Stephen Pinfield offers an up to date review of the state of open access at the time of writing (2015). Using corpus analysis and text visualization, he locates the most frequently discussed topics in the literature on open access, taking a wide angle lens approach to include editorials and reviews alongside articles and monographs. Drawing on this literature review and analysis, Pinfield reinforces the centrality of a few key issues, including Green vs. Gold OA; the increasing prominence of OA as a major scholarly communication form; and continued tensions between academic and commercial interests, even as the latter becomes more experimental with open practices. Overall, Pinfield lobbies for the ongoing study and focused stewardship of open access practices and policies as they develop.

 

Work cited

Pinfield, Stephen. 2015. “Making Open Access Work: the “State-of-the-Art” in Providing Open Access to Scholarly Literature.” Online Information Review. 9.5: 604-36.