Academic community about copyright related with open access. Case study at Transilvania University

Abstract

The movement for open access to scientific information aims to transform education and research through the provision, free of charge, of the literature in scientific journals, to all researchers, regardless of the country they carry out their activity or the institution they are affiliated, while observing the natural award and quotation rules. In order to have his/her article published in a quality scientific journal, the author is almost always requested to transfer the copyrights to the respective journal's editor. The editor thus becomes the only one authorized to decide if and in what way the text is to be published after the initial issue - e.g., through its inclusion in a scientific database. The paper considers the claims for copyright ownership in research papers by universities, academics, and publishers by drawing on the literature, a survey of academic authors from Transilvania University. There were analyses concerning the professors' opinions on the AUTHOR – UNIVERSITY – EDITOR relationship. The sample was considered with academic staff from Law. Engineering, Literature, and Economic Science Faculties.