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* This page is part of the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap Harvard Open Access Project] (HOAP).
* This page is part of the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap Harvard Open Access Project] (HOAP).


* The goal of the Societies and Open Access Research (SOAR) project is to make a comprehensive list of scholarly societies worldwide that support gold OA for their own journals. The society's relationship to its OA journals might be that of owner, publisher, or partner with the publisher.  
* The goal of the Societies and Open Access Research (SOAR) project is to maintain a comprehensive catalog of scholarly societies supporting gold OA for their own journals. For this purpose, a society's relationship to its OA journals might be that of owner, publisher, or partner with the publisher.  


* Peter Suber and Caroline Sutton started the Societies and Open Access Research (SOAR) project in 2007, before the launch of HOAP. But Peter Suber's participation became part of HOAP in 2011, as did Amanda Page's in 2013. However, HOAP itself is only one contributor, and Caroline Sutton continues as a project principal.
* Peter Suber and Caroline Sutton started the project in 2007, before the launch of HOAP. But Peter Suber's participation became part of HOAP in 2011, as did Amanda Page's in 2013. However, HOAP itself is only one contributor, and Caroline Sutton continues as a project principal.


* Suggested short URL for this page = [http://bit.ly/hoap-soar bit.ly/hoap-soar]
* Suggested short URL for this page = [http://bit.ly/hoap-soar bit.ly/hoap-soar]
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*** Peter wrote an article to accompany the second edition, [http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:8592165 Open access journals from society publishers], ''SPARC Open Access Newsletter'', December 2, 2011.
*** Peter wrote an article to accompany the second edition, [http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:8592165 Open access journals from society publishers], ''SPARC Open Access Newsletter'', December 2, 2011.
** The second edition was open to public edits, and continuously updated. For those reasons, we didn't plan to release a third edition. But we did so in September 2013 in order to add Amanda Page as a co-author, in recognition of her work enlarging and improving the catalog.
** The second edition was open to public edits, and continuously updated. For those reasons, we didn't plan to release a third edition. But we did so in September 2013 in order to add Amanda Page as a co-author, in recognition of her work enlarging and improving the catalog.
** The first edition of the catalog listed both full and hybrid OA journals. But the second and third only list full OA journals.


= Maps =  
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Revision as of 15:58, 10 December 2013

  • The goal of the Societies and Open Access Research (SOAR) project is to maintain a comprehensive catalog of scholarly societies supporting gold OA for their own journals. For this purpose, a society's relationship to its OA journals might be that of owner, publisher, or partner with the publisher.
  • Peter Suber and Caroline Sutton started the project in 2007, before the launch of HOAP. But Peter Suber's participation became part of HOAP in 2011, as did Amanda Page's in 2013. However, HOAP itself is only one contributor, and Caroline Sutton continues as a project principal.

Catalog

  • The catalog itself: Society publishers with open access journals
    • By Caroline Sutton, Peter Suber, and Amanda Page.
    • Highlight: As of December 10, 2013, the catalog lists 838 societies publishing 785 full (non-hybrid) OA journals.
    • The latest edition of the catalog is the third edition, released September 16, 2013.
    • The catalog is a Google Spreadsheet under a CC-BY license.
    • Originally the spreadsheet was open for public editing. Unfortunately vandalism forced us to close public editing in April 2013, although the spreadsheet remains OA under CC-BY for reading and reuse. We'll re-open it for public editing when we think it's safe to do so. In the meantime, we continue to update the spreadsheet ourselves. If you have additions or corrections, please send them to Amanda Page.
    • Suggested short URL for the catalog = bit.ly/oaj-society
  • Editions of the catalog, and accompanying articles
    • Caroline Sutton and Peter Suber released the first edition of the catalog in September 2007. At that time, the catalog was a downloadable Excel spreadsheet under a CC-BY license. It's still available, though superseded.
    • Caroline and Peter released the second edition on December 2, 2011. This edition launched the Google spreadsheet still in use for the third and current edition.
    • The second edition was open to public edits, and continuously updated. For those reasons, we didn't plan to release a third edition. But we did so in September 2013 in order to add Amanda Page as a co-author, in recognition of her work enlarging and improving the catalog.
    • The first edition of the catalog listed both full and hybrid OA journals. But the second and third only list full OA journals.

Maps

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