1. Research results should
be accessible to the
public
Publishes Articles in The
Cryosphere:
an Interactive Open Access
Journal of the European
Geosciences Union.
Research Depending on
Openness
Alexander Developed and published open-source
extensions for the open-source software, R.
Brenning “My research would have been completely
Associate Professor
different if not impossible without open-
Geography and
source software.”
Environmental
Management
Removing Barriers to Research
Statistical & “Research results should be accessible to the
computational public, in Canada and internationally - that's
methods in what research is about...Open-access
geography and removes one obstacle, having to pay to
remote sensing access research outcomes.”

2. Promotes OA
Journals
Do whatever is possible:
“We do whatever possible to promote
OA journals, including paying page
charges, reviewing and services to the
journals.”
Chen is part of the PLOS One Editorial
Board
Pu Chen
Professor
Chemical
Engineering
“Lots of research we do is
Waterloo Institute using the tax payers’ money
for Nanotechnology …and for the good of our society. The
Canada Research output should serve the purposes of the
Chair in Nano- general public. I publish in appropriate
Biomaterials journals in our areas of study, whether
open or not open access.”

3. Using OA journal
articles to support my
research and teaching
I access Open Access journal articles to
support my research and teaching. I have
submitted to Open Access journals but cost is
a problem.
A Public Good
I believe scientific knowledge is a public good
and should be available globally without
restriction in order to advance progress in
Sharon better health. My salary and research are paid
Campbell for by public funds, and therefore the public
Research Associate should have access. More funding agencies are
Professor making this a requirement of receiving grants.
School of Public The costs of sharing scientific
Health and Health knowledge [by electronic
Systems
dissemination] are much lower yet
Senior Scientist, the costs of Open Access are
Propel Centre for extraordinarily high.
Population Health
Impact

4. There are Many
OA Models
“the purpose of publication is to share
one's reflection with others for their
benefit as well as for… progress….
BUT…. Journal reputation is the most
important item to me.”
Honek is involved in:
John Honek
Professor BioMed Central Biochemistry
Chair of Section Editor
Department of OA model = Gold Publishing
Chemistry
Biochemistry and Cell Biology and
Medicinal Future Medicinal Chemistry (NRC)
Chemistry, Associate Editor
Biochemistry and OA model = Green and Author Fees
Bio-
nanotechnology Letters in Drug Design and Discovery and
Current Medicinal Chemistry
2012 OA Week Panelist (Bentham Press)
October 22nd Regional Editor
12pm – 1:30pm
DC 1302
OA model = Green and Author Fees

5. OA Builds Capacity
I co-publish with colleagues
from developing countries.
Many journals - like Public
Health Nutrition - provide
OA to individuals and
institutions in these
countries.
AGORA 845 journals open access
for 113 developing countries
Sue Horton HINARI biomedical and health
journals
Professor
School of Public “I try to support capacity building in
Health developing countries (training
international students in Canada,
CIGI Chair in offering workshops in developing
Global Health countries etc.)” OA practices help build
Economics research capacity in these countries.
Associate Provost
of Graduate
Studies

6. High Citation Rate
With OA
Sensors
On the Editorial Board of Sensors,
the leading international, peer-reviewed
open access journal on the science and
technology of sensors and biosensors.
Sensors:
Impact Factor: 1.739 (2011);
Jonathan Li 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.060 (2011)
Professor
“The great advantage in
Geography and publishing a paper in an
Environmental
Management open source journal is the
high citation rate.”
Remote sensing
and geographical  Co-authored several articles in Sensors.
information  Guest Editor of the special issue of
science Sensors, “LiDAR for 3D City Modeling.”

7. “Allow Broader Access
to Research”
Post-prints included
in Social Science
Research Network
“to allow access to my work for those who
do not have [access through] institutional
affiliations; this often includes scholars in
other countries, and so this is a way of
communicating more broadly.”
Patricia Marino “Journal Costs Have
Associate Professor Skyrocketed”
Philosophy “As time has gone on I've become more and
more aware of the problems with the model
Research areas: we have for publishing in the humanities in
Ethics, general…Scholars do the vast majority of the
Epistemology, work for no pay, including writing the
Philosophy of articles and refereeing them. Publishers
Sex and Love make the profit - this would be OK if the
costs were kept reasonable given the
expenses but journal costs have
skyrocketed.”

8. OA in Principle
and Practice
I have published a paper in PLOS with
a colleague who suggested it. It’s a
good journal. Also a chapter in an OA
book "Biosensors for Health,
Environment and Biosecurity". My
Mark Pritzker grad student got an email invitation
Professor to submit from the publisher, INTECH.
[largest OA book publisher]
Chemical
Engineering
In principle, OA is a good idea.
Information should be freely available.
Practically, however, it’s expensive
and whether it’s obvious or not you
should assume you will be paying
page charges. If a uWaterloo fund
could contribute half of the costs, that
would help.

9. Open Access Journal
Editor
Journal of Integer
Sequences
Editor-in-Chief
Making it All Free
“Our model is that the Journal is
entirely free for both readers and
authors. All labor, from me and the
Jeffrey Shallit Editorial Board, is strictly on a
Professor volunteer basis. The website is
School of sponsored by the School of
Computer Science Computer Science at the
University of Waterloo.”
Centre for Applied
Cryptographic cs.uwaterloo.ca/journals/JIS/
Research

10. “I send my best work to
OA journals whenever it
is appropriate”
Gold Open Access
Publishing
“I prefer to referee for OA journals if
given a choice. I prefer no-fee, no-delay
Gold OA publishing.
Increased Distribution
“it (typically) makes no sense to limit
John Turri the distribution of one's published
Assistant Professor research…
Department of
Philosophy Stand up to Increasing
Epistemology, Subscription Fees
Philosophy of “it makes even less sense for our
Language, libraries to pay journals exorbitant fees
Philosophy of Mind, to get access to the research we
Metaphysics, Ethics produce (and support with unpaid
volunteer labor as editors and
reviewers)!”