The determinants of open access publishing: survey evidence from Germany
Thomas Eger,
Marc Scheufen (marc.scheufen@rub.de) and
Daniel Meierrieks
European Journal of Law and Economics, 2015, vol. 39, issue 3, 475-503
Abstract:
We discuss the results of a survey conducted in the fall of 2012 and covering 2151 researchers in Germany. We show that there are significant differences between the scientific disciplines with respect to researchers’ awareness of, and experience with, both open access (OA) journals and self-archiving. Our results reveal that the relevance of OA within a discipline may explain why researchers from particular disciplines do (not) publish OA. Furthermore, several aspects like copyright law, age, profession or the inherent reward system of a discipline also play a role. Consequently, the paper emphasizes that a “one-size-fits-all” approach, as promoted by most recent policy initiatives, is unlikely to provide an effective framework for shaping the future of scholarly publishing. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015
Keywords: Academic publishing; Open access; Copyright; Law and economics; C83; K11; O34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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