A Crisis in “Open Access”: Should Communication Scholarly Outputs Take 77 Years to Become Open Access?
A Crisis in “Open Access”: Should Communication Scholarly Outputs Take 77 Years to Become Open Access?
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This study diachronically investigates the
trend of the “open access” in the Web of Science (WoS) category of
“communication.” To evaluate the trend, data were collected from 184
categories of WoS from 1980 to 2017. A total of 87,997,893 documents
were obtained, of which 95,304 (0.10%) were in the category of
“communication.” In average, 4.24% of the documents in all 184
categories were open access. While in communication, it was 3.29%, which
ranked communication 116 out of 184. An Open Access Index (OAI) was
developed to predict the trend of open access in communication. Based on
the OAI, communication needs 77 years to fully reach open access, which
undeniably can be considered as “crisis in scientific publishing” in
this field. Given this stunning information, it is the time for a global
call for “open access” by communication scholars across the world.
Future research should investigate whether the current business models
of publications in communication scholarships are encouraging open
access or pose unnecessary restrictions on knowledge development.
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23.08.2019 - First online date, Posted date
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