Building new societies: Insights and predictions from the 5th Wiley Society Member Survey - Roscoe - 2020 - Learned Publishing - Wiley Online Library

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Summary:

"Ten years ago, research conducted by the Biosciences Federation found that 60% of responders said they read OA journals, and 25% said that they published in them. Although a minority had claimed to have published in more than one OA journal, ‘they were not always able to distinguish between (fully or optionally) OA journals and other resources’ (Morris & Thorn, 2009). In fact, 31% of the journals mentioned were not OA journals at all. Over the course of our annual surveys, we have seen the understanding and significance of OA increase. In this year's survey, 80% recognized the description of open research and 78% open science, for example, and only hybrid OA received the relatively low recognition rating of 61%. OA has moved from being a side issue to one of central importance, particularly among students, ECRs, and those in Africa and Central Asia. In last year's survey, supporting OA was the sixth most important thing a society should do (65%), far behind publishing a journal (89%) and providing education and training (83%). In the current survey, it is the top service of which members want to see more. There is less interest in the USA (47%) and among senior members (61%), but if you are a student (85%) based in Africa (84%) or have less than 5 years' experience (75%), then increased OA publishing is a major motivation towards society membership (see Fig. 6)...."

Link:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/leap.1277

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oa.new oa.societies oa.ecr oa.hybrid oa.africa oa.asia oa.surveys oa.south oa.collaboration oa.recommendations

Date tagged:

01/15/2020, 09:47

Date published:

01/15/2020, 04:51