State Of Open Access Research Articles

Going Open Access: The Attitudes and Actions of Scientific Journal Editors in China

This study aims to investigate the attitudes and actions of scientific journal editors in China towards open access. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 Chinese editors from various scientific journals during September and October of 2022. The results indicate that the editors generally possess knowledge of open access and have implemented an appropriate open access model for their respective journals. However, the Chinese-language journal editors expressed a lack of motivation to adopt open access, unless there is a reform in the mechanism of academic publishing or a policy is imposed. On the other hand, the English-language journal editors acknowledged that they have no other choice but to adopt open access. This study helps us learn about Chinese editors’ understanding and attitudes towards open access, the current status of open access in China’s scientific journals, and the mechanisms of academic publishing in China.

Analyzing Turkey's Impact on Orthopedic Literature: A Bibliometric Study

Background
 Bibliometric analysis is a method that examines various aspects of a topic using numerical data from publications in the literature. This analysis is widely used especially to measure and evaluate the scientific contribution of a country, institution or author. Bibliometric analyzes are an important tool for evaluating the progress of scientific research, determining research strategies, and using resources effectively. In our study, bibliometric analysis of publications related to orthopedics in Turkey was made.
 
 Material method 
 In the field of orthopedics, publications between 1980 and 2022 in SCIE journals were scanned. During this screening, publications such as letters to the editor, reviews, book chapters were excluded from the study, and only articles as document type were included in the study. The distribution of articles by years, the most frequently published topics, the authors who contributed the most, the journals in which they were published, the educational institutions to which the articles belonged, the status of open Access and the citations of the articles were noted.
 
 Results 
 Between 1980-2022, 274,902 articles were reached. USA takes the first place in the articles published in the world literature. Türkiye is in the 14th place. When we look at the subject distribution of the articles in Turkey, ankle takes the first place. When we look at the number of contributions to the articles, Murat Bozkurt takes the first place. Looking at the institutions of the authors, the most publications were produced in Hacettepe University. Considering the journals in which articles are published in Turkey, Acta Orthopaedica Et Traumatologica Turcica is in the first place. The citation rate per article was found to be 10.56.
 
 Conclusion
 In our study, Turkey has entered a rising trend in terms of contributing to science by writing articles in the field of orthopedics. Improvements to be made in health policies in Turkey, increasing the budgets allocated to scientific research and attempts to increase the quality of health institutions will cause Turkey's rapid rise in the scientific arena.

Transformative agreements and their practical impact: a librarian perspective

This case study aims at describing how transformative agreements (TAs) have affected our profession with new tasks and workflows at two university libraries in Sweden, namely Karolinska Institutet University Library and Södertörn University Library. TAs are one of the mechanisms by which scientific publications are made open access; they involve moving libraries’ contracts with publishers from payment to read toward payment to publish. We will summarize the status and progress of open access in Sweden, in particular the significant growth of TAs over a short time span. We will then focus on describing how TAs have affected our everyday work and what new tasks they have imposed. We will share our experiences and point out things we find challenging, for example, we will explore questions about eligibility, the verification process, publication types and title changes during the contract period. We will also give some recommendations on how we would prefer the workflows surrounding the TAs to be. Finally, we will share our conclusions and comments about the impact of TAs on the publishing landscape and speculate about what will happen next.

Open Access Publishing and its Academic, Economic, and Societal Impact

This paper examines the status of Open Access (OA) publishing in India and reviews its academic, economic, and societal impact. The study adopted descriptive and review methods. Data was extracted from directories, online databases, and websites for analyzing OA trends at the global level and in India. Studies related to the topic were also reviewed to examine the academic, economic, and societal impact of OA publishing on different stakeholders. The study's findings suggest that the number of OA journals indexed in Scopus, WoS, and DOAJ is consistently growing in India. A significant amount of research literature published in Scopus and WoS indexed journals is OA, making India one of the leading nations in the OA movement. Major funding bodies like CSIR, UGC, DST, DBT, and ICAR in India have formulated OA policies and mandated authors to make research outcomes of publicly funded research OA. The present study’s results will aid policymakers in realizing the difficulty associated with OA adoption, contributing to policy formulation and implementation nationwide.

Status of open access scholarly journal publishing in Pakistan

Open access (OA) scholarly journal publishing is a recently emerged phenomenon of scholarly publishing in Pakistan. This study has been designed to find out the current status of open access (OA) scholarly journal publishing in Pakistan. A quantitative research method was used to evaluate the contents of the websites of 329 Pakistani journals on a checklist of 12 items. OA publishing paradigm has emerged in Pakistan as a majority (90%) of Pakistani scholarly journals are following the OA publishing paradigm. More than two-thirds (69%) of journals are following the Diamond OA model, followed by Gold OA (26%) and Crowdfunding OA (3%). The majority (97%) of journals belongs to the Y (the lowest) category of journals and the majority (97%) of journals do not have an impact factor. Indexing in Scopus and Web of Science is 24 (16%) and 20 (13%), respectively. Average article processing charges (APCs) per article in Sciences and Social Sciences journals of Pakistan are 46 $ and 90 $, respectively. In terms of ranking, Pakistani journals are in the stage of infancy. The present study is the first comprehensive exploration to explore the current status of OA scholarly journal publishing in Pakistan. This study may help to come up with recommendations to strengthen the credibility of OA journals in Pakistan. This study may be generalized to developing countries that have similar circumstances to Pakistan.

Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age

Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age

La producción científica de Uruguay disponible en acceso abierto a partir de Web of Science (1980-2019)

Within the framework of open science, this study focuses in open access to uruguayan scientific production. Its Objectives are to analyze the evolution of open access (OA), the distribution by routes, by areas of knowledge, its citation behavior, international collaboration and payment of Article Processing Charges (APC). A quantitative methodology based in metric studies of the information is used. Analyzes uruguayan researchers´s scientific production indexed in Web of Science (WOS) in the last 40 years. Results show that 28% of articles are available in AA for the analyzed period and half of them (14%) are published in journals charging APC, according to the DOAJ directory. Green Open Access publications receive the highest average citations number and articles in international collaboration are more frequently OA. Concludes that information about the state of Open Access to academic publications is a fundamental input for policy making and promoting open access practices by uruguayan scientific community.

Open science practices in general and internal medicine journals, an observational study.

BackgroundAs part of the Open Science movement, this study aims to analyze the current state of open access and open data policies concerning the availability of articles and raw data of the journals belonging to the category “Medicine, General & Internal” of the Science Citation Index Expanded.MethodsJournal data sharing policies were evaluated through the following variables: possibility of manuscript storage in repositories; reuse policy; publication on a website; and statement regarding complementary material. Subsequently, an analysis of the supplementary material associated with each article was performed through the PubMed Central repository. The study reported was assessed following the STROBE guidelines for observational studies.ResultsThis study shows that only one-third of the journals included in the category “Medicine, General & Internal” allow the depositing of their documents in repositories and its reuse, while approximately half of the journals agree to publish the document on a website as well as to deposit supplementary material along with the publication. However, the reality about this last variable is that only 9.5% of the articles analyzed contained supplementary material being the main journals involved, BMJ Open, JAMA Network Open, New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet and Plos Medicine.ConclusionsThe analysis of the opening policies of the journals concerning data availability in medical research reveals the unequal positioning of publishers towards the sharing of open data, the ambiguity regarding government policies about the obligation to deposit data and the need for ethical and standardization requirements in the typology/format of the data deposited without forgetting the important role that the researcher plays. Further studies based on journals indexed in medical databases other than Science Citation Index Expanded are needed.

Usage and Perception of Open Access Resources: A Study of Select Universities in Bangladesh

The goal of this research is to examine the current state of Open Access (OA) Resources in six private and public universities in Bangladesh. It also seeks to analyze students’ awareness, utilization of, and attitude towards OA resources. Findings: The study found that 60% of the students perceive their universities have enough OA resources whereas the other 40% think their universities do not possess enough. In the meantime, only 50% of them are frequent users while the other 30% know but never used and the rest 20% have no idea about OA resources. However, the awareness of OA Resources amongst students is increasing day by day. The students possess a positive perception of OA Resources. Methodology: The questionnaire, direct interviews, various documentaries, and direct observation are used for the present study. We applied interview and own observation methods as the questionnaire approach had few limitations while collecting the data that is why so that this method was used to collect the required information to supplement the questionnaire methods and to bring more clarity to the data. The questionnaires were distributed personally to the students. Then we tried to understand the knowledge, utilization, and attitude of OA resources. Data Collection: The major step of the study for data collecting was the survey data from selected universities of Bangladesh. Moreover, the discussions were held with the students of these universities to examine awareness, use, and perception of OA Resources. Various journals articles, online sources, like Google, blog sites, Google Scholars, etc. have been used in this research.

How Public is Public Law? The Current State of Open Access to Administrative Court Judgments

How Public is Public Law? The Current State of Open Access to Administrative Court Judgments

Open access publishing in India: trends and policy perspectives

PurposeThis study aims to analyze Open Access (OA) publishing trends and policy perspectives in India. Different aspects, such as the growth of OA journals digital repositories, the proportion of OA availability to research literature and the status of OA mandates and policies are studied.Design/methodology/approachData for analyzing OA trends were gathered from multiple data sources, including Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), OpenDOAR, SCImago and Web of Science (WoS) databases. DOAJ and OpenDOAR were used for extracting OA journals and digital repository data. SCImago Journal and Country ranking portal and WoS database were used to obtain Indian publication data for assessing the proportion of OA to research literature. ROARMAP was used to study OA mandates and policies adopted by universities, research institutions and research funders in India. OA mandates and policies of major regulatory bodies and funding agencies were also reviewed using secondary sources of information and related websites.FindingsIndia ranks number 15 and 17 globally for OA journals and OA repositories, with 317 journals and 98 repositories. Although India’s proportion to OA publications is 23% (7% below the world average of 30%), the annual growth rate of OA publications is around 18%. Although the governing bodies and institutions have made efforts to mandate researchers to adopt OA publishing and self-archiving, its implementation is quite low among Indian researchers, as only three institutions (out of 18 listed in the ROARMAP) are defined the embargo period. Funding agencies in India do not provide financial assistance to authors for the payment of Article Processing Charges despite mandates that research is deposited in OA repositories. India lacks a national OA policy but plans to implement a “one nation one subscription” formula to provide OA to scientific literature to all its citizens.Research limitations/implicationsThe study has certain limitations. Because much of India’s research output is published in local journals that are not indexed in WoS, the study recommends conducting further analyses of publications using Scopus and other databases to understand the country’s OA publishing proportion better. A further study based on feedback from different stakeholders through a survey may be conducted for formulating a national OA policy.Originality/valueThe study is the first that used multiple data sources for investigating different facets of OA publishing in India, including OA journals, digital repositories, OA research output and OA mandates and policies for publicly funded research. The findings will be helpful for researchers and policymakers interested in promoting OA adoption among researchers worldwide.

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The State of Open Access in Japan: An Analysis Using Unpaywall

The State of Open Access in Japan: An Analysis Using Unpaywall

Open access in translation studies: A bibliometric overview of its distribution and development

This article provides an analysis of open access (OA) publishing in translation studies for the 1961-2015 period. To this end, we have taken advantage of the translation-studies (TS) bibliographical database BITRA, which comprised over 75,000 entries as of December 2018, over 21,000 of which had been labelled as OA. The main bibliometric factors we examined from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives were the global status of OA, publication format, language, topic, kind of publisher and types of websites hosting OA publications, while also providing an estimation of how these factors predict OA. The results indicate that we are increasingly witnessing a balance between open and toll access due to the dramatic growth of OA in TS. We have also found that OA is still on the increase in TS, although with some notable variations within each of the categories under analysis.

Open Access in Estonia

ABSTRACT In the North American academic library and information studies literature, not much has been written about open access (OA) in Estonia. The present article addresses that lacunae by focusing on the country’s open access landscape, spotlighting essential OA resources in the Humanities and Social Sciences. UNESCO’s Global Open Access portal provides cursory information on Estonian OA and notes, “No national OA policy; no financial support for OA publishing; lack of awareness on OA/digital preservation among researchers and academics.” 1 This article examines the current state of open access in Estonia and argues that, despite the perceived lack of national OA policy in Estonia, OA remains a robust complementary alternative to proprietary databases. Estonian institutions have shown a keen initiative and interest in the development of the OA sources.

Current status of open access

Current status of open access

The Status and Patterns of open Access in Research Output of Most Productive Indian Institutions

Open Access is emerging as an important movement worldwide since last few years, triggered mainly by the high subscription cost of pay walled journals that create barriers in universal dissemination of knowledge reported in those journals. The paywall barriers to access of knowledge has become so problematic that even institutions in the developed countries are not only cancelling subscriptions but also mandating it for their researchers to either publish in open access journals or at least deposit their research papers in Institutional Repositories. The high subscription cost of journals is a more serious issue for developing countries, as it takes away institutional resources that can be used for other productive purposes. India has taken several steps in promoting open access, including release of an open access policy by Ministry of Science and Technology, however, it is not very clear that how effective these initiatives have been. This paper intends to address this issue. It examines published output, indexed in Web of Science, from 100 most productive institutions in India and analyze how much research output coming from them are available in Open Access (OA). The paper further analyzes availability of research papers from these institutions in the popular pirate site Sci-Hub. It is interesting to observe that legal OA percentages are significantly lesser than the Sci-Hub availability for all the institutions, an indication that the existing systems for promoting open access in India are not working efficiently. At the end, the paper also presents statistics about number of papers deposited in three central institutional repositories in India. These statistics provides an indication of the extent to which these repositories have been able to promote open access in India. The paper concludes by pointing to some factors that impede Open Access in India.

Otwarty dostęp w krajach globalnego Południa

Cel/Teza: Artykuł referuje bieżący etap rozwoju otwartego dostępu w krajach globalnego Południa, ze wskazaniem podobieństw i odmienności pomiędzy różnymi obszarami świata, nakreśleniem specyfiki reprezentatywnych krajów lub grupy krajów oraz określeniem przyczyn ograniczenia ich aktywności w tym zakresie.Koncepcja/Metody badań: Termin „globalne Południe”, odnoszący się do mniej rozwiniętych krajów Azji, Pacyfiku, Afryki i Ameryki Łacińskiej, stał się ostatnio popularny w dyskursie akademickim, chociaż nie został prawidłowo zdefiniowany. W artykule różne przypadki jego użycia są analizowane w konfrontacji z terminem „globalna Północ”. Analizie poddane zostały również dane dotyczące otwartego dostępu w krajach lobalnego Południa dostępne w źródłach internetowych.Wyniki i wnioski: Poszczególne obszary globalnego Południa są pod wieloma względami zróżnicowane, choć wszystkie łączy niższy status ekonomiczny i zespół rozmaitych problemów z tego wynikających. Granice pomiędzy Północą i Południem zmieniają się, w pewnych miejscach zaś zacierają. Środowiska naukowe w tych krajach różnią się pod względem potrzeb, dążeń i wyobrażeń na temat tego, jak powinno, ich zdaniem, wyglądać publikowanie prac naukowych. Ze względu na owe specyficzne cechy próba dopasowania narzędzi wypracowanych w naukowych ośrodkach globalnej Północy może okazać się szkodliwa. Kluczowa okazuje się komplementarność informacji (jej złożoność, organizacja i weryfikacja), która, dzięki narzędziom technicznym, staje się dostępna szerszej naukowej społeczności.Oryginalność/Wartość poznawcza: W polskiej literaturze badawczej zagadnienie to pojawia się rzadko. Artykuł zbiera i zestawia dane dotyczące wszystkich obszarów globalnego Południa obecne głównie w literaturze anglojęzycznej.

State of Open Access in Africa and its Implication on Researchers [Webinar

State of Open Access in Africa and its Implication on Researchers [Webinar

State of Open Access in Africa and its Implication on Researchers

State of Open Access in Africa and its Implication on Researchers