Year: 2017
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The open access (OA) movement has exploded in the last few years.In 2016 we invited 1,896 researchers based in Spanish institutions to fill in a survey on their opinion, attitudes and practices towards OA.We analysed the 554 responses received from researchers in all fields of knowledge (29% response ratio).Most researchers are aware of OA outlets in their fields (86%) and believe OA is beneficial (76%).There isn't a clear position on the quality of OA journals among Spain-based researchers and there are differences between disciplines.Almost 70% of researchers have published at least one OA article in the last 5 years.Half of them had to pay article processing charges (APCs) that were covered with research funds.
Source: El Profesional de la Informacion
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2743985457