Bo-Christer Björk (b. 1952) is Professor of Information Systems Science at the Swedish school of Economics and Business Administration in Helsinki, Finland. He holds degrees from three universities. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Information Technology in Construction (http://www.itcon.org/), one of the earliest refereed scientific journals published on the World Wide Web.

I currently teach courses in Fundamentals of Information Systems, Knowledge and Information Systems and Project Management.

My research falls into two distinct areas.  From 1982 to 2000 I was doing research concerning the use of IT in construction, in particular the development of methods for digital data transfer between the different participants in the construction process such as designers, contractors and facility managers. From 2000 onwards I have also been conducting research on how the Internet affects scientific communication, by enabling new business models such as “Open Access” that make it possible to publish full text freely on the web.

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All the publications below are available in full text versions by clicking on the links. The first link is always to the official published version, but requires in many cases a subscription from your institution (marked “PA” for paid access). In some cases the article is published in an Open Access (“OA”) journal. The second link is always to an open access version of the manuscript stored in my university’s institutional repository, which you can use if you don’t have access to the official version.

 

PUBLICATIONS ABOUT SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING

 

Björk, Bo-Christer; Welling, Patrik; Laakso, Mikael; Majlender, Peter; Hedlund, Turid; Gudnasson, Gudni (2010), Open Access to the Scientific Journal Literature: Situation 2009, PloS One, 23.6.2010

OA:                   http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011273

 

Björk, Bo-Christer; Öörni, Anssi, (2009), A Method for Comparing Scholarly Journals as Service Providers to Authors, Serials Review, Vol. 35. No. 2, pp. 62-69.

PA:                   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.serrev.2009.03.001

OA:                  http://hdl.handle.net/10227/549

 

Björk, Bo-Christer; Hedlund, Turid (2009), Two Scenarios for How Scholarly Publishers Could Change Their Business Model to Open Access, Journal of Electronic Publishing, Vol 12, No 1.

OA:                   http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/3336451.0012.102

 

Björk, Bo-Christer; Roos, Annikki; Lauri, Mari (2009), Scientific journal publishing – yearly volume and open access availability, Information Research, Vol 14, No 1, paper 391.

OA:                   http://InformationR.net/ir/14-1/paper391.html

                 

Björk, Bo-Christer; Roos, Annikki; Lauri, Mari (2008), Global annual volume of peer reviewed scholarly articles and the share available via different Open Access options, Proceedings of the Elpub 2008 conference, Toronto.

OA:                  http://elpub.scix.net/cgi-bin/works/Show?178_elpub2008                 

 

Bröchner, Jan; Björk, Bo-Christer (2008), Where to submit? Journal choice by construction management authors, Construction Management and Economics, Vol 26, No. 7, pp. 739-749.

PA:                   http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01446190802017698

OA:                  http://hdl.handle.net/10227/612

 

Björk, Bo-Christer (2007), A model of scientific communication as a global distributed information system,  Information Research, Vol 12, No 2, paper 307.

OA:                  http://InformationR.net/ir/12-2/paper307.html                 

 

Björk, Bo-Christer; Turk, Žiga (2006), The Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction (ITcon): an open access journal using an un-paid, volunteer-based organization.  Information Research, Vol 11, No 3, paper 255.

OA:                   http://InformationR.net/ir/11-3/paper255.html                 

                 

Björk, Bo-Christer; Turk, Žiga; Holmström, Jonas (2006), Benchmarking scientific journals from the submitting author’s viewpoint, Learned Publishing, Vol 19, No. 2, pp. 147-155

OA:                  http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315106776387002                 

 

Hedlund, Turid; Gustafson, Tomas; Björk, Bo-Christer (2004), The Open Access Scientific Journal: An Empirical Study, Learned Publishing, Vol 17, No 3, pp. 199-209.

OA:                   http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315104323159621

 

Björk, Bo-Christer (2004), Open Access to scientific publications – an analysis of the barriers to change?,

Information Research, Vol 9, No 2, paper 170.

OA:                   http://InformationR.net/ir/9-2/paper170.html

 

Björk, Bo-Christer; Turk, Žiga (2000), How Scientists Retrieve Publications: An Empirical Study of How the Internet Is Overtaking Paper Media, Journal of Electronic Publishing, Michigan University Press, Vol. 6, No 2.

OA:                   http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/06-02/bjork.html

 

PUBLICATIONS ABOUT IT USE IN THE CONSTRUTION INDUSTRY

 

Björk, Bo-Christer; Laakso, Mikael  (2010), CAD standardization in construction – a process view, Special issue on BIM standardization, Automation in Construction, Vol 19, No 4, pp. 398-406.

PA:                  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2009.11.010

OA:                  http://hdl.handle.net/10227/550

 

Björk, Bo-Christer (2009), The RATAS-project, in the light of 25 years of development towards computer-integrated construction, Special issue on Next Generation Construction IT: Technology Foresight, Future Studies, Roadmapping, and Scenario Planning, Journal of Information Technology in Construction, Vol. 14, pp. 385-399.

OA:                   http://www.itcon.org/2009/25

 

Howard, Rob; Björk, Bo-Christer.  (2008), Building Information Modelling – Experts´ Views on Standardisation and Industry Deployment, Advanced Engineering Informatics, Vol 22, No. 2, pp. 271-280.

PA:                  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2007.03.001

OA:                  http://hdl.handle.net/10227/646

 

Hjelt, Mathias; Björk, Bo-Christer (2007), End-User attitudes towards EDM Use in Construction Project Work: Case Study, ASCE Journal of  Computing in Civil Engineering, Vol 21, No 4, pp. 289-300.

PA:                   http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(2007)21:4(289)

OA:                  http://hdl.handle.net/10227/614                                   

 

Howard, Rob; Björk, Bo-Christer (2007), Use of standards for CAD layers in building, Automation in Construction, Vol 16, pp. 290-297.

PA:                   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2006.06.001

OA:                  http://hdl.handle.net/10227/611

 

Lundgren, Berndt; Björk, Bo-Christer (2004), A model integrating the facilities management process with the building end user’s business process (ProFacil), Nordic Journal of Surveying and Real Estate Research, Vol 1/2, pp. 190-204.

OA:                   http://ojs.tsv.fi/index.php/njs/article/viewFile/1688/1534

 

Bäckblom, Magnus; Ruohtula, Anssi; Björk, Bo-Christer (2003), Use of Document Management Systems - a case study of the Finnish Construction Industry, Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction, Special issue on eWork and eBusiness, Vol 8, 2003, pp. 367-380.

OA:                   http://www.itcon.org/2003/26

 

Björk, Bo-Christer (2003), Electronic Document Management in Construction – Research Issue and Results, Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction, ITcon, Vol. 8, 2003, pp. 101-113.

OA:                   http://www.itcon.org/2003/9

 

Björk, Bo-Christer (2002), A formalised model of the information and materials handling activities in the construction process, Construction Innovation, Arnold Journals, Volume 2 No 3, pp. 133-149.

PA:                   http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/14714170210814739

OA:                   http://hdl.handle.net/10227/657

 

Björk, Bo-Christer (1999), Information Technology in Construction – domain definition and research issues,

International Journal for Computer Integrated Design and Construction, Vol 1, No 1, 1999, pp. 3-16.

PA:                   Not available electronically

OA:                   http://hdl.handle.net/10227/617

 

Björk, Bo-Christer; Löwnertz; Kurt, Kiviniemi; Arto (1997), ISO 13567 - The Proposed International Standard for Structuring Layers in Computer Aided Building Design, Electronic journal of Information Technology in Construction, ITcon, Vol 2, pp. 32-55.

OA:                   http://itcon.org/1997/2/

 

Björk, Bo-Christer (1995), Requirements and information structures for building product data models, (Doctoral thesis) VTT publications 245, Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo.

OA:                   http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/199X/isbn9513860302/

 

Björk, Bo-Christer (1992), A Unified Method for Modelling Construction Information, Building and Environment, Vol 27, No.2, pp. 173-194.

PA:                   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0360-1323(92)90021-G

OA:                   http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/199X/isbn9513860302/article5.pdf

 

Björk, Bo-Christer (1992), A conceptual model of spaces, space boundaries and enclosing structures, Automation in Construction  Vol 1, No 3, pp. 193-214.

PA:                   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0926-5805(92)90013-A

OA:                   http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/199X/isbn9513860302/article4.pdf

 

Björk, Bo-Christer; Penttilä, Hannu (1991), Building Product Data Modelling using relational databases, hypermedia software and CAD  systems, Microcomputers in Civil Engineering Vol 6, No 4, pp. 267-279.

PA:                   http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120150436/abstract

OA:                   http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/199X/isbn9513860302/article3.pdf

 

Björk, Bo-Christer; Penttilä Hannu (1989), A Scenario for the Development and Implementation of a Building Product Model Standard, Advances in Engineering Software, Vol 11, No 4, pp. 176-187.

PA:                   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0141-1195(89)90049-1

OA:                   http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/199X/isbn9513860302/article2.pdf

 

Björk, Bo-Christer (1989), Basic Structure of a Proposed Building Product Model, Computer-aided Design, Vol 21/No 2, pp. 71-78.

PA:                   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0010-4485(89)90141-3

OA:                   http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/199X/isbn9513860302/article1.pdf