Scholarly Publishing at a Crossroads: Scholarly Perspectives on Open Access

Fitzgerald, Sarah; Jiang, Zhehan

doi:10.1007/s10755-020-09508-8

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“…Turgut (2021) claims that researchers must go beyond having a basic awareness of OA principles to publish in OA and deposit their work in an OAR. While awareness of OA can be beneficial, the lack of clear understanding of OA principles within discipline-specific publishing knowledge can create false impressions of OA benefits and perceived barriers of OA options (Fitzgerald and Jiang, 2020).…”

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Faculty participation in open access repositories (OARs) based on their individual traits

Tmava

Ryza

2023

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Purpose The number of open access repositories (OARs) has been growing globally, but faculty members have been reluctant to embrace OAR and submit their work. While there are studies that looked at sociotechnical factors that affect faculty participation in OARs, this study aims to explore how the individual characteristics of faculty might impact faculty willingness to deposit their work in an OAR. Design/methodology/approach The survey was distributed to all faculty at a large public university in the USA who were identified as having their primary job responsibilities in teaching and research. This study used a correlational analysis between faculty individual characteristics (i.e. age, rank, status and academic discipline) and their willingness to deposit their work. Findings The findings show that there is a difference in faculty familiarity with open access (OA) principles and faculty awareness of OA policy based on individual characteristics. Furthermore, these individual characteristics have a significant impact on faculty willingness to participate in OARs. While this study reveals a significant correlation between the faculty intent to deposit and the respondent’s academic discipline, rank and status, there are other factors that affect faculty intent to participate in OAR, such as familiarity with OA principles and awareness of institution’s OA Policy. Research limitations/implications There were no significant responses from the Colleges of Science or Health and Public Service and, therefore, did not yield any statistically significant results. Measuring the university’s promotion system was outside the scope of this research. Practical implications Results of this research can provide insight on how individual characteristics of faculty might impact their willingness to embrace OA publishing in general and OARs in particular. Social implications The findings from this research will be a valuable source of information for librarians and OA staff in developing more effective outreach programs to increase faculty participation in OA and OARs. Originality/value This study reveals that individual faculty traits do have an impact on faculty willingness to participate in OARs. The academic discipline was found to make the most significant difference in faculty intent to deposit their work in an OAR. However, due to the ever-changing landscape of OA publishing and the ongoing outreach efforts by librarians, the faculty members’ perception and participation in OARs is likely to evolve.

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“…Individual traits (i.e. faculty age, rank, status and academic discipline) remain an important factor that can affect faculty participation in OAR (Fitzgerald and Jiang, 2020). According to Casey (2012) faculty in the sciences contribute at a higher degree than do those in the social sciences and humanities.…”

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Faculty participation in open access repositories (OARs) based on their individual traits

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2023

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“…Fitzgerald and Jiang (2020) state that open access is a way to deal with inequality in relation to the cost for readers to access academic scientific production. In the research they carried out with professors and doctoral students on the subject, they concluded that the majority of scholars from all disciplines agree that their work should be freely available to all.…”

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“…We highlight articles that reflect what academics know, think and practice with regard to making their scientific production available in this way, and highlight some proposals to increase Open Access (OA) in the academic context. Fitzgerald and Jiang (2020) state that open access is a way to deal with inequality in relation to the cost for readers to access academic scientific production. In the research they carried out with professors and doctoral students on the subject, they concluded that the majority of scholars from all disciplines agree that their work should be freely available to all.…”

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Author preferences for open access in Portugal: survey findings

Carvalho

Boock

Todorova

et al. 2023

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PurposeSurveying authors at doctoral-granting institutions of higher education in Portugal, the authors in this paper aim to seek to determine the extent to which Portuguese researchers prefer that their work appears in open access journals or open access repositories resulting in improved access to quality, peer-reviewed scientific information and faster scientific and technological advances. The authors also seek to gauge Portuguese author's familiarity with open access, the importance they attach to open access when choosing a publication outlet, and to determine their preferences for achieving open access.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology adopted in this research is the case study. The case study intends to understand a complex social phenomenon through an in-depth study holistically. In May 2020, the authors distributed a survey to faculty in all academic ranks at 14 Portuguese higher education institutions to learn the extent to which Portuguese authors currently make their research openly available, ascertain their awareness of open access, their support of the European Union (EU) open access goal and their preferences for achieving open access.FindingsResearchers at Portuguese universities overwhelmingly are aware of arguments in favor of open access and believe that open access benefits researchers in their fields. Portuguese researchers regularly publish in open access journals and deposit their papers in institutional or disciplinary repositories.Research limitations/implications16.7% of 740 potential respondents completed the survey. The relatively low response rate prevents extrapolations from being made to the universe. The study was implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, which, due to the disruption created in all sectors, made data collection complex and delayed its subsequent treatment.Originality/valueSimilar studies have been conducted at individual universities and in particular disciplines to determine the degree to which their faculty authors are aware of open access, its benefits, and preferences for achieving it. A similar study of Bulgarian university authors was conducted in 2018. No previous study of Portuguese authors at institutions of higher education has been conducted. The results will be useful to Portuguese institutions of higher education and academic libraries to establish and revise open access outreach and implementation services that may be helpful to their faculty in meeting EU open access and funder open access requirements.

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“…Thus it is undeniable that work discipline is the determining factor of success in a company; if the discipline of work is ignored will hinder and harm the company (Busta & Russo, 2020;Charity Hudley et al, 2020;Hu & Liu, 2020;Martino, 2020;Rodriguez et al, 2020;Wang et al, 2020). Because without discipline, it will decrease employee performance so that the company's target will not be achieved (Björkhagen Turesson, 2020;Farley-Ripple et al, 2020;Fitzgerald & Jiang, 2020;Martimianakis et al, 2020;Millstein et al, 2020;Rodríguez-Araya et al, 2020).…”

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Discipline and Work Environment Affect Employee Productivity: Evidence From Indonesia

Prasetyo¹,

Aliyyah²,

Rusdiyanto³

et al. 2021

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Objective: This paper aims to test and evaluate the Effect of Discipline And Work Environment on Employee Productivity of state-owned public bodies.Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses a quantitative approach using a survey approach. The survey is a study conducted on the employee population of state-owned public agency companies, samples taken from the employee population of state-owned public agency companies to find events related to discipline variables and work environments that can affect employee productivity variables, to analise the influence between discipline variables and the work environment on employee productivity variables using a statistic regression approach. This method is used to explain the influence of discipline variables and work environment on employee productivity variables. This approach is simply to provide a description and test the influence between discipline variables and the work environment on employee productivity variables that can be known how much the influence of discipline variables and work environment on employee productivity variables.Findings: The findings of this study explain that discipline has an influence on the productivity of employees of publicly owned companies, the work environment has an influence on the productivity of employees of publicly owned companies, while together discipline and work environment have an influence on the productivity of employees of publicly owned companies.Practical Implications: The results of the study are recommended for employees to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the performance of state-owned public bodies.Originality: Previous research conducted to test the influence of discipline and work environment on the productivity of employees of manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, the findings concluded that discipline and work environment have an influence on the work productivity of employees of manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. This research object of research on publicly owned companies owned by the state.

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Scholarly Publishing at a Crossroads: Scholarly Perspectives on Open Access

Cited by 9 publications

References 22 publications

Faculty participation in open access repositories (OARs) based on their individual traits

Faculty participation in open access repositories (OARs) based on their individual traits

Author preferences for open access in Portugal: survey findings

Discipline and Work Environment Affect Employee Productivity: Evidence From Indonesia

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