This paper reports on an inquiry into the use of metadata, publishing formats, and markup in editor-managed open access journals. It builds on findings from a study of the document architectures of open access journals, conducted through a survey of 265 journal web sites and a qualitative, descriptive analysis of 4 journal web sites. The journals’ choices of publishing formats and the consistency of their markup are described as a background. The main investigation is of their inclusion of metadata. Framing the description is a discussion of whether the journals’ metadata may be automatically retrieved by libraries and other information services in order to provide better tools for helping potential readers locate relevant journal articles.
Francke, Helena. "The state of metadata in open access journals: possibilities and restrictions." In Sustainability in the Age of Web 2.0 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Electronic Publishing, 56-67. ELPUB. Toronto, Canada, 2008.