Curtin University Homepage
  • Library
  • Help
    • Admin

    espace - Curtin’s institutional repository

    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    View Item 
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item

    Compliance with the first funder open access policy in Australia

    Access Status
    Open access via publisher
    Authors
    Kirkman, Noreen
    Haddow, Gaby
    Date
    2020
    Type
    Journal Article
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Kirkman, N. and Haddow, G. 2020. Compliance with the first funder open access policy in Australia. Information Research: an international electronic journal. 25 (2): Paper 857.
    Source Title
    Information Research: an international electronic journal
    Additional URLs
    http://informationr.net/ir/25-2/paper857.html
    ISSN
    1368-1613
    Faculty
    Faculty of Humanities
    School
    School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79635
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Introduction: In 2012, the National Health and Medical Research Council introduced Australia's first national open access policy for funded journal articles. This study investigated the extent of compliance during the first two full years of the mandate. Method: The funding acknowledgment fields in Web of Science facilitated the identification of the population of funded articles. Google Scholar, the Directory of Open Access Journals, publishers' Websites, Trove, and Australian institutional repositories were the sources of data about open access. Analysis: Quantitative analysis performed on the records of 3,190 articles and 1,137 journal titles enabled the calculation of descriptive statistics to present the characteristics of the sample. Results: Over two-thirds (67.3%) of the articles were open access: 56.24% in journals and 11.06% in repositories. Hybrid open access comprised 25.58%, with 20.85% in fully open access journals and 8.75% in delayed open access journals. Author accepted manuscripts in Australian institutional repositories (7.24%) and PubMed Central (3.82%) contributed to overall compliance but represented a small proportion of the non-open access articles. Conclusions: As the first comprehensive study to measure compliance with Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council Open Access Policy, this study found a relatively high level of open access in journals alongside a low level of author accepted manuscripts in repositories. Recommendations include better guidelines, procedures, and programs for grant recipients and a coordinated approach aimed at improving institutional repository deposit rates to achieve higher levels of open access and increased compliance with funder mandates.

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • Publisher embargoes and institutional repositories: a case study of journal articles subject to an Australian funder mandate
      Kirkman, Noreen; Haddow, Gaby (2021)
      Introduction. Despite funder policies recognising the repository route as critical to achieving open access compliance, most accepted manuscripts in repositories have embargoes on access. This paper explored the extent ...
    • A Study of Open Access Publishing by NHMRC Grant Recipients
      Kirkman, Noreen Suzanne (2018)
      This study is the first comprehensive study to measure open access compliance under Australia’s earliest national-level open access policy, the National Health and Medical Research Council Open Access Policy. The key ...
    • A comparison of molecular typing methods for Moraxella catarrhalis
      Pingault, N.; Lehmann, Deborah; Bowman, J.; Riley, T. (2007)
      * Skip to main content Blackwell Synergy Email: ? Password: University of Western Australia Library * Register * Forgotten Password * Athens/Institution Login * Synergy Home | * ...
    Advanced search

    Browse

    Communities & CollectionsIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument TypeThis CollectionIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument Type

    My Account

    Admin

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Follow Curtin

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 

    CRICOS Provider Code: 00301JABN: 99 143 842 569TEQSA: PRV12158

    Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy statement | Accessibility

    Curtin would like to pay respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our community by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which the Perth campus is located, the Whadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation; and on our Kalgoorlie campus, the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields.