PEER Baseline - why don’t authors deposit? None of the concerns need be showstoppers
Amsciforum 2012-07-31
Summary:
The most significant concern is a reluctance to put research publications in a repository where other materials have not been peer-reviewed, with nearly 50% considering this either very important or important.
Following this close behind are concerns about infringing copyright and infringing embargo periods; concern about the paper not having been “properly edited by the publisher”; not knowing of a suitable repository; a concern about plagiarism or unknown reuse; then not knowing how to deposit material in a repository and not knowing what a repository was. Other concerns are then a step change down from these...
Although this Question... reveals a range of strongly felt concerns which stop authors using repositories, nonetheless it is reassuring to note that none of the concerns need be showstoppers: it’s just an argument for continued, repetitive, hard slog advocacy of the basics.
Link:
http://researchcommunications.jiscinvolve.org/2010/02/04/peer-baseline-why-dont-authors-deposit/Updated:
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