| Article Name : | |
| WILLINGNESS AND PREFERENCE OF PUBLICATION IN OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS: A STUDY OF INDIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY |
| Author Name : | |
| Rajendra Babu H. , Chandrashekara M. |
| Publisher : | |
| Ashok Yakkaldevi |
| Article Series No. : | |
| ISRJ-366 |
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| Abstract : | |
| The present study was conducted to identify the preferences and willingness of life scientists on open access publishing of their scholarly research output. The scientific community publishes their long years of research work by utilising ‘tax payers’ money in scholarly publications for many professional as well as personal reasons. Notable among them are gaining credibility among peers (name, fame and increased citations), winning research grants, promotion and so on. The study was taken up through collection of data from scientists of various institutes and life science subjects using a questionnaire set for the purpose. There were instances where 100% respondents said they would want their work to reach maximum audience (readers) without any cost and copyright restrictions. The details are discussed in depth in the article. |
| Keywords : | |
- open access and open access journals for science communication
- scholarly communication
- cost-free access to science
- publishing willingness
- scientist’s preference on oa
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