JASIS&T Open Access Policy and the ASIS&T Scholarly Communication Survey Margeaux Johnson September 22, 2008

JASIST Open Access Policy January 2008 Green Road Open Access “ authors publishing in the Journal (and only authors) may post preprints to their own or their institutions repositories with links to the final article and the journal online.”

January 2008

Green Road Open Access

“ authors publishing in the Journal (and only authors) may post preprints to their own or their institutions repositories with links to the final article and the journal online.”

Baseline Survey Conducted a baseline survey to monitor the impact of the new OA policy on: Submissions Readership Subscriptions Online survey conducted in late 2007 Survey developed by ASIST Board of Directors and JASIST publisher Wiley Blackwell

Conducted a baseline survey to monitor the impact of the new OA policy on:

Submissions

Readership

Subscriptions

Online survey conducted in late 2007

Survey developed by ASIST Board of Directors and JASIST publisher Wiley Blackwell

Baseline Survey Intended to reach 3 groups: ASIS&T members JASIST authors Information Science Researchers

Intended to reach 3 groups:

ASIS&T members

JASIST authors

Information Science Researchers

Baseline survey Sought to answer 4 questions: Who are ASIS&T members, JASIST authors, and Information Science authors? What are the publication trends among these groups? What level of access to literature do members have? How aware, and to what extent are these groups participating in OA?

Sought to answer 4 questions:

Who are ASIS&T members, JASIST authors, and Information Science authors?

What are the publication trends among these groups?

What level of access to literature do members have?

How aware, and to what extent are these groups participating in OA?

Baseline survey Able to divide the data 3 ways: General survey response Response from ASIS&T members Response from authors who have published in Open Access (OA) journals

Able to divide the data 3 ways:

General survey response

Response from ASIS&T members

Response from authors who have published in Open Access (OA) journals

Who are ASIS&T members, JASIST authors, IS researchers? Regionally More Information Science researchers in non-western countries. General survey: 71.9% North American, 11.4% European ASIS&T members: 83.6% North American, 10% European OA Authors: 62.6% North American, 15% European

Regionally

More Information Science researchers in non-western countries.

General survey: 71.9% North American, 11.4% European

ASIS&T members: 83.6% North American, 10% European

OA Authors: 62.6% North American, 15% European

Who are ASIS&T members, JASIST authors, IS researchers? Employment: Most commonly employed by universities and colleges General: 70.2% ASIS&T members: 63.5% OA Authors: 83%

Employment:

Most commonly employed by universities and colleges

General: 70.2%

ASIS&T members: 63.5%

OA Authors: 83%

Publication Trends Do you submit research papers to peer reviewed publications? General: 68% ASIS&T Members: 53.2% OA Authors: 92.9%

Do you submit research papers to peer reviewed publications?

General: 68%

ASIS&T Members: 53.2%

OA Authors: 92.9%

Publication Trends Which journals do you consider when submitting papers? Scientometrics/ Journal of IS Scientometrics College & Res Libraries LISR LISR LISR J. of Doc J. of Doc J. of Doc Info Proc & Man Info Proc & Man Info Proc & Man JASIST JASIST JASIST OA ASIS&T General

Which journals do you consider when submitting papers?

Publication Trends How many refereed journal papers have you written or co-written in the past 3 years? 15.8% 7.4% 12.2% 10+ 27.8% 22.2% 22.8% 6-10 53.8% 63% 61.5% 1-5 2.5% 7.4% 1.3% 0 OA ASIS&T General

How many refereed journal papers have you written or co-written in the past 3 years?

Publication Trends How many refereed journal papers have you written in your career? 10.5% 5.2% 2.5% 21-24 7.8% 3.7% 8.1% 16-20 31.4% 29.8% 26.1% 25+ 13.1% 11.5% 14.2% 11-15 19.6% 19.4% 19.5% 6-10 17.6% 30.4% 25.6% 0-5 OA ASIS&T General

How many refereed journal papers have you written in your career?

Access to Literature How would you describe your current level of access to the journal literature? (Excellent, Good, Varies, Poor, Very Poor, Don’t Know) General: 74.4% (Good or Excellent) ASIS&T: 76.5% (Good or Excellent) OA: 77.2% (Good or Excellent)

How would you describe your current level of access to the journal literature? (Excellent, Good, Varies, Poor, Very Poor, Don’t Know)

General: 74.4% (Good or Excellent)

ASIS&T: 76.5% (Good or Excellent)

OA: 77.2% (Good or Excellent)

Access to Literature Do you currently read JASIST? High levels of readership among all groups General 85.8% Read 33.9% Every issue ASIS&T 96% Read 50.6% Every issue OA 85% Read 33.6% Every issue

Do you currently read JASIST?

High levels of readership among all groups

General

85.8% Read

33.9% Every issue

ASIS&T

96% Read

50.6% Every issue

OA

85% Read

33.6% Every issue

OA Awareness Very high level of awareness concerning Open Access General: 95.7% aware, 60.4% knew a lot or quite a lot ASIS&T: 96.3% aware, 56.4% knew a lot or quite a lot Not as high a rate of publication in OA Journals General: 29.4% ASIS&T: 26%

Very high level of awareness concerning Open Access

General: 95.7% aware, 60.4% knew a lot or quite a lot

ASIS&T: 96.3% aware, 56.4% knew a lot or quite a lot

Not as high a rate of publication in OA Journals

General: 29.4%

ASIS&T: 26%

OA Awareness Very positive attitude towards OA 48% of comments mentioned OA Overall a positive attitude towards OA and a call for ASIS&T leadership in this area

Very positive attitude towards OA

48% of comments mentioned OA

Overall a positive attitude towards OA and a call for ASIS&T leadership in this area

Summary Who are constituents? Increasingly global, most employed in Universities What are the publication trends? About half of users publish in peer reviewed journals, whereas 92% of OA authors do

Who are constituents?

Increasingly global, most employed in Universities

What are the publication trends?

About half of users publish in peer reviewed journals, whereas 92% of OA authors do

Summary What level of access to literature is there? Good access to journal literature among all groups, high level of JASIST readership How aware are constituents of OA? Very aware of OA, but not as high rates of publication in OA

What level of access to literature is there?

Good access to journal literature among all groups, high level of JASIST readership

How aware are constituents of OA?

Very aware of OA, but not as high rates of publication in OA