Access to global health research: Prevalence and cost of open access
0 likes244 views
The document investigates the accessibility and costs associated with open access (OA) practices in global health research, revealing that 42.0% of articles are behind paywalls. It highlights the high costs of article processing charges (APCs), especially for hybrid journals, and notes that most subscription journals do not allow self-archiving. Despite higher citation impacts for green OA articles, low- and middle-income countries are underrepresented among citing countries.
Access to global health research: Prevalence and cost of open access
- 1. Access to global health research Prevalence and cost of open access Elise Smith, Stefanie Haustein, Philippe Mongeon, Fei Shu & Valery Ridde, Vincent Larivière @stefhaustein Post-doctoral researcher Université de Montréal / National Institutes of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS) elise.smith@nih.gov
- 3. Background Gold with APC BMC, PLOS, Lancet Global Health Gold without APC Bulletin of the WHO Hybrid BMJ, Lancet Green Public repository, PMC, Institutional repository Delayed Pediatrics, Health Affairs • All fields: 46.9% of publications are OA (2011-2013) Archambault, É., Amyot, D., Deschamps, P., Nicol, A., Provencher, F., Rebout, L., & Roberge, G. (2014). Proportion of Open Access Papers Published in Peer-Reviewed Journals at the European and World Levels 1996-2013. (RTD-B6-PP-2011-2: Study to develop a set of indicators to measure open access). European Commission.
- 4. Research Questions 1. What is the diversity of OA practices in GHR ? 2. What is the cost of OA in GHR? 3. What types of OA have the highest citation impact and broadest reach?
- 5. Methods • PubMed search for research articles using MeSH term “Global Health” 2010-2014 • 3,366 documents in 909 journals • Determining journal access status and APCs • Data from PubMed, Directory of Open Access Journals, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, Sherpa Romeo as well as through manual verification of policies on journal or publisher websites. • Citation analysis • Relationship between different OA types, their impact and gross national income per capita of citing countries. • Categorization socio-economic group based on World Bank Method
- 6. Results Prevalence of papers based on accessibility 12,0% 8,6% 1,8% 6,8% 42,0% 27,2% Gold OA article (APC) Gold OA article (non-APC) Delayed OA article Hybrid article Toll access Green OA article
- 7. Results Cost $1,713,215 for 627 papers APCs paid: $2,732 per paper $2,452 gold $3,240 hybrid APCs offered: $1,864 per gold journal $2,978 per hybrid journal For-profit publishers: 23% Elsevier 18% Springer Nature 10% Wiley-Blackwell
- 9. Results Citing countries Average distribution of citing countries per paper
- 10. Conclusions • Even if sharing of knowledge is essential in GHR, 42.0% of articles hidden behind a pay-wall. • Despite a higher impact of green OA, 60.8% of subscription journals are not self-archived. • Particular high hybrid APCs • Although hybrid papers are cited more than gold OA, LMICs are underrepresented among citing countries. • Overwhelming proportion of research funds funneled to for-profit publishers.
- 11. for your attention! Thank you Post-doctoral researcher Université de Montréal / National Institutes of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS) elise.smith@nih.gov