01541nam a22002417a 4500 9445 OCLRC 20260730103744.0 210504t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d OCLRC Husain, Shabahat Analysis of open access scholarly journals in media & communication/ Shabahat Husain & Mohammad Nazim 2013. https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.33.5.5106 The paper gives an account of the origin and development of the Open Access Initiative and explains the concept of open access publishing. It also highlights various facets related to the open access scholarly publishing in the field of Media & Communication on the basis of data collected from the most authoritative online directory of open access journals, i.e., Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). The DOAJ covers 8492 open access journals of which 106 journals are listed under the subject heading �Media & Communication�. Most of the open access journals in Media & Communication were started during late 1990s and are being published from 34 different countries on 6 continents in 13 different languages. More than 80 % open access journals are being published by the not-for-profit sector such as academic institutions and universities. Open access journals, Open access initiative, Directory of open access journal, DOAJ, OAI media and communication Nazim, Mohammad ELEC 9445 9445 0 0 0 0 LRC LRC 2026-07-30 0 2026-07-30 10:37:44 2026-07-30 ELEC