Transforming Scholarly Communication through Open Science Outreaching Initiatives: An Exploratory Study | Journal of Indian Library Association

Abstract:  [Missing words??] communication selected from the list of innovative tools given by Kramer and Bosman (2015). The tools are refined and limited to the ones supporting open science, including websites, encyclopaedias, open access safeguards, mass presentations, unique identities, and academic networking sites counted to total 9 in number. Data from google analytics and similar web depicts the website metadata. It is evident from the data analysis that a maximum number of visitors (123.4 million) were at the research gate. The study also finds out that there lies a persistent gap between the use and useability potential ratio except in the case of ResearchGate which accounts for a ratio count of 11.6537 implying its popularity among personals other than the research group. And the mentioned tools fostering open science ideology have a high potential of making research more transparent, inclusive, and democratic.