The academic, economic and societal impacts of Open Access: an evidence-based review

Waldner, François; Jacques, Denis; Masuzzo, Paola; Collister, Lauren; Hartgerink, C.H.J.

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“…Whereby data sets are published as data papers and assigned a DOI, for example the Journal of Open Archaeology Data provides a venue for the publication of datasets archived in repositories with examples of the publication of archaeobotanical datasets from Neolithic Europe (Colledge 2016) and Bronze Age Ireland (Johnston 2014). This practice ensures that datasets are peer-reviewed, quality checks are made, authors receive increased credit, and the survivability of data is increased (Costello et al 2013;Kansa & Kansa 2013;Tennant et al 2016). A number of data archives are available for archaeological datasets which incorporate peer review, such as tDAR (The Digital Archaeological Record), Open Context and ADS.…”

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Sowing the Seeds of Future Research: Data Sharing, Citation and Reuse in Archaeobotany

Lodwick

2019

Open Quaternary

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The practices of data sharing, data citation and data reuse are all crucial aspects of the reproducibility of archaeological research. This article builds on the small number of studies reviewing data sharing and citation practices in archaeology, focussing on the data-rich sub-discipline of archaeobotany. Archaeobotany is a sub-discipline built on the time-intensive collection of data on archaeological plant remains, in order to investigate crop choice, crop husbandry, diet, vegetation and a wide range of other past human-plant relationships. Within archaeobotany, the level and form of data sharing is currently unknown.

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Section: Steps Forwardmentioning

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Sowing the Seeds of Future Research: Data Sharing, Citation and Reuse in Archaeobotany

Lodwick

2019

Open Quaternary

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“…As echoed in the reviews by Swan () and Tennant et al (), most studies in Table reached the conclusion that open access would increase the impact of a study, even though it is not always the case. The outcomes of OA are subject to the level of research object (journals vs. articles), the specificity of the measurements, and the knowledge domains of the articles examined.…”

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Which domains do open‐access journals do best in? A 5‐year longitudinal study

Yan

2018

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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Although researchers have begun to investigate the difference in scientific impact between closed‐access and open‐access journals, studies that focus specifically on dynamic and disciplinary differences remain scarce. This study serves to fill this gap by using a large longitudinal dataset to examine these differences. Using CiteScore as a proxy for journal scientific impact, we employ a series of statistical tests to identify the quartile categories and disciplinary areas in which impact trends differ notably between closed‐ and open‐access journals. We find that closed‐access journals have a noticeable advantage in social sciences (for example, business and economics), whereas open‐access journals perform well in medical and healthcare domains (for example, health profession and nursing). Moreover, we find that after controlling for a journal's rank and disciplinary differences, there are statistically more closed‐access journals in the top 10%, Quartile 1, and Quartile 2 categories as measured by CiteScore; in contrast, more open‐access journals in Quartile 4 gained scientific impact from 2011 to 2015. Considering dynamic and disciplinary trends in tandem, we find that more closed‐access journals in Social Sciences gained in impact, whereas in biochemistry and medicine, more open‐access journals experienced such gains.

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“…Access to research is a problem in developing countries, many of which cannot afford journal subscriptions (Willinsky, 2013). Open access also facilitates text and data mining, which can generate new knowledge, improve literature searches, and provide other benefits (Tennant et al, 2016). University students lose most of their access to research upon graduation.…”

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Research Access and Discovery in University News Releases: A Case Study

Young

2017

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

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INTRODUCTION Many universities promote the peer-reviewed articles of their researchers in online news releases. However, access to the articles by the public can be limited, and information for locating articles is sometimes lacking. This exploratory study quantifies article access, the potential for immediate article archiving, and the presence of discovery aids in news releases at a large research university. METHODS A random sample of 120 news releases over an 11-year period were evaluated. RESULTS At publication, 33% of the peer-reviewed articles mentioned in news releases were open access. Immediate archiving in the institutional repository could potentially raise the access rate to 58% of the articles. Discovery aids in news releases included journal titles (96%), hyperlinks (67%), article titles (44%), and full citations (3%). No hyperlink was in the form of a referenceable digital object identifier (DOI). DISCUSSION Article availability is greater than published estimates, and could result from the university’s STEM focus or self-selection. Delayed access by journals is a significant source of availability, and provides an additional rationale for hyperlinking from news releases. CONCLUSION Most articles promoted in the university’s news releases cannot be accessed by the public. Access could be significantly increased through immediate archiving in the institutional repository. Opportunities for facilitating article discovery could increase the credibility and outreach value of news releases.

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The academic, economic and societal impacts of Open Access: an evidence-based review

Abstract: Ongoing debates surrounding Open Access to the scholarly literature are multifaceted and complicated by disparate and often polarised viewpoints from engaged stakeholders.

Cited by 155 publications

References 136 publications

Sowing the Seeds of Future Research: Data Sharing, Citation and Reuse in Archaeobotany

Sowing the Seeds of Future Research: Data Sharing, Citation and Reuse in Archaeobotany

Which domains do open‐access journals do best in? A 5‐year longitudinal study

Research Access and Discovery in University News Releases: A Case Study

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