Characteristics of Scholarly Publishing Options

Restricted Access

Restricted Access Options	Publication Schedule	Peer-Reviewed?	Responsibility for Perpetual Access	Business Model	Examples
Traditional print journals	Delayed until issue is published	Yes	Libraries	Subscription (pay to read)	Most commercial and non-profit publishers
Traditional online journals	Usually delayed until issue is published	Yes	To be determined	Subscription (pay to read)	Most commercial and non-profit publishers

Unrestricted Access Options	Publication Schedule	Peer-Reviewed?	Responsibility for Perpetual Access	Business Model	Examples
Open access online journals	Immediate	Yes	Varies	Varies. Can be institutional or based on publication fees.	eScholarship, BioMed Central, Public Library of Science. See the Directory of Open Access Journalsfor a complete list.
Institutional repositories, including working papers, postprints, and other material	Immediate	Depends on type of publication. Postprints usually are; working papers are not.	Institutional libraries	Institutional support	UC's eScholarship Repository, MIT’s DSpace, Michigan’s Deep Blue, Harvard’s DASH, and more
Disciplinary repository	Immediate	Yes for post-prints	Unknown	Institutional support	arXiv, PubMed Central, CogPrints
Departmental and personal web sites	Immediate	Maybe	Unknown	Institutional support (may be informal)	Many UC departments have web sites