Overlay Journal
Definition: Open access electronic journals that collect and curate articles available from other sources (typically preprint servers, such as arXiv). Article curation may include (post-publication) peer review or editorial selection. Overlay journals do not publish novel material; rather, they organize and collate articles available in existing repositories.
Related terms: Open access, Preprint
References:
- Ginsparg, P. (1997). Winners and losers in the global research village. The Serials Librarian, 30(3–4), 83–95. https://doi.org/10.1300/J123v30n03_13
- Ginsparg, P. (2001). Creating a global knowledge network. In Second Joint ICSU Press-UNESCO Expert Conference on Electronic Publishing in Science (pp. 19–23).
- Brown, J. (2010). An Introduction to Overlay Journals [Techreport]. Repositories Support Project: UK. https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/19081/
Originally drafted by: Bradley Baker
Reviewed by: Christopher Graham, Helena Hartmann, Sam Parsons, Charlotte R. Pennington