Open access practice in personality research: a bibliometric perspective

IF 0.5 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Primenjena Psihologija Pub Date : 2023-12-28 DOI:10.19090/pp.v16i4.2511

D. Pajić, Aleksandra Babić, Tanja Jevremov

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Abstract

The primary aim of this study was to investigate the structure and dynamics of current research in personality psychology, with a particular focus on open access (OA) practices. A set of 57296 research articles in personality psychology indexed in the Scopus database were analyzed based on their online accessibility: closed (39523), green OA (8770), gold OA (4506), bronze OA (2704), and hybrid gold OA (1793). Although the proportion of OA articles in the overall sample was relatively modest (31%), there has been a consistent upward trend since 2012. Notably, the most significant increase was observed in the proportion of gold OA articles, whereas the number of deposited articles (green OA), not otherwise freely available online, experienced a decline. The knowledge domain of non-OA articles in personality psychology can be broadly delineated into five clusters: (Big Five) personality traits, personality disorders, emotion regulation, Dark Triad/Tetrad, and psychometrics. The emergence of COVID-19 as a “hot” research topic resulted with significant differences in the knowledge domain of non-OA and OA articles. Co-authorship network analysis revealed that authors from Western countries act as the central hub in personality research, though this centrality diminishes when only gold OA articles were taken into account. Gold OA articles performed the worst on most impact and outreach metrics except one, significantly surpassed by green OA articles. As a takeaway, it may be said that although you may need a significant amount of money to do the research, you don’t need it to make your research open and make an impact.

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人格研究中的开放存取实践：文献计量学视角

本研究的主要目的是调查当前人格心理学研究的结构和动态，尤其关注开放存取（OA）实践。我们对 Scopus 数据库收录的 57296 篇人格心理学研究文章进行了分析，这些文章的在线可访问性包括：封闭式（39523 篇）、绿色 OA（8770 篇）、金色 OA（4506 篇）、铜色 OA（2704 篇）和混合金色 OA（1793 篇）。虽然在总体样本中，OA 文章的比例相对较低（31%），但自 2012 年以来一直呈上升趋势。值得注意的是，金色 OA 文章的比例增长最为明显，而未以其他方式免费在线提供的交存文章（绿色 OA）的数量则出现了下降。人格心理学非 OA 文章的知识领域可大致划分为五大类：（大五）人格特质、人格障碍、情绪调节、黑暗三元组/四元组和心理测量学。COVID-19 成为 "热门 "研究课题后，非 OA 和 OA 文章的知识领域出现了显著差异。共同作者网络分析显示，来自西方国家的作者是人格研究的中心枢纽，但如果只考虑黄金 OA 文章，这种中心地位就会减弱。除一项指标外，金色 OA 文章在大多数影响和推广指标上表现最差，而绿色 OA 文章则大大超过了金色 OA 文章。作为一个启示，我们可以说，尽管你可能需要大量资金来做研究，但你并不需要资金来使你的研究公开并产生影响。

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Primenjena Psihologija PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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0.80

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8 weeks

期刊介绍： Applied Psychology publishes original papers, brief communications, and review articles that deal with diverse areas of research in applied psychology including, but not limited to, organizational, social, educational, developmental, mental health, counseling, and sport psychology.