Open Access uptake by universities worldwide

PeerJ, vol. 8, pp. e9410

Abstract

The implementation of policies promoting the adoption of an open science (OS) culture must be accompanied by indicators that allow monitoring the uptake of such policies and their potential effects on research publishing and sharing practices. This study presents indicators of open access (OA) at the institutional level for universities worldwide. By combining data from Web of Science, Unpaywall and the Leiden Ranking disambiguation of institutions, we track OA coverage of universities' output for 963 institutions. This paper presents the methodological challenges, conceptual discrepancies and limitations and discusses further steps needed to move forward the discussion on fostering OA and OS practices and policies.

Authors 3

1. Nicolás Robinson‐García

   Delft University of Technology

   Affiliation as printed

   Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

2. Rodrigo Costas Aachen Centre for Science and Technology Studies

   Leiden University · Stellenbosch University

   Affiliation as printed

   Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa

   Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

3. Thed N. van Leeuwen Aachen Centre for Science and Technology Studies

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands