The Open Tide – How openness in research and communication is becoming the default setting | Impact of Social Sciences

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Summary:

"Open Access to research findings is often presented as an end unto itself. However, the ethos of open access, to enable a greater sharing and utilisation of research knowledge, suggests a more complex network of scholarly communication. Presenting the findings of a recent report on the development of Open Access, Daniel Hook explores how the open trajectories of the UK and the US have diverged and what this means for research collaboration and research systems in these countries....

Our recent report examined the rise of Open Access at national level since 2000.  Unsurprisingly, the world has changed significantly in this 16-year period. Notably, research is now more collaborative and funders are generally more actively supportive of Open Access than in 2000. Amongst a number of insights, a notable development has been the plateau in US Open Access production at around 41% of total, while the UK progressed from 40% to 52.5% in the same time (Figure 1)....

US funders have taken a less interventionist approach to Open Access. The US continues to produce more papers and Open Access by volume than any other country; it has the broadest range of international research collaborations and continues to invest heavily. Yet such a large ship is less easy to steer. It may be inappropriate to compare the speed of movement of the US to smaller countries, but it is clear that Open Access benefits from a firm direction being set by those with influence...."

Link:

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2019/03/11/the-open-tide-how-openness-in-research-and-communication-is-becoming-the-default-setting/

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oa.new oa.growth oa.progress oa.uk oa.policies oa.collaboration oa.policies.funders oa.history_of oa.usa oa.funders

Date tagged:

03/11/2019, 10:31

Date published:

03/11/2019, 06:31