Ali Ibraheem, Burton Jason, Tranfield M Wynn
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Heliyon. 2023 May 15;9(5):e16316. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16316. eCollection 2023 May.
The cost of academic publishing has increased substantially despite the ease with which information can be shared on the web. Open Access publishing is a key mechanism for amplifying research access, inclusivity, and impact. Despite this, shifting to a free-to-read publishing environment requires navigating complex barriers that vary by career status and publishing expectations. In this article, we investigate the motivations and preferences of researchers situated within our large research institution as a case study for publishing attitudes at similar institutions. We surveyed the publishing priorities and preferences of researchers at various career stages in STEM fields as they relate to openness, data practices, and assessment of research impact. Our results indicate that publishing preferences, data management experience and research impact assessment vary by career status and departmental approaches to promotion. We find that open access publishing is widely appreciated regardless of career status, but financial limitations and publishing expectations were common barriers to publishing in Open Access journals. Our findings shed light on publishing attitudes and preferences among researchers at a major R1 research institution, and offer insight into advocacy strategies that incentivize open access publishing.
尽管信息在网络上的共享变得轻而易举，但学术出版的成本却大幅增加。开放获取出版是扩大研究获取、包容性和影响力的关键机制。尽管如此，转向免费阅读的出版环境需要克服因职业地位和出版期望而异的复杂障碍。在本文中，我们以我们所在的大型研究机构为例，调查研究人员的动机和偏好，以了解类似机构的出版态度。我们调查了STEM领域不同职业阶段研究人员在开放性、数据实践和研究影响力评估方面的出版优先级和偏好。我们的结果表明，出版偏好、数据管理经验和研究影响力评估因职业地位和部门晋升方式而异。我们发现，无论职业地位如何，开放获取出版都广受赞赏，但经济限制和出版期望是在开放获取期刊上发表文章的常见障碍。我们的研究结果揭示了一所主要的R1研究机构中研究人员的出版态度和偏好，并为激励开放获取出版的倡导策略提供了见解。
