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How Open Access canHow Open Access canre-energise research and re-energise research and scholarly publishing in Africascholarly publishing in Africa
Daisy Ouya, MS, ELSTrustee, Electronic Publishing Trust for Development (EPT)
Open Access Africa Workshop 10-11 November 2010
BioMed Central/ComputerAID
Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
1996 2001 2004 2007 2010
Science Editor ISA Journal, ICIPE
Science EditorWIOJMS (journal)
Science Editor, IJTIS (journal)
Science Writer/Editor, CIMMYT
Prog. Mngr-IEC, IAVI
UNESCO OA Consultant
ELS certification
Trustee, EPT
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As a result of: Closed, costly access to journals Academic isolation of African (and other DC)
researchers
The S-N, N-S and S-S information gaps[=Incomplete global knowledge base]
Also… Poorly resourced local research [funding, labs, brain
drain…]
Weak local scholarly publishing [funding, capacity…]
Low expansion of OA in DCs
The S-N, N-S and S-S information gaps
Courtesy of D.K. Sahu
Scholarly Publishing in Africa
Open access journals (Gold route)
Open access institutional repositories holding copies of already published peer-reviewed articles (Green route)
Electronic Publishing Trust for Development
Region # Journals from Region in Web of Science
Europe 5,573 49%
North America 4,251 38%
Asia-Pacific 965 9%
Latin America 272 2%
Middle East/Africa 200 1%
Language # Journals in Web of Science
English 9114 81%
Other 2147 19%
GLOBAL RESEARCH REPRESENTATIONWEB OF SCIENCE COVERAGE
By Stuart Lewis, Repositories 66.org
Removes the isolation of researchers
Year Abstract requests
Full-text Requests Total Hits
2002 105,189 26,961 224,137
2003 149,211 45,944 445,679
2004 288,548 157,809 854,467
2005 434,935 1,100,615 2,723,472
2006 1,097,370 2,496,511 5,749,149
2007 2,574,886 3,255,156 9,671,469
2008 3,629,160 4,214,709 12,154,807
Raises visibility
www.bioline.org
Boosts citations and impact
Fosters collaboration & stimulates research
Collaborative research is better resourced, broader based, and often inter-disciplinary => more citations
Promotes mentorship Reduces duplication
Promotes authorshipVia researcher collaboration more resources mentorship
Via visibility &
Remove researchers’ isolation Fosters collaboration Stimulates research Encourages authorship Reduces duplication Improves quality of research Increases citations and impact
Research is the lifeblood of scholarly publishing, and the quality/productivity in research directly impacts scholarly journal publishing.
• Without many, good quality manuscripts, African journals will continue to struggle
• It’s harder and more time-consuming to publish poor papers
• With researchers supported, African journals will have an easier time.
Results in more manuscript submissions
MedKnowStatistics
brings in more international papers
MedKnow
Improves citations and ‘impact’
MedKnow
More papersWider geographical baseMore institutional interest
Author feesAdvertising – print, webWeb income [e.g. Google Ads]Sponsorship – society, institutional, gov’t, donor
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Indian Journalof Cancer
Journal ofCritical Care
Medicine
Indian Journalof
Derm atology,Venereology
and Leprology
Indian Journalof MedicalSciences
Indian Journalof PlasticSurgery
Indian Journalof Surgery
NeurologyIndia
Indian Journalof
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Improves Editorial Quality
Visibility More manuscript submissions More international papers Better quality papers More citations and impact Could help with sustainability Improved editorial quality Makes the ‘local’ international
For Researchers Journals Funders Institutions Countries
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1. Raise awareness at all levels2. Develop policies requiring OA for all
publicly funded output3. Provide ‘how to’ information, including
business models, linkages4. Fundraise5. Nairobi Declaration on OA6. Gov’t support very important [clear regulations
about research information dissemination needed]
The ASSAf Scholarly Publishing Programme is a concerted intervention into the country’s national system of Innovation (NSI), which focuses on the enhancement of the quality, quantity and worldwide visibility of original, peer-reviewed publications produced by researchers in the public sector, and the fostering of a new generation of highly competent and productive scientists and scholars
Bioline International >70 journals from 16 DCs) www.bioline.org.br
AJOL www.ajol.info [both OA and non-OA]
SciELO (Brazil, now has >600 journals) www.scielo.org
SCIELO- South Africa
MedKnow Publications (India), 99 journals – some OA www.medknow.org
Public Knowledge Project (PKP/OJS) - http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs
Open Access Scholarly Information Resource (OASIS) http://www.openoasis.org
Registry of Institutional Repositories roar.eprints.org
Directory of OA Journals www.doaj.org
Barbara Kirsop Leslie Chan Subbiah Arunachalam (Arun) K. Sahu, Medknow
