Open Access. Summary Report–Evolution of Open Access Policies and Availability, 1996-2013, RTD-B6-PP-2011-2: Study to develop a set of indicators to measure open access, Prepared by Science-Metrix
2014
Since the pioneering years of OA in the early nineties, OA literature has come to occupy an increasing share of scholarly research across geographical regions and scientific disciplines. In response to what many perceive to be a dysfunctional system, individual researchers, libraries, universities, research funders, and governments have become incentivised to join the campaign for OA. Though only a few years ago research suggested that OA growth was modest, the present set of studies conducted by Science-Metrix for the European Commission provides undeniable evidence that the OA movement is disruptive and that OA is traversing the scientific, technical and medical publishing industry with the speed and force of a tsunami. This report presents a summary of this series of studies. It examines the current state of the art of OA strategies to peer-review publications (Part I), followed by a state-of-the-art analysis of OA strategies to scientific data (Part II). A third part of the study performs an assessment of the proportion and the number of OA papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Nach dieser Studie wären über 50 % der wissenschaftlichen Publikationen (auch in Österreich) bereits OA? Tendenz steigend.
Auf der Website von Science-Metrix finden sich auch die Teilstudien:
- Archambault, E. et al. (2014). Proportion of Open Access Papers Published in Peer-Reviewed Journals at the European and World Levels—1996–2013. Deliverable D.1.8. (2014 Update). Version 11b.
- Archambault, E. Caruso, J., & Nicol, A, (2014) State-of-art analysis of OA strategies to peer-review publications. Deliverable D.2.1. (2014 Update). Version 5b.
- Caruso, J., Nicol, A, & Archambault, E. (2014) State-of-art analysis of OA strategies to scientific data. Deliverable D.2.2. (2014 Update). Version 4b.
- Caruso, J., Nicol, A, & Archambault, E. (2014) Comparative analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of existing open access strategies. Deliverable D.2.3. (2014 Update). Version 4b.
- Campbell, D., Nicol, A, & Archambault, E. (2014) Composite indicator to measure the growth of OpenAccess. Deliverable D.3.2. Version 1.
- Archambault, E. et al. (2014). Evolution of Open Access Policies and Availability, 1996–2013. Deliverable D.4.5. Version 5b.
Siehe dazu auch http://blogs.nature.com/news/2014/10/more-than-half-of-2007-2012-research-articles-now-free-to-read.html (via https://plus.google.com/117546351384071338747/posts/BAK3uqRfWRg )