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. “My research
Brenning would have been completely different if not
Associate Professor
impossible without open-source software.”
Geography and
Environmental
Management Removing Barriers to Research
“Research results should be accessible to the
Statistical & public, in Canada and internationally - that's what
computational methods research is about...Open-access removes one
in geography and obstacle, having to pay to access research
remote sensing 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 using
the tax payers’ money …and for the
Waterloo Institute for good of our society. The output should serve
Nanotechnology the purposes of the general public. I publish
Canada Research in appropriate journals in our areas of study,
Chair in Nano- whether open or not open access.”
Biomaterials

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 better health. My
salary and research are paid for by public funds, and
Sharon therefore the public should have access. More
Campbell funding agencies are making this a requirement of
Research Associate receiving grants.
Professor
The costs of sharing scientific
School of Public Health knowledge [by electronic
and Health Systems
dissemination] are much lower yet the
Senior Scientist, Propel costs of Open Access are
Centre for Population extraordinarily high.
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 Department Section Editor
of Chemistry OA model = Gold Publishing
Medicinal Chemistry, Biochemistry and Cell Biology and
Biochemistry and Bio- Future Medicinal Chemistry (NRC)
nanotechnology Associate Editor
OA model = Green and Author Fees
2012 OA Week Panelist
October 22nd Letters in Drug Design and Discovery and
12pm – 1:30pm
DC 1302
Current Medicinal Chemistry
(Bentham Press)
Regional Editor
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, offering workshops in
CIGI Chair in Global developing countries etc.)” OA practices help
Health Economics build 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 open
Environmental
Management 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 Sensors,
science “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.”
“Journal Costs Have Skyrocketed”
Patricia Marino “As time has gone on I've become more and more
Associate Professor aware of the problems with the model we have for
Philosophy publishing in the humanities in general…Scholars
do the vast majority of the work for no
Research areas: pay, including writing the articles and refereeing
Ethics, Epistemology, them. Publishers make the profit - this would be
Philosophy of OK if the costs were kept reasonable given the
Sex and Love 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 grad student got an
Mark Pritzker email invitation to submit from the
Professor 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 Computer sponsored by the School of Computer
Science Science at the University of Waterloo.”
Centre for Applied cs.uwaterloo.ca/journals/JIS/
Cryptographic
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 the
John Turri distribution of one's published research…
Assistant Professor
Department of Stand up to Increasing
Philosophy
Subscription Fees
Epistemology, “it makes even less sense for our libraries to
Philosophy of pay journals exorbitant fees to get access to
Language, the research we produce (and support with
Philosophy of Mind, unpaid volunteer labor as editors and
Metaphysics, Ethics reviewers)!”