Altruism or Self-Interest? Exploring the Motivations of Open Access Authors

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Auteurs principaux: Heaton, Robert, Burns, Dylan, Thoms, Becky
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Langue:en
Publié: 2019
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author Heaton, Robert
Burns, Dylan
Thoms, Becky
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Burns, Dylan
Thoms, Becky
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Burns, Dylan
Thoms, Becky
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contents Altruism or Self-Interest? Exploring the Motivations of Open Access Authors Heaton, Robert Burns, Dylan Thoms, Becky Access to Information Authors Motivation Altruism Tenure College Faculty Intellectual Disciplines Academic Libraries Financial Support Influences Faculty Publishing More than 250 authors at Utah State University published an Open Access (OA) article in 2016. Analysis of survey results and publication data from Scopus suggests that the following factors led authors to choose OA venues: ability to pay publishing charges, disciplinary colleagues' positive attitudes toward OA, and personal feelings such as altruism and desire to reach a wide audience. Tenure status was not an apparent factor. This article adds to the body of literature on author motivations and can inform library outreach and marketing efforts, the creation of new publishing models, and the conversation about the larger scholarly publishing landscape.
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spellingShingle Altruism or Self-Interest? Exploring the Motivations of Open Access Authors
Heaton, Robert
Burns, Dylan
Thoms, Becky
Access to Information
Authors
Motivation
Altruism
Tenure
College Faculty
Intellectual Disciplines
Academic Libraries
Financial Support
Influences
Faculty Publishing
Altruism or Self-Interest? Exploring the Motivations of Open Access Authors Heaton, Robert Burns, Dylan Thoms, Becky Access to Information Authors Motivation Altruism Tenure College Faculty Intellectual Disciplines Academic Libraries Financial Support Influences Faculty Publishing More than 250 authors at Utah State University published an Open Access (OA) article in 2016. Analysis of survey results and publication data from Scopus suggests that the following factors led authors to choose OA venues: ability to pay publishing charges, disciplinary colleagues' positive attitudes toward OA, and personal feelings such as altruism and desire to reach a wide audience. Tenure status was not an apparent factor. This article adds to the body of literature on author motivations and can inform library outreach and marketing efforts, the creation of new publishing models, and the conversation about the larger scholarly publishing landscape.
title Altruism or Self-Interest? Exploring the Motivations of Open Access Authors
topic Access to Information
Authors
Motivation
Altruism
Tenure
College Faculty
Intellectual Disciplines
Academic Libraries
Financial Support
Influences
Faculty Publishing
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1214719