-2013-2018-articles-in-journals-%28goa4%29/24700518">Available from Lulu</a>: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/gold-open-access-2013-2018-articles-in-journals-%28goa4%29/24700518</p> <h2>2. The Data</h2> <p>Figshare: <a href="https://figshare.com/articles/Gold_Open_Access_2013-2018_GOA4_/8079893">Gold Open Access 2013-2018 (GOA4)</a></p> <h2 id="X">3. <em>Gold Open Access by Country 2013-2018</em></h2> <h3>PDF ebook (free)</h3> <p><a href="https://waltcrawford.name/goacntry4.pdf">Available on my website</a>: https://waltcrawford.name/goacntry4.pdf</p> <h3>Trade Paperback ($7):</h3> <p><a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/gold-open-access-by-country-2013-2018/24756367">Available from Lulu</a>: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/gold-open-access-by-country-2013-2018/24756367</p> <h2>4. <em>Gold Open Access 2013-2018: Subject and Publisher Profiles</em></h2> <h3> </h3> <h3>PDF ebook (free)</h3> <p><a href="https://waltcrawford.name/goasub4.pdf">Available on my website</a>: https://waltcrawford.name/goasub4.pdf</p> <h3>Trade Paperback ($7.50)</h3> <p><a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/gold-open-access-2013-2018-subject-and-publisher-profiles/24813277">Available from Lulu</a>: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/gold-open-access-2013-2018-subject-and-publisher-profiles/24813277</p> <h1>2018 Edition: GOAJ3: Gold Open Access Journals 2012-2017</h1> <h2>1. The Data</h2> <p>Figshare: <a href="https://figshare.com/articles/Gold_Open_Access_Journals_2012-2017_GOAJ3_/6429362">https://figshare.com/articles/Gold_Open_Access_Journals_2012-2017_GOAJ3_/6429362</a></p> <p>[Identical dataset with incorrect name: <a href="https://figshare.com/articles/GOAj3_Gray_Open_Access_Journals_2012-2017/6379883"> https://figshare.com/articles/GOAj3_Gray_Open_Access_Journals_2012-2017/6379883]</a></p> <p> </p> <h2>2. The Book: <i>GOAJ3: Gold Open Access Journals 2012-2017 <br> </i></h2> <h3>PDF ebook (free):</h3> <p><a href="https://waltcrawford.name/goaj3.pdf">At my website</a>, https://waltcrawford.name/goaj3.pdf</p> <h3>Trade Paperback ($5):</h3> <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/goaj3-gold-open-access-journals-2012-2017/paperback/product-23662314.html">Available at Lulu</a><span style="color: #0000ee;">: </span><a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/goaj3-gold-open-access-journals-2012-2017/paperback/product-23662314.html"> http://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/goaj3-gold-open-access-journals-2012-2017/paperback/product-23662314.html</a> <h2>3. <i>Gold Open Access Journals by Country 2012-2017</i></h2> <h3>PDF ebook (free):</h3> <p><a href="https://waltcrawford.name/cntry1217.pdf">At my website:</a> https://waltcrawford.name/cntry1217.pdf</p> <h3>Trade Paperback ($7.50):</h3> <p><a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/gold-open-access-by-country-2012-2017/22990449">Available at Lulu.</a> <a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/gold-open-access-by-country-2012-2017/22990449"> http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/gold-open-access-by-country-2012-2017/22990449</a> </p> <p>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.</p> <h2>4. Subject Supplement</h2> <p>Now out as <a href="https://citesandinsights.info/civ18i4.pdf">Cites & Insights 18.4 </a></p> <h1>2017 Edition: GOAJ2: Gold Open Access Journals 2011-2016</h1> <h2>1. The Data</h2> <p>Figshare:<a href="https://figshare.com/articles/GOAJ2_Gold_Open_Access_Journals_2011-2016/5023256"> https://figshare.com/articles/GOAJ2_Gold_Open_Access_Journals_2011-2016/5023256</a></p> <h2>2. The Book: <i>GOAJ2: Gold Open Access Journals 2011-2016</i></h2> <h3>PDF ebook (free):</h3> <p><a href="https://waltcrawford.name/goaj2.pdf">At my website</a>, https://waltcrawford.name/goaj2.pdf</p> <h3>Trade paperback ($6.00)</h3> <p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/goaj2-gold-open-access-journals-2011-2016/paperback/product-23188803.html">Available at Lulu</a>: https://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/gold-open-access-journals-2011-2015/paperback/product-22758867.html</p> <h2>3. <i>Countries of OAWorld 2: 2011-2016</i></h2> <h3>PDF ebook (free):</h3> <p><a href="https://waltcrawford.name/cntry2.pdf">At my website</a>, https://waltcrawford.name/cntry2.pdf</p> <h3>Trade paperback ($7.00)</h3> <p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/the-countries-of-oaworld-2-2011-2016/paperback/product-23202913.html">Available at Lulu</a>: https://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/the-countries-of-oaworld-2-2011-2016/paperback/product-23202913.html</p> <h2>4. Subject Approach</h2> <p>This will <em>not </em>appear as a separate book. <em>GOAJ2 </em>has some coverage, and more appear in the <a href="https://citesandinsights.info/civ17i5.pdf">June 2017 <em>Cites & Insights</em></a>.<br> </p> <hr> <h1>The 2016 Edition: Gold Open Access Journals 2011-2015</h1> <h2>1. The Data</h2> <p>Figshare: <a href="https://figshare.com/articles/Gold_Open_Access_Journals_2011-2015/3407500"> https://figshare.com/articles/Gold_Open_Access_Journals_2011-2015/3407500</a> <br> Excel spreadsheet. no macros, no formulas. Creative Commons BY (attribution) license.</p> <h2>2. The Book: Gold Open Access Journals 2011-2015</h2> <h3>PDF ebook (free): </h3> <p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/gold-open-access-journals-2011-2015/ebook/product-22724769.html"> Available at Lulu.</a> </p> For those unable or unwilling to download the PDF from Lulu, <a href="https://waltcrawford.name/goaj1115.pdf">there's another copy on my website</a>. (Added June 1, 2016.) <br> <h3>Print paperback ($6):</h3> <p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/gold-open-access-journals-2011-2015/paperback/product-22724777.html">Available at Lulu</a>--but if you want it as cheaply as possible, go to <a href="https://lulu.com">Lulu's home page</a>: they <strong>frequently </strong>have discount codes. Then you can search for the book or use the link here.</p> <p>{I'm making $0.34 on each sale, if you're interested.)</p> <p>As of 4 p.m. (PDT) Saturday, June 18, 2016, all versions have corrected growth & shrinkage tables and discussions,</p> <h2>3. Gold Open Access Journals: A Subject Approach</h2> <p>Expanded subject coverage with a chapter on each of 28 subjects.</p> <h3>PDF ebook (free):</h3> <p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/content/e-book/gold-open-access-journals-2011-2015-a-subject-approach/18975229">Available at Lulu</a>.</p> <p>For those unable or unwilling to download the PDF from Lulu, <a href="https://www.lulu.com/content/e-book/gold-open-access-journals-2011-2015-a-subject-approach/18975229">there's a copy on my website</a> as <a href="https://waltcrawford.name/goajsub.pdf">waltcrawford.name/goajsub.pdf</a></p> <h3>Print paperback ($6):</h3> <p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/gold-open-access-journals-2011-2015-a-subject-approach/18975268">Available at Lulu</a>--but if you want it as cheaply as possible, go to <a href="https://lulu.com">Lulu's home page</a>: they <strong>frequently </strong>have discount codes. Then you can search for the book or use the link here.</p> <p>(This one's a little longer, so I'll make $0.18 on each sale.)</p> <p>As of 4 p.m. (PDT) Saturday, June 18, 2016, all versions have corrected growth & shrinkage tables and discussions,</p> <h2>4. The Countries of OAWorld, 2011-2015</h2> <p>Detailed coverage of OA country-by-country, excluding the big publishers in APCLand.</p> <h3>PDF ebook (free)</h3> <p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/the-countries-of-oaworld-2011-2015/ebook/product-22780112.htmlhttps://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/the-countries-of-oaworld-2011-2015/ebook/product-22780112.html">Available at Lulu</a>.</p> <p>For those unable or unwilling to download the PDF from Lulu, <a href="https://waltcrawford.name/goajcntr.pdf">there's a copy on my website</a> as <a href="https://waltcrawford.name/goajcntr.pdf">waltcrawford,name/goajcntr.pdf</a></p> <h3>Print paperback ($8)</h3> <p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/the-countries-of-oaworld-2011-2015/paperback/product-22780103.htmlhttps://www.lulu.com/shop/walt-crawford/the-countries-of-oaworld-2011-2015/paperback/product-22780103.html">Available at Lulu.</a> </p> <p>(This one's a <em>lot</em> longer--over 300 pages. I'll make two cents on each sale.)</p> <h2>5. Gray OA 2012-2016: Open Access Journals Beyond <em>DOAJ</em></h2> <p>Not part of the SPARC-sponsored project.</p> <p>The PDF, a 72-page 6" x 9" ebook, is <a href="https://cical.info/civ17i1.pdf">Volume 17, Issue 1 </a>(whole number 200) of <em>Cites & Insights</em>.</p> <p>No print version will be made available.</p> <p>A partial dataset is available at <a href="https://figshare.com/articles/Gray_OA_2012-2016_Gold_OA_Beyond_DOAJ/4275860">https://figshare.com/articles/Gray_OA_2012-2016_Gold_OA_Beyond_DOAJ/4275860</a></p> <h2>A Word About Standards</h2> <p>All PDFs are PDF/A, an official standard.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>(Trust me: I care about standards. I even wrote the book: <em>Technical Standards: An Introduction for Librarians</em>. (1986; second edition 1991. Long out of print.)</p> <p><br> </p> </body> </html>