Open Access Papers ‘gain more traffic and citations’

Open access science articles are read and cited more often than articles available only to subscribers, a study has suggested.

The Research Information Network analysed the web traffic to more than 700 articles published in hybrid science journal Nature Communications in the first six months of 2013.

It found that, after 180 days, articles whose authors had paid for them to be made open access had been viewed more than twice as often as those articles accessible only to the journal’s subscribers.

Read the full article here:

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/home/open-access-papers-gain-more-traffic-and-citations/2014850.article

Personality Disorder - Meeting the Challenge

Heather Wood, from The Portman Clinic, has co-authored a new guide to personality disorder published by The Department of Health.  This aims to bring up to date thinking into the daily work of thousands of staff working in health and social care.

The guide can be accessed here:

http://repository.tavistockandportman.ac.uk/864/

Open Access button

The button is a bookmarklet that you can download for free and add to the toolbar of your web browser. When you are next confronted with a publisher paywall page requesting payment for viewing a journal article, you simply click on the Open Access Button bookmark. The button does two things: firstly it records details of the article you wanted to access, your reason for wanting to access it, your location – and secondly, it  helps you to find a free, author-deposited version of the article using Google Scholar.

 Paywall Map

The  maps shows thousands of paywalls which prevent free access to research.

 

For more information click here: 

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/button-2-0#home

Special edition of Free Associations Journal: Now available for download

This special edition is on the theme of ‘Psychoanalysis and Artistic Process’ and includes essays by well known artists and psychoanalysts as well as academics.  Articles include: Maternal form in artistic creation by Kenneth Wright; Day Dreaming by Sharon Kivland; Psychoanalysis and artistic creation by Grayson Perry and Psychoanalysis and artistic process by Valerie Sinason.  The Table of Contents and PDFs of the articles can be accessed here:

 http://freeassociations.org.uk/FA_New/OJS/index.php/fa/issue/current/showToc

The edition was launched at a special event on 19th March at the Freud Museum in London chaired by Patricia Townsend  and featuring Grayson Perry in conversation with Valerie Sinason.  Check the Freud Museum iTunes page for podcast availability:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/freud-museum-london./id427403957

The Psychiatric Bulletin

The Psychiatrist, one of the main UK psychiatry journals, has reverted back to its original title The Psychiatric Bulletin and has become an open access journal from the January 2014 issue.  The journal is published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and its contents are billed as 'Open access to research and expert opinion in mental healthcare'.

Contents from February 2014 can be accessed here: http://pb.rcpsych.org/content/current
and include papers on Community treatment orders.
                                  

                                                                                                 

'Mental illness and its treatment today' by David Bell

This paper discusses how the treatment of people with mental illness has been affected by the changes within health and welfare provision brought about by political change and austerity measures.

The paper is published by Centre for Health and the Public Interest (CHPI)  which has been set up by Colin Leys and his colleagues. Colin Leys is an emeritus professor of Public Health and an activist in protecting the NHS and the Public Sector. He is co-author of  'The Plot Against the NHS’. 

The paper is avaialble at:

http://repository.tavistockandportman.ac.uk/782/

Google Books Case

Google Books have won a lawsuit after a US court rules the company's online library 'benefits society' and would actually lead to increased sales of books.

Full details can be found in The Guardian's article:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/14/google-books-wins-case-authors-online

E-Prints Online links to full text provided by Google Books whenever possible.