Awareness, use and attitudes of the Indian higher educational institutions students about scholarly open access: an empirical analysis

IF 1.3 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Library Management Pub Date : 2022-08-22 DOI:10.1108/lm-12-2021-0107

Ishfaq Ahmad Palla, Arslan Sheikh, Abdul Baquee

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PurposeOpen access is a new scholarly publishing model that has appeared in place of the commercial publishing model. The aim of this study was to investigate the level of awareness, use and attitudes of the Indian students in higher educational institutions about scholarly open access.Design/methodology/approachSurvey method was used in the study. The sample population of the study was 212 Indian students belonging to different higher educational institutions in India.FindingsThe results of the study reveal a gloomy picture about the open access (OA) awareness and use among Indian students. Unfamiliarity with the OA journals and high publication fee were the main obstacles for the students not to publish in OA journals. However, a majority of the students reported their willingness to publish in OA journals in future if the obstacles are removed. A very meager ratio of the respondents had published in OA journals so far. In addition, motivational factors for publishing in OA journals were also taken into consideration, and respondent's indicated winning research grants, great impact and higher citations as main factors to publish in OA journals.Research limitations/implicationsThis study is geographically limited to the students of the higher educational institutions located in India.Practical implicationsThis study will help to understand the involvement and behavior of the Indian students toward scholarly open access. The study will also guide what measures need to be taken in the take up of open access movement.Originality/valueInstitutional repositories appeared to be relatively a novel term for the respondents, and in order to get the citation advantages and higher visibility, librarians can make an effort to persuade students to publish their research work in open access journals and institutional/subject repositories. The study recommends that institutions need to take appropriate measures to inform students about the importance and overall benefits associated with using of OA platforms in their scholarly work.

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印度高等教育机构学生对学术开放获取的认识、使用和态度:实证分析

目的开放获取是取代商业出版模式而出现的一种新的学术出版模式。本研究的目的是调查高等教育机构中印度学生对学术开放的认识、使用和态度水平。设计/方法/方法本研究采用了调查方法。该研究的样本人群是来自印度不同高等教育机构的212名印度学生。对OA期刊的不熟悉和高昂的出版费用是学生不在OA期刊上发表论文的主要障碍。然而，大多数学生表示，如果障碍消除，他们愿意在未来的OA期刊上发表文章。到目前为止，在OA期刊上发表文章的受访者比例非常低。此外，还考虑了在OA期刊上发表的动机因素，受访者表示获得研究资助、影响力大和引用率高是在OA期刊发表的主要因素。研究局限性/含义本研究仅限于印度高等教育机构的学生。实际含义本研究将有助于了解印度学生对学术开放的参与和行为。该研究还将指导在开展开放获取运动时需要采取哪些措施。原创性/价值机构知识库对受访者来说似乎是一个相对新颖的术语，为了获得引文优势和更高的可见性，图书馆员可以努力说服学生在开放获取期刊和机构/学科知识库上发表他们的研究工作。该研究建议，各机构需要采取适当措施，让学生了解在学术工作中使用OA平台的重要性和整体利益。

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Library Management INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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