creators_name: Swan, Alma
creators_name: Brown, Sheridan
type: techreport
datestamp: 2005-06-06
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:04
metadata_visibility: show
title: Open access self-archiving: An author study
ispublished: pub
subjects: archives
full_text_status: public
keywords: open access, self-archiving, research impact, institutional repositories, citation, publication, journals
abstract: This, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived at least one article during the last three years. Use of institutional repositories for this purpose has doubled and usage has increased by almost 60% for subject-based repositories. Self-archiving activity is greatest amongst those who publish the largest number of papers. There is still a substantial proportion of authors unaware of the possibility of providing open access to their work by self-archiving. Of the authors who have not yet self-archived any articles, 71% remain unaware of the option. With 49% of the author population having self-archived in some way, this means that 36% of the total author population (71% of the remaining 51%), has not yet been appraised of this way of providing open access. Authors have frequently expressed reluctance to self-archive because of the perceived time required and possible technical difficulties in carrying out this activity, yet findings here show that only 20% of authors found some degree of difficulty with the first act of depositing an article in a repository, and that this dropped to 9% for subsequent deposits. Another author worry is about infringing agreed copyright agreements with publishers, yet only 10% of authors currently know of the SHERPA/RoMEO list of publisher permissions policies with respect to self-archiving, where clear guidance as to what a publisher permits is provided. Where it is not known if permission is required, however, authors are not seeking it and are self-archiving without it. Communicating their results to peers remains the primary reason for scholars publishing their work; in other words,
researchers publish to have an impact on their field.  The vast majority of authors (81%) would willingly comply with a mandate from their employer or research funder to deposit copies of their articles in an institutional or subject-based repository. A further 13% would comply reluctantly; 5% would not comply with such a mandate.
date: 2005-05
date_type: published
institution: UK FE and HE funding councils
department: Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
refereed: FALSE
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citation:   Swan, Alma and Brown, Sheridan  (2005) Open access self-archiving: An author study.  [Departmental Technical Report]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/4385/1/jisc2.pdf