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Monday, 12th March 2007

Study on Open Access and Science Publishing: Positive Attitude Toward Open Access Publishing but Reluctance to Use

Positive Attitude Toward Open Access Publishing but Reluctance to Use

Researchers’ overall attitude toward Open Access publishing is very positive. Open Access publishing means providing access to scientific publications at no charge and exempt from most copyright and licensing restrictions to everyone. Up to 91% of the 688 participants in a study conducted jointly between researchers at the University of Munich and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock describe their attitude toward Open Access publishing to be positive or very positive. However many show reluctance to use these new means of distributing their research work.

While about two-thirds of the respondents indicate to have accessed Open Access literature before, only one third has published work in Open Access outlets. Advantages like increased speed, range and potentially higher citation rates of Open Access publications are seen alongside insufficient impact factors, lacking long-term availability and the inferior ability to reach the specific target audience of scientists within one’s own discipline. Moreover the low level of use among close colleagues seems to be a barrier towards Open Access publishing. 73% of the interviewees believe that their close colleagues do not use Open Access media for publishing their research findings.

+ Summary of main results with practical implications (PDF; 328 KB)

Source: Institute for Information Systems and New Media at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich and the Department of Information Science at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock


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