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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 [log in to unmask] +385 51 686 165 lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn