Open access at the national level: A comprehensive analysis of publications by Finnish researchers

Pölönen, Janne; null, null; Guns, Raf; Kulczycki, Emanuel; Sivertsen, Gunnar

doi:10.1162/qss_a_00084

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“…Consequently, an evolving body of bibliometric research investigates the uptake of this publishing model. While strong evidence exists that OA is growing (Archambault et al, 2014;Laakso & Björk, 2012;Piwowar et al, 2018), quantitative studies focusing on countries and research institutions revealed notable variations from the general trend (Bosman & Kramer, 2018;Martin-Martin et al, 2018;Huang, 2020;Robinson-Garcia et al, 2020, Pölönen et al, 2020. Here, we contribute to this evolving evidence-base of OA to journal articles at the level of institutions with an analysis of the situation in Germany between 2010 and 2018.…”

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confidence: 77%

Open access uptake in Germany 2010–2018: adoption in a diverse research landscape

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This study investigates the development of open access (OA) to journal articles from authors affiliated with German universities and non-university research institutions in the period 2010–2018. Beyond determining the overall share of openly available articles, a systematic classification of distinct categories of OA publishing allowed us to identify different patterns of adoption of OA. Taking into account the particularities of the German research landscape, variations in terms of productivity, OA uptake and approaches to OA are examined at the meso-level and possible explanations are discussed. The development of the OA uptake is analysed for the different research sectors in Germany (universities, non-university research institutes of the Helmholtz Association, Fraunhofer Society, Max Planck Society, Leibniz Association, and government research agencies). Combining several data sources (incl. Web of Science, Unpaywall, an authority file of standardised German affiliation information, the ISSN-Gold-OA 3.0 list, and OpenDOAR), the study confirms the growth of the OA share mirroring the international trend reported in related studies. We found that 45% of all considered articles during the observed period were openly available at the time of analysis. Our findings show that subject-specific repositories are the most prevalent type of OA. However, the percentages for publication in fully OA journals and OA via institutional repositories show similarly steep increases. Enabling data-driven decision-making regarding the implementation of OA in Germany at the institutional level, the results of this study furthermore can serve as a baseline to assess the impact recent transformative agreements with major publishers will likely have on scholarly communication.

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confidence: 77%

Open access uptake in Germany 2010–2018: adoption in a diverse research landscape

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“…Unsurprisingly, older studies report lower rates (Bjork et al 2010;Gargouri et al 2010), reinforcing the findings of many scholars that open access is on the rise (Abediyarandi & Mayr 2019;Archambault et al 2014;Archambault et al 2013;Gargouri et al 2010;Laakso et al 2011;Maddi 2019;Martín-Martín et al 2018;Piwowar et al 2018;Wang et al 2018). The growth of Gold open access in particular has been noted (Archambault et al 2014;Martín-Martín et al 2018;Piryani et al 2019;Pölönen et al 2019). Despite this, the literature clearly shows that open access development varies by discipline (Bjork et al 2010;Bosman & Kramer 2019;Maddi 2019;Martín-Martín et al 2018;Piryani et al 2019;Robinson-Garcia et al 2020;Sivertsen et al 2019) and country (Archambault et al 2014;Maddi 2019;Martín-Martín et al 2018;Robinson-Garcia et al 2020Sivertsen et al 2019Torres-Salinas et al 2019;Wang et al 2018).…”

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confidence: 79%

“…Different methods are used according to the aims of the research. Some studies focus on a given country (Abediyarandi & Mayr 2019;Bosman & Kramer 2019;Holmberg et al 2019;Mikki et al 2018;Piryani et al 2019;Pölönen et al 2019;Sivertsen et al 2019) open access type (Wang et al 2018) or funder (Kirkman 2018). Others aim for a global overview (Archambault et al 2014;Laakso et al 2011;Martín-Martín et al 2018;Piwowar et al 2018;Robinson-Garcia et al 2020Wang et al 2018.…”

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Only two out of five articles by New Zealand researchers are free-to-access: a multiple API study of access, citations, cost of Article Processing Charges (APC), and the potential to increase the proportion of open access

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Angelo

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et al. 2020

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We studied journal articles published by researchers at all eight of New Zealand universities in 2017 to determine how many were freely accessible on the web. We wrote software code to harvest data from multiple sources, code that we now share to enable others to reproduce our work on their own sample set. In May 2019, we ran our code to determine which of the 2017 articles were open at that time and by what method; where those articles would have incurred an Article Processing Charge (APC) we calculated the cost if those charges had been paid. Where articles were not freely available we determined whether the policies of publishers in each case would have allowed deposit in a non-commercial repository (Green open access). We also examined average citation rates for different types of access. We found that, of our 2017 sample set, about two out of every five articles were freely accessible without payment or subscription (41%). Where research was explicitly said to be funded by New Zealand's major research funding agencies, the proportion was slightly higher at 49%. Where open articles would have incurred an APC we estimated an average cost per article of USD1,682 (for publications where all articles require an APC, that is, Gold open access) and USD2,558 (where APC payment is optional, Hybrid open access) at a total estimated cost of USD1.45m. Of the paid options, Gold is by far more common for New Zealand researchers (82% Gold, 18% Hybrid). Where articles were not freely accessible we found that a very large majority of them (88%) could have been legally deposited in an institutional repository. In terms of average citation rates, we found Green and Hybrid open access to achieve the highest rates, higher than other forms of open access and higher still than research that is only available via payment. Given that most New Zealand researchers support research being open, there is clearly a large gap between belief and practice in New Zealand's research ecosystem, despite a clear citation advantage for open access over research that is not freely accessible.

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“…Different methods are used according to the aims of the research. Some studies focus on a given country ( Abediyarandi & Mayr, 2019 ; Bosman & Kramer, 2019 ; Holmberg et al, 2019 ; Mikki, Gjesdal & Strømme, 2018 ; Piryani, Dua & Singh, 2019 ; Pölönen et al, 2019 ; Sivertsen et al, 2019 ) open access type ( Wang et al, 2018 ) or funder ( Kirkman, 2018 ). Others aim for a global overview ( Archambault et al., 2014 ; Laakso et al, 2011 ; Martín-Martín et al., 2018 ; Piwowar et al, 2018 ; Robinson-Garcia, Costas & Leeuwen, 2020 ; Wang et al, 2018 ).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Because of this diversity, it is difficult to draw comparisons between results. Most recent studies point to an overall open access rate of between 45 and 55% ( Bosman & Kramer, 2019 ; Martín-Martín et al., 2018 ; Piwowar et al, 2018 ; Pölönen et al, 2019 ). This is significant because an open access rate of 50% is posited as a “tipping point” by some ( Archambault et al, 2013 ).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Only two out of five articles by New Zealand researchers are free-to-access: a multiple API study of access, citations, cost of Article Processing Charges (APC), and the potential to increase the proportion of open access

White

Angelo

Fitchett

et al. 2021

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We studied journal articles published by researchers at all eight New Zealand universities in 2017 to determine how many were freely accessible on the web. We wrote software code to harvest data from multiple sources, code that we now share to enable others to reproduce our work on their own sample set. In May 2019, we ran our code to determine which of the 2017 articles were open at that time and by what method; where those articles would have incurred an Article Processing Charge (APC) we calculated the cost if those charges had been paid. Where articles were not freely available we determined whether the policies of publishers in each case would have allowed deposit in a non-commercial repository (Green open access). We also examined citation rates for different types of access. We found that, of our 2017 sample set, about two out of every five articles were freely accessible without payment or subscription (41%). Where research was explicitly said to be funded by New Zealand’s major research funding agencies, the proportion was slightly higher at 45%. Where open articles would have incurred an APC we estimated an average cost per article of USD1,682 (for publications where all articles require an APC, that is, Gold open access) and USD2,558 (where APC payment is optional, Hybrid open access) at a total estimated cost of USD1.45m. Of the paid options, Gold is by far more common for New Zealand researchers (82% Gold, 18% Hybrid). In terms of citations, our analysis aligned with previous studies that suggest a correlation between publications being freely accessible and, on balance, slightly higher rates of citation. This is not seen across all types of open access, however, with Diamond OA achieving the lowest rates. Where articles were not freely accessible we found that a very large majority of them (88% or 3089 publications) could have been legally deposited in an institutional repository. Similarly, only in a very small number of cases had a version deposited in the repository of a New Zealand university made the difference between the publication being freely accessible or not (125 publications). Given that most New Zealand researchers support research being open, there is clearly a large gap between belief and practice in New Zealand’s research ecosystem.

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Open access at the national level: A comprehensive analysis of publications by Finnish researchers

Cited by 21 publications

References 64 publications

Open access uptake in Germany 2010–2018: adoption in a diverse research landscape

Open access uptake in Germany 2010–2018: adoption in a diverse research landscape

Only two out of five articles by New Zealand researchers are free-to-access: a multiple API study of access, citations, cost of Article Processing Charges (APC), and the potential to increase the proportion of open access

Only two out of five articles by New Zealand researchers are free-to-access: a multiple API study of access, citations, cost of Article Processing Charges (APC), and the potential to increase the proportion of open access

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