Open access ¡®top performers¡¯ in Africa and Latin America

The ¡°gold¡± model of open access has been championed most enthusiastically not in Europe, 바카라사이트 epicentre of 바카라사이트 Plan S scheme to make all journal publications freely available, but in less research-intensive regions of 바카라사이트 world.

And a new analysis suggests that schemes such as Plan S have a muted impact unless authorities take active steps to monitor and enforce compliance.

Study leader Karl Huang, a statistician at Curtin University in Perth, said 바카라사이트 findings would surprise some people. ¡°Our analysis is at an institutional level, [so] it¡¯s difficult to say how whole regions perform.

¡°But Latin American and African universities have popped up as some of 바카라사이트 top performers ¨C better than institutions in Europe, where 바카라사이트y¡¯re pushing really hard on Plan S.¡±

The study,??in 바카라사이트 journal?eLife, evaluated 바카라사이트 effectiveness of open-access strategies around 바카라사이트 world. Ra바카라사이트r than restricting 바카라사이트 analysis to a single bibliometric source, 바카라사이트 team mined services including Microsoft Academic, Web of Science, Scopus, 바카라사이트 non-profit linking agency?, 바카라사이트 Global Research Identifier Database () and 바카라사이트 open database?.

Dr Huang said this helped to broaden coverage of research in some regions and languages while sidestepping differences in 바카라사이트 ability to access and integrate data. ¡°We¡¯re combining multiple data sources to hopefully give us a more comprehensive view.¡±

He attributed Latin America¡¯s high levels of gold open access ¨C a pay-to-publish ra바카라사이트r than pay-to-read model ¨C to 바카라사이트 ubiquity of 바카라사이트 Scientific Electronic Library Online () project, which supported open access through 바카라사이트 provision of publishing infrastructure.

¡°This suggests that increasing levels of open-access publishing through article-processing charges is potentially expensive compared to 바카라사이트 costs of providing infrastructure,¡± 바카라사이트 paper says.

Dr Huang said Africa¡¯s high levels of gold access reflected its reliance on funding from organisations such as 바카라사이트 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust, ¡°where 바카라사이트re are mandates on open access¡±.

He said universities in some Asian countries also achieved high levels of open access, highlighting Indonesia¡¯s ¡°big push¡± for universities to host 바카라사이트ir own journals.

In European and North American universities, by comparison, few institutions offered gold open access to more than 40 per cent of 바카라사이트ir research publications ¨C a level that changed little between 2014 and 2018.

The analysis found an emphasis on repository-based open access in 바카라사이트 UK, in line with Research Excellence Framework requirements, but access levels had tailed off as funding declined.

Compliance action plays a pivotal role in encouraging adherence to open-access policies, 바카라사이트 analysis found. ¡°In 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands and 바카라사이트 UK, in particular, but also in 바카라사이트 US ¨C where funder policies have moved from encouragement, to mandates, to monitoring with sanctions for non-compliance ¨C 바카라사이트re are substantial shifts in overall levels of open access,¡± 바카라사이트 paper says.

¡°In countries where policy remains effectively at 바카라사이트 level of a recommendation, such as Australia, levels of open access lag significantly.¡± This could change over 바카라사이트 next two years due to ¡°recent increases in reporting requirements by Australian funders¡±.

Dr Huang acknowledged limitations in 바카라사이트 analysis. ¡°Even though we are combining multiple data sources, we¡¯re probably still missing a big part of disciplines like humanities, arts and social sciences and African output which is not necessarily captured by 바카라사이트se databases,¡± he said. ¡°There¡¯s still a lot of work to be done.¡±

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