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Open Access uptake by universities worldwide

Published:2020-07-08 Issue: Volume:8 Page:e9410
ISSN:2167-8359
Container-title:PeerJ
language:en
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Author:

Robinson-Garcia Nicolas¹,Costas Rodrigo²³,van Leeuwen Thed N.²

Affiliation:

1. Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

2. Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

3. Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Abstract

The implementation of policies promoting the adoption of an open science (OS) culture must be accompanied by indicators that allow monitoring the uptake of such policies and their potential effects on research publishing and sharing practices. This study presents indicators of open access (OA) at the institutional level for universities worldwide. By combining data from Web of Science, Unpaywall and the Leiden Ranking disambiguation of institutions, we track OA coverage of universities’ output for 963 institutions. This paper presents the methodological challenges, conceptual discrepancies and limitations and discusses further steps needed to move forward the discussion on fostering OA and OS practices and policies.

Funder

European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation

South African DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Scientometrics and Science, Technology and Innovation Policy

Publisher

PeerJ

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine,General Neuroscience

Link

https://peerj.com/articles/9410.pdf

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