Drivers and Obstacles of Open Access Publishing. A Qualitative Investigation of Individual and Institutional Factors

Greussing, Esther; Kuballa, Stefanie; Taddicken, Monika; Schulze, Mareike; Mielke, Corinna; Haux, Reinhold

doi:10.3389/fcomm.2020.587465

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“…Moreover, most of the COVID-19 articles from SEA were published in paid, open access journals. There are several reasons that may explain this: 1) Article processing charges (APC) remains to be a major obstacle in publishing research in open access journals [26]. Perhaps, more affluent countries like Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, which contributed to a lot of COVID-19 publications in SEA, could afford to pay the APC of open access journals; 2) There was a significant increase in the percentage of multiple country publications on COVID-19 research in SEA since the start of the pandemic.…”

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Investigating the evolution of COVID-19 research trends and collaborations in Southeast Asia: A bibliometric analysis

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2021

Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Revi

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Investigating the evolution of COVID-19 research trends and collaborations in Southeast Asia: A bibliometric analysis

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2021

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“…6 Secondary parameters of the transformation metric. Parameters in this figure are taken from Mielke et al 20 (there part of Table 1), and as presented in Haux et al 18 A detailed report on the results of the interviews can be found in Greussing et al, 23 where some major outcomes, presented here, are all taken from:…”

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“…From July 2017 to February 2018, 42 medical informatics researchers were inter-(researchers with intermediate experience such as postdoctoral researchers), and "senior" (researchers with long experience such as professors or department chairs). Details can be found in Greussing et al23 and here later in ►Table 2. • In addition, a two-tier quantitative study on these drivers and obstacles was designed and conducted, comprising scientific organizations (Module A) and individual researchers (Module B) in medical informatics.…”

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Trans-O-MIM—An International Research Project on Open Access Transformation: Outcomes and Lessons Learned

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Background During the last decades, the Open Access paradigm has become an important approach for publishing new scientific knowledge. From 2015 to 2020, the Trans-O-MIM research project was undertaken with the intention to identify and to explore solutions in transforming subscription-based journals into Open Access journals. Trans-O-MIM stands for strategies, models, and evaluation metrics for the goal-oriented, stepwise, sustainable, and fair transformation of established subscription-based scientific journals into Open-Access-based journals with Methods of Information in Medicine as an example. Objectives To present an overview of the outcomes of the Trans-O-MIM research project as a whole and to share our major lessons learned. Methods As an approach for transforming journals, a Tandem Model has been proposed and implemented for Methods of Information in Medicine. For developing a metric to observe and assess journal transformations, scenario analysis has been used. A qualitative and a two-tier quantitative study on drivers and obstacles of Open Access publishing for medical informatics researchers was designed and conducted. A project setup with a research team, a steering committee, and an international advisory board was established. Major international medical informatics events have been used for reporting and for receiving feedback. Results Based on the Tandem Model, the journal Methods of Information in Medicine has been transformed into a journal where, in addition to its subscription-based track, from 2017 onwards a Gold Open Access track has been successfully added. An evaluation metric, composed of 5 scenarios and 65 parameters, has been developed, which can assist respective decision makers in assessing such transformations. The studies on drivers and obstacles of Open Access publishing showed that, while most researchers support the idea of making scientific knowledge freely accessible to everyone, they are hesitant about actually living this practice by choosing Open Access journals to publish their own work. Article-processing charges and quality issues are perceived as the main obstacles in this respect, revealing a two-sided evaluation of Open Access models, reflecting the different viewpoints of researchers as authors or readers. Especially researchers from low-income countries benefit from a barrier-free communication mainly in their role as readers and much less in their role as authors of scientific information. This became also evident at the institutional level, as Open Access policies or financial support through funding bodies are most prevalent in Europe and North America. Conclusions With Trans-O-MIM, an international research project was performed. An existing journal has been transformed. In addition, with the support of the International Medical Informatics Association, as well as of the European Federation for Medical Informatics and of the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology as European and German medical informatics organizations, we did run an international experiment on Open Access incentives. Both together are, as far as the authors know, unique. We therefore expect that this research could add new knowledge on Open Access transformation.

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“…Despite agreeing with the OA principles, the majority of researchers at the Arctic University of Norway did not engage in OA for a variety of reasons, including the time-consuming procedure, academics' uncertainty about specific legal, copyright, peer review, and prestige issues, and ambiguity over which version to deposit or self-archive (Mbachi, 2019). While most biomedical and health informatics researchers favor making scientific knowledge freely accessible to everybody, some are hesitant to put this principle into reality by publishing their work in OA journals (Greussing et al, 2020). The primary motivations for researchers to adopt OA publishing are the large readership, impact factor, free access to readers, ability to pay publishing charges, subjective norm and personal innovativeness (Heaton et al, 2019;Massoro and Adewale, 2019).…”

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Factors influencing the adoption and use of open access scholarly communication among researchers in India

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2022

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PurposeThe present study aims to examine the use of open access (OA) scholarly communication in India and investigate the factors affecting the adoption and use of OA scholarly communication among researchers.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted a quantitative research approach using a survey method. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) of Web of Science database was selected as a source for identifying potential researchers and researchers' contact details. A web-based questionnaire was designed using Google Forms, and a link to the questionnaire was sent by email to 4,237 researchers belonging to Science and Technology. Unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) is the primary basis for formulating the present study's conceptual model. Hierarchical multiple regression (HMR) was applied for identifying the factors that influence the adoption and use of OA scholarly communication.FindingsThe study found that researchers have limited knowledge of different OA concepts, initiatives and resources, resulting in a deficient level of participation in OA publishing. The HMR analysis authenticates that attitude, facilitating conditions, Internet usage self-efficacy, article processing charge (APC) and researchers' working experience significantly influence the adoption and use of OA scholarly communication. Based on the findings, the study proposed a validated model to investigate the adoption and use of OA scholarly communication in different institutions, research disciplines and developing countries with similar conditions.Practical implicationsThe findings have several practical and policy implications for improving OA publishing in India, formulating OA policies and providing directions for further research.Originality/valueThis is the first study focusing on adopting and using OA scholarly communication in India. Findings may be helpful in planning and implementing OA initiatives. The influencing factors and the relative importance identified in the present study offered empirical evidence to demonstrate the researchers' attitudes and perceptions for adopting and using OA scholarly communication.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-05-2021-0265.

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Drivers and Obstacles of Open Access Publishing. A Qualitative Investigation of Individual and Institutional Factors

Cited by 19 publications

References 36 publications

Investigating the evolution of COVID-19 research trends and collaborations in Southeast Asia: A bibliometric analysis

Investigating the evolution of COVID-19 research trends and collaborations in Southeast Asia: A bibliometric analysis

Trans-O-MIM—An International Research Project on Open Access Transformation: Outcomes and Lessons Learned

Factors influencing the adoption and use of open access scholarly communication among researchers in India

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