| Title |
Who support open access publishing? Gender, discipline, seniority and other factors associated with academics’ OA practice
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Scientometrics, March 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11192-017-2316-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Yimei Zhu |
| Abstract |
This paper presents the findings from a survey study of UK academics and their publishing behaviour. The aim of this study is to investigate academics' attitudes towards and practice of open access (OA) publishing. The results are based on a survey study of academics at 12 Russell Group universities, and reflect responses from over 1800 researchers. This study found that whilst most academics support the principle of making knowledge freely available to everyone, the use of OA publishing among UK academics was still limited despite relevant established OA policies. The results suggest that there were differences in the extent of OA practice between different universities, academic disciplines, age and seniorities. Academics' use in OA publishing was also related to their awareness of OA policy and OA repositories, their attitudes towards the importance of OA publishing and their belief in OA citation advantage. The implications of these findings are relevant to the development of strategies for the implementation of OA policies. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 70 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 10 | 14% |
| France | 6 | 9% |
| Germany | 5 | 7% |
| United States | 5 | 7% |
| Spain | 4 | 6% |
| Australia | 2 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| Russia | 1 | 1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 7 | 10% |
| Unknown | 28 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 50 | 71% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 11 | 16% |
| Scientists | 7 | 10% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 145 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Slovenia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 140 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Librarian | 35 | 24% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 10% |
| Researcher | 14 | 10% |
| Other | 10 | 7% |
| Other | 24 | 17% |
| Unknown | 22 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 44 | 30% |
| Computer Science | 18 | 12% |
| Arts and Humanities | 12 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 8% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 23 | 16% |
| Unknown | 30 | 21% |
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