[GOAL] My potential survey about OA in Turkey

[Barbaros Akkurt]

Hello,
I have prepared a novice type survey out of 10 questions (surveymonkey's 
free limit). Please find the questions below and allow me to learn your 
opinions about them.

1] Have you heard the concept, open access? How can one define the best 
meaning of this concept?

2] Would you be happy if everybody, including you, are able to retrieve 
a publication without paying anything? You might have to pay a small 
fee, sometimes called as “processing fee”, as designated by the 
Author-pay model. Have you known this before?

3] Which of the following factors play the greatest role for you? a) 
Having a publication in a journal with high impact factor, b) having a 
publication in a journal designated as “A” or “B” quality by Turkish 
Research Council (TUBITAK), c) other. What is the correct processing fee 
range for a publication?

4] In order to reduce the publication costs, would you opt for an 
electronic journal rather than a published one? Do you agree with the 
conclusion, which states that electronic journals are harder to read and 
process in front of the monitor?

5] Would it be possible to publish an article in an open-access journal 
without charges? What can be done about this?

6] Which record in the list (accessed at 
http://web.itu.edu.tr/~akkurtb/open_access/open_access_journals.pdf 
<http://web.itu.edu.tr/%7Eakkurtb/open_access/open_access_journals.pdf>) 
seems familiar to you (The pdf file was generated from the online data 
in DOAJ's website)?

7] One of the 12 academic journals of TUBITAK is Turkish Journal of 
Chemistry, like the others, operating on the open-access philosophy. 
Would you be willing to send your articles to this journal to be published?

8] Shall the Turkish Chemical Society (founded in 1919), being the 
oldest scientific and chemical society in Turkey,volunteer about 
launching a series of publications, just like the very famous American 
example, titled as “Journal of the American Chemical Society”? The 
possible name, including the category, might be something like “Journal 
of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry”?

9] What would be the decision of the jury member, assigned to examine 
your scientific publications for promotion of your academic title, when 
he/she finds an open-access article in your briefcase?

10] How would you respond to a suggestion about recruiting everybody 
with a PhD degree as potential reviewers to open-access Turkish and 
foreign chemistry and chemical engineering publications?



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