This year, the DePaul University Library had the opportunity to make research published by DePaul faculty more accessible with publisher Taylor & Francis. Ten articles that were originally published as closed access have now been converted to open access. Open access publishing makes scholarly research freely and permanently available online, removing paywalls and subscription barriers. Open access articles tend to receive more citations across a wide range of locations, institutions, and fields. Additionally, many research funding agencies have mandates requiring that results from research produced from publicly funded grants, including peer-review articles and sometimes data, be made freely and publicly available.
Articles were selected based upon the recency of publication, the number of citations received, a higher Altmetrics Attention score, and the discipline of the author with a focus on including a variety of departments.
The following DePaul-authored articles are now open access:
- Carolyn Bronstein, Media and Popular Culture – Deplatforming sexual speech in the age of FOSTA/SESTA
- Shu-Chuan Chu, Public Relations and Advertising – Artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, social media, online reviews, and influencers: a review of how service businesses use promotional devices and future research directions
- Hilary Conklin, Teacher Education, Kinesiology and Educational Studies and Molly Andolina, Department of Political Science – Cultivating empathic listening in democratic education
- Tao Deng, Public Relations and Advertising – Cross-Cultural comparison of TikTok uses and gratifications
- Jason Kalin, Department of Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse – Tilling Topoi within the Creole Garden
- Morag Kersel, Department of Anthropology – Fieldwork in an Increasingly Variable Climate: The Kites in Context Project 2023 Field Season
- Michelle Neuman, School of Nursing – Forging connections in the wilderness: a pilot study on Judaism and mental health in outdoor behavioural healthcare
- Kenshu Shimada, Department of Biological Sciences – Tessellated calcified cartilage and placoid scales of the Neogene megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), offer new insights into its biology and the evolution of regional endothermy and gigantism in the otodontid clade
- Lisa Sigel, Department of History – Preserving ‘the intellectual garbage of the past’: a call to action
- Tianjiao Wang, Public Relations and Advertising – Increasing Social Support for Women via Humanizing Postpartum Depression
Visit the DePaul University Library’s Open Access guide or see the recent blog post Navigating Open Access Mandates from Research Funders for an overview of open access policies and publishing guidelines.