The future of open access books: Findings from a global survey of academic book authors

peter.suber's bookmarks 2021-04-11

Summary:

"A global Springer Nature survey of more than 2,500 academic book authors provides in-depth insights into attitudes towards open access.

 
The survey looks at researchers' motivations for publishing a book, and analyses the parameters and key drivers which influence academics to publish OA or not. The white paper also identifies the major obstacles to OA publication which book authors still face: from a lack of awareness of OA publishing options and low funding, to concerns about how OA books are perceived.
 
2,542 book authors completed the survey which ran for two weeks in February and March 2019...."

Link:

https://figshare.com/s/a11075d04d333dba4ee0

Updated:

04/11/2021, 08:29

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Tags:

oa.books oa.springer_nature oa.surveys oa.authors oa.attitudes oa.ethics oa.funding oa.fees oa.obstacles oa.unfamiliarity oa.reports

Date tagged:

04/11/2021, 12:29

Date published:

06/19/2019, 08:29