Result: Attitudes towards open access: A meta-synthesis of the empirical literature : Let's Put Data to Use: Digital Scholarship for the Next Generation

Title:
Attitudes towards open access: A meta-synthesis of the empirical literature : Let's Put Data to Use: Digital Scholarship for the Next Generation
Authors:
TOGIA, Aspasia, KOROBILI, Stella
Source:
Information services & use. 34(3-4):221-231
Publisher Information:
Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2014.
Publication Year:
2014
Physical Description:
print, 28 ref
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Subject Terms:
Documentation, Sciences exactes et technologie, Exact sciences and technology, Sciences et techniques communes, Sciences and techniques of general use, Sciences de l'information. Documentation, Information science. Documentation, Technologie de la communication et de l'information, Information and communication technologies, Technologies de l'information: supports, équipements, Information technologies: storage media, equipment, Sciences de l'information et de la communication, Information and communication sciences, Attitude, Actitud, Auteur, Author, Autor, Libre accès, Open access, Libre acceso, Littérature, Literature, Literatura, attitudes, authors, meta-synthesis, scholars
Document Type:
Conference Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
Department of Library Science and Information Systems, A TEI of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
ISSN:
0167-5265
Access URL:
http://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=search&terms=29083277
Rights:
Copyright 2015 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Sciences of information and communication. Documentation

FRANCIS
Accession Number:
edscal.29083277
Database:
PASCAL Archive

Further Information

The aim of the present study is to report the results of a meta-synthesis of the empirical literature on scholars' attitudes towards Open Access (OA) journals. A total of 15 articles published in scholarly journals since 2002 (when the Budapest Open Access Initiative was released) were included in the study and five major themes emerged from their examination and analysis. The literature indicates that attitudes and perceptions of OA are varied across countries and across disciplines. Free access, which is perceived to facilitate wider dissemination of research outputs, is a strong incentive for publishing in OA. However, quality and reputation are the most important factors in selecting a journal and take priority over the availability of free access. Although OA is perceived to have many advantages over the traditional publication model, it raises some concerns too, especially in regard to the author-pays model, the quality of peer-review and the impact of the journals.