Open Access uptake by universities worldwide
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 th...
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| author | Nicolas Robinson-Garcia Rodrigo Costas Thed N. van Leeuwen |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-66a1360cab0741d58e4c0b8cbee3d50c2023-12-03T10:51:00ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592020-07-018e941010.7717/peerj.9410Open Access uptake by universities worldwideNicolas Robinson-Garcia0Rodrigo Costas1Thed N. van Leeuwen2Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, NetherlandsCentre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, NetherlandsCentre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, NetherlandsThe 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.https://peerj.com/articles/9410.pdfOpen accessUniversitiesResearch assessmentResearch policyOpen scienceUnpaywall |
| spellingShingle | Nicolas Robinson-Garcia Rodrigo Costas Thed N. van Leeuwen Open Access uptake by universities worldwide PeerJ Open access Universities Research assessment Research policy Open science Unpaywall |
| title | Open Access uptake by universities worldwide |
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| title_short | Open Access uptake by universities worldwide |
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| topic | Open access Universities Research assessment Research policy Open science Unpaywall |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/9410.pdf |
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