Open access initiatives in European universities: analysis of their implementation and the visibility of publications in
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Open access initiatives in European universities: analysis of their implementation and the visibility of publications in the YERUN network Daniela De Filippo1,2 · Jorge Mañana‑Rodríguez3 Received: 29 May 2020 © Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary 2020
Abstract In this paper, the authors analyse the open access (OA) output of the universities in YERUN (the Young European Research Universities Network) and their institutional documentation of their own OA situation. The period from 2009 to 2019 was selected for the bibliometric analysis. The full register of publications for the YERUN universities was downloaded from Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Core Collection, and a set of bibliometric analyses was performed to provide an evidence-based response to the research questions (example: Do YERUN universities follow publication patterns similar to those of their countries of origin? How does OA affect the impact of scientific publications? What types of OA are used at each institution? Is there a relationship between specialization and OA?). The bibliometric analyses looked at four dimensions: activity and context indicators; collaboration indicators; specialization indicators; OA types and impact indicators. The document analysis included variables related to infrastructure, specific support actions, institutional policies and OA information availability. The paper concludes that the institutional measures and actions fostering OA identified on universities’ websites bear a correspondence with the bibliometric data. YERUN institutions have higher rates of OA publications than do their host countries, with a clear preference for the green route. OA publications are systematically more cited than non-OA publications, and green OA has more impact than do other types of OA. Also, no relationship was found between specialization and OA publication rate. Keywords Open access · YERUN network · Bibliometric analysis · Document analysis
* Jorge Mañana‑Rodríguez [email protected] Daniela De Filippo [email protected] 1
Department of Library and Information Sciences, Carlos III University of Madrid, 28903 Madrid, Spain
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Research Institute for Higher Education and Science (INAECU) (UAM-UC3M), 28903 Getafe, Spain
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LEMI (Metric Information Studies Laboratory), Department of Library and Information Sciences, Carlos III University of Madrid, 28903 Madrid, Spain
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Scientometrics
Mathematics Subject Classification 62P25 JEL Classification C12
Introduction Without doubt, open science implies a cultural change in the way the stakeholders involved in research, education and knowledge exchange, create, store, share and deliver their results (LERU 2018). According to a 2010 Research Information Network definition, open science is a deep-reaching change of the research system, where science is carried out and communicated in a fashion that lets others contribute, collaborate and add to the research effort, and where all kinds of data, results and protocols are freely available at the various stag
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