@article{85464d360f09486f99e7ea561809e468,
title = "Scholarly publishing and open access in the Nordic countries",
author = "Turid Hedlund and Ingegerd Rabow",
note = "This study examines aspects of scholarly journal publishing in the Nordic countries. On average half of Nordic journals publish online. In most Nordic countries, commercial publishers predominate; however, in Finland the majority are society publishers. The number of Open Access journals is low, in line with international figures. There is concern to maintain local languages in journal publishing. A majority of the journals publishing in local languages are within social science, humanities, and arts; the STM sector publishes in English. English-language publications are favoured in research assessments, international recognition and impact, while the visibility of local-language scholarly journals in international databases is low. The Nordbib program supports Nordic scholarly journals and fosters co-operation with publishing companies and learned societies over migration to e-publishing; it also supports Open Access publishing. The article discusses future challenges for journal publishing, pointing out the problems of small journal publishers and the need for co-operation between stakeholders. Volume: Proceeding volume: ",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1087/2009303",
language = "English",
volume = "22",
pages = "177--186",
journal = "Learned Publishing",
issn = "0953-1513",
publisher = "Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers",
number = "3",
}