Land-Grant University Faculty Attitudes in and Engagement with Open Source Scholarship and Commercialization

Based on a nationally representative survey done in 2016, this article examines the attitudes and activities of agricultural and life science faculty at US land grant universities with respect to open access/open source versus commercialization of research. The findings reveal pervasive faculty supp...

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Main Authors: Brad Barham, Irwin Goldman, Jordan van Rijn, Jeremy Foltz, Maria Isabella Agnes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-05-01
Series:Agricultural & Environmental Letters
Online Access:https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/ael/articles/2/1/170008
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Summary:Based on a nationally representative survey done in 2016, this article examines the attitudes and activities of agricultural and life science faculty at US land grant universities with respect to open access/open source versus commercialization of research. The findings reveal pervasive faculty support for open scientific inquiry and sharing of knowledge and relatively low levels of participation in and laboratory market funding associated with commercialization activities. These results point toward the potential timeliness of a reassessment of public universities policies and public relations with respect to open science and commercialization.
ISSN:2471-9625