Is open access publication useful for all research fields? Presence of funding, collaboration and impact
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Is open access publication useful for all research fields? Presence of funding, collaboration and impact Fernanda Morillo1 Received: 7 April 2020 © Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary 2020
Abstract Open access (OA) to every research result supported by funding bodies is a medium to long-term goal. This work aims to find out whether OA publication is useful for all research fields, regardless of their specific features. As a sample, articles from the WoS databases from two disparate disciplines (one from SSCI and another from SCIE) are selected, and several hypotheses related to the presence of funding acknowledgements, cooperation and citations are tested. A first look at the general distribution of publications shows that collaborative and funded research obtains a higher proportion of cited articles, and that this proportion increases in the case of OA publications. Moreover, the logistic regression reveals that the probability of finding an OA publication is significantly increased in the SCIE discipline, and by the presence of EU funding, international collaboration and citations. This probability rises with some interactions (e.g. presence of international funding and international collaboration, or international funding and citations). Regarding OA types, Green OA publications are the most related to fund recognition, although Gold OA/ Bronze OA articles in international collaboration are also significantly related to financing. Concerning impact, the most likely cited OA type is the Hybrid OA. However, if papers include funding acknowledgements, the Bronze OA and Green OA publications increase their citation likelihood. Similarly, when Gold OA articles include international collaboration, there is a greater chance of citation. With these findings, it is possible to venture that OA publishing will be useful for all research fields, although their specific features should be considered. Consequently, funders should be aware of these particularities to stimulate OA without compromising the quality of the research. Keywords Open access · Funding acknowledgements · Collaboration · Impact · Research fields · WoS
* Fernanda Morillo [email protected] 1
IFS, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Albasanz, 26‑28, 28037 Madrid, Spain
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Introduction Since the beginning of the twenty first century, different initiatives have emerged to favour open access (OA) to scientific publications. In this context, funding bodies increasingly demand this type of access to publications derived from their sponsored research. The need for OA publication not only has to do with a general right to access knowledge, but is also believed to be related to the greater impact and progress of research. A better access to information will allow advancing in new knowledge based on the existing one (Gargouri et al. 2010; Larivière and Sugimoto 2018; Piwowar et al. 2018; Sotudeh and Estakhr 2018; Van Vlokhoven 2019). Moreover, the growing cost of large toll-access publishers has made di
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