Dear all,
I thought you might be interested to learn that InTech, an Open Access
publisher, last week published a White Paper entitled 'Author
Attitudes towards Open Access Publishing' - making available results
from a recent survey of over 8,000 authors to determine their
attitudes towards Open Access.
The benefits of the Open Access (OA) model continue to be debated by
publishers and librarians, but relatively little research has been
undertaken to understand the attitudes of researchers. It was with
this in mind that InTech commissioned TBI to survey its 25,000-strong
author-base to help better understand researcher awareness of and
attitudes towards this evolving model. By sharing the results of this
survey, InTech hopes to dispel some of the myths about what
researchers truly value relating to OA and peer review.
I've copied yesterday's press release below for your information, or
to read the White Paper and see for yourself the full results of the
survey, go to:
http://www.intechweb.org/public_files/Intech_OA_Apr11.pdf
I do hope this is of interest; please let me know if you would like
any more information.
All best wishes,
Jennie Johnson, TBI Communications
Tel: +44 1865 875896
//Press release//
/8,000 authors favour Open Access and see direct evidence of the
positive impact/
Today InTech, an Open Access publisher, has made available results
from a recent survey of over 8,000 authors to determine their
attitudes towards Open Access.
The benefits of the Open Access (OA) model continue to be debated by
publishers and librarians, but relatively little research has been
undertaken to understand the attitudes of researchers. It was with
this in mind that InTech, a commercial Open Access publisher with a
focus on book publishing, commissioned TBI to survey its 25,000 author-
base to help better understand researcher awareness of and attitudes
towards this evolving model.
The survey attracted a very high response rate – 32% (over 8,000) of
InTech authors responded, showing a high level of interest and
engagement. Responders were drawn from all over the world, and most
defined their role as ‘researcher’ (78%) covering a broad range of
specialties.
“We are excited but not particularly surprised by these results” said
Goran Candrlic, CEO, “At InTech we work very hard to continually
improve all of our processes and provide the best service possible for
authors and it is good to see that our authors recognise our
achievements.”
Key findings of the survey include:
- There is overwhelming approval amongst researchers for free access
to their work (75% rate as ‘important’ or ‘very important’), whatever
their country of origin
- Authors are generally accepting of the need to cover Article
Processing Charges (APC), but are concerned that the charges remain
affordable both for them or their institutions
- Authors want to see direct evidence of the positive impact that OA
has for them and their work if they are to be persuaded to pay
publication charges
- Peers and colleagues are the most important source of
recommendations for authors when choosing a publisher, but librarians
are also extremely influential
- Researchers are concerned with the quality of OA publications as
publishers have little incentive to reject work as they are paid based
on volume of output rather than quality
- Peer review remains a highly valued service, and one that authors
still expect publishers to provide
- There remains widespread misunderstanding and some mistrust of the
OA model and OA publishers
The full results of the survey can be downloaded at: http://www.intechweb.org/public_files/Intech_OA_Apr11.pdf
By sharing the results of this survey, InTech hopes to dispel some of
the myths about what researchers truly value relating to OA and peer
review, so that the scholarly communications community can continue to
innovate and evolve its business models to suit the needs of the
authors that they serve.
For more information, please contact:
Ms Ana Nodilo
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+385 51 686 165
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