The determinants of open access publishing: survey evidence from Germany

Eger, Thomas; Scheufen, Marc; Meierrieks, Daniel

doi:10.1007/s10657-015-9488-x

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“…However, these results are consistent with most of those reviewed in the literature, which show that maturity and academic status are associated with greater participation in open access (Eger et al, 2015;Kim, 2011;Lwoga & Questier, 2015). Only one of the articles studied, belonging to a university in Ghana, indicated that older researchers were less involved in the repository because they consider it to be of poorer quality (Oguz & Assefa, 2014).…”

Section: Analysis By Agesupporting

confidence: 87%

“…However, others report that researchers in medicine and life sciences are more active in journals and more reluctant to deposit on online platforms, while researchers in mathematics, physics and economics are more likely to self-archive because there are subject repositories in their subjects (Eger et al, 2015). This was the case in our study, where researchers who were more familiar with using subject repositories (those in physics and mathematics) were the first and most consistent contributors to the repository.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…Researchers from life sciences consider that the most positive aspect is that research is freely accessible to all (Creaser et al, 2010;Eger et al, 2015); researchers in medicine consider that the most important aspect is (Creaser et al, 2010) and the least important is rapid dissemination; and researchers in physics and mathematics consider that rapid dissemination is the most important aspect (Creaser et al, 2010;Eger et al, 2015). In our study, we found that respondents in the social sciences had similar views to those in humanities, and respondents in medicine and life sciences had similar views to those in physical sciences.…”

Section: Analysis By Subject Areamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, researchers in social sciences and humanities give more importance to citations and publish in journals that are important to their field. In other words, the reputation of the open access journal is essential for them (Eger et al, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A study was recently published on the knowledge and experience of researchers of German public universities regarding open access journals and self-archiving (Eger et al, 2015). The results show that the attitude of the researchers to open access depended on factors such as age, position, area of research, and the form of self-advancement in each discipline.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Open Access Awareness and Perceptions in an Institutional Landscape

Serrano-Vicente

Melero

Abadal

2016

The Journal of Academic Librarianship

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INTRODUCTION. The aim of this study was to determine the awareness of open access among the academic staff of a research-oriented Spanish university, their use of the institutional repository and their satisfaction with its services.METHODS. An anonymous survey of 37 questions was sent to all professors, researchers and doctoral students of the University of Navarra. Between 5 and 25 March 2015, a total of 1989 messages were sent by email with a link to the survey. RESULTS.A total of 352 responses (17%) were received. The responses showed statistically significant differences in opinions concerning open access journals and services created on top of the repository. Although there was general agreement on the need for open access, half the respondents adopted open access practices (which included the use of the institutional repository, personal and departmental pages and academic platforms such as Academia.edu and ResearchGate). This percentage increased with the older respondents, who were also senior members of staff with tenure and positions of authority at the university. The opinion on open access journals depended on the area of research and was related to the type of academic communication and career advancement in each discipline. Specifically, the opinions of researchers were similar within social sciences and humanities, within medicine and life sciences, and within the physical sciences. The repository services most valued were correction of bibliographic data among older researchers and document scanning among social sciences and humanities researchers. The interoperability of the repository with other systems (especially the current research information system) was also considered important.

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Section: Analysis By Agesupporting

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Section: Awareness and Use Of Dadunmentioning

confidence: 63%

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Section: Analysis By Subject Areamentioning

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Open Access Awareness and Perceptions in an Institutional Landscape

Serrano-Vicente

Melero

Abadal

2016

The Journal of Academic Librarianship

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Attitudes, willingness, and resources to cover article publishing charges: The influence of age, position, income level country, discipline and open access habits

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The rise of open access (OA) publishing has been followed by the expansion of the Article Publishing Charges (APC) that moves the financial burden of scholarly journal publishing from readers to authors. We introduce the results of an international randomly selected sampled survey (N=3,422) that explores attitudes towards this pay-to-publish or Gold OA model among scholars. We test the predictor role of age, professional position, discipline, and income-level country in this regard. We found that APCs are perceived more as a global threat to Science than a deterrent to personal professional careers. Academics in low and lower-middle income level countries hold the most unfavorable opinions about the APC system. The less experimental disciplines held more negative perceptions of APC compared to STEM and the Life Sciences. Age and access to external funding stood as negative predictors of refusal to pay to publish. Commitment to OA self-archiving predicted the negative global perception of the APC. We conclude that access to external research funds influences the acceptance and the particular perception of the pay to publish model, remarking the economic dimension of the problem and warning about issues in the inequality between center and periphery. Key points• APCs are perceived more as a global threat to Science than a deterrent to personal professional careers • Younger academics and those in low and lower-middle income level countries hold the most unfavorable opinions about the APC system. • The negative perception about APC is higher among Arts & Humanities and Social Science researchers compared to those in STEM and the Life Sciences. • Age and country income level stood as negative predictors of refusal to pay to publish.

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Factors affecting authors' manuscript submission behaviour: A systematic review

Xie

Jianjun

et al. 2023

Learned Publishing

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As an important medium of science communication, academic journals promote the flow and growth of scientific knowledge. To examine the influence of factors on authors' choice of a journal, this paper reviews the literature on journal selection. A systematic review and critical interpretive synthesis methods were used in this study. A total of 132 articles were included and the content characteristics were extracted. Then, based on behavioural decision theory, the extracted data on journal selection factors were synthesized based on critical interpretive synthesis principles. Four synthetic constructs emerged: factors related to information acquisition, factors related to journal evaluation, factors related to submission outcome feedback, and factors related to the authors' backgrounds. The articles revealed that factors related to journal information acquisition and journal evaluation directly influenced authors' submission behaviour, while factors related to authors' backgrounds were moderating variables. Future research should focus on the processes of manuscript‐submission behaviour, to examine the relationships between the factors and identify the mechanisms.

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The determinants of open access publishing: survey evidence from Germany

Cited by 42 publications

References 10 publications

Open Access Awareness and Perceptions in an Institutional Landscape

Open Access Awareness and Perceptions in an Institutional Landscape

Attitudes, willingness, and resources to cover article publishing charges: The influence of age, position, income level country, discipline and open access habits

Factors affecting authors' manuscript submission behaviour: A systematic review

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