Open access in Angola: a survey among higher education institutions

Wileidys Artigas (), Eurico Wongo Gungula () and Mikael Laakso ()
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Wileidys Artigas: Universidade Óscar Ribas
Eurico Wongo Gungula: Universidade Óscar Ribas
Mikael Laakso: Hanken School of Economics

Scientometrics, 2022, vol. 127, issue 7, No 13, 3977-3993

Abstract: Abstract Open access (OA) to research publications is of global relevance, both in terms of provision and consumption of scholarly content. However, much of the research, practice, and models surrounding OA have been centered around the Global North. In this study we investigate how and to what degree higher education institutions (HEIs) in Angola interact with the concept of OA to journal publications through their policies and practices, a country where the end of the civil war in 2002 marked a new start for growth in teaching and research. This study is based on an online survey conducted in 2020 among research management units of Angolan HEIs. 23 valid institutional responses were received of 44 invitations sent (52% response rate). The results suggest that Angolan HEIs have moderate awareness of OA but practical incorporation into academic processes has remained slow, however, this can be seen to be connected to the overall slow progress in ramping up research intensity in the country. Seven of the responding institutions reported to be involved in publishing scholarly journals, all of them OA. Overall Angolan HEIs have few institutional repositories, and have so far placed little value on OA in the context of academic career advancement.

Keywords: Open access; Angola; Higher education institutions; Journals; Repositories (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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