Open Access Journals' Development in the Open Science Process: 2017-2020

Abstract

[Purpose/Significance] The process of open science has affected the development of OA journals, and this paper discusses the objective of OA journals' adaptive development and the measures to take with the aim to provide references for China's journal publication. [Method/Process] This paper analyzed the development characteristics of OA journals since 2017, sorted out the internal reform factors and external pressure factors of the journals, analyzed the main challenges, and discussed the development opportunities of OA journals in the roadmap of open science, and initially considered the future open access and open science practice in China. [Results/Conclusions] OA journals occupy an important position in the process of open science, but open science is more than open access. Global OA journals have strengthened the mechanism of knowledge sharing and their knowledge utilization ability to adapt to the requirements of scientific research. But they are also subject to preprints, OA2020/PlanS, Projekt DEAL, open conversion, APC monitoring, and pressure from different stakeholders, open technology, and the value of the challenge. In the implementation of open science, OA journals should strengthen their cooperation with funders and actively explore their own open science value-added capabilities. These also serve as one of the basis for the OA transformation of publishing industry, OA game strategy adjustment of libraries and open scientific practice in China.

Keywords

• open science|oa journals|pressure|adaptive development|open science roadmap