Perception Of Open Access Publishing And Scholarly Communication Among The Faculties And Research Scholars Of Tripura University: A Study
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2018-11
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INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar
Abstract
This paper is an attempt to find perceptions of Open Access Publishing by faculties and research
scholars of Tripura University through a survey using questionnaire method. The questionnaire was
administered to 100 randomly selected faculty members and research scholars out of whom 78 have
responded and the response rate is 78%. It is found that 69(88.46%) accepted that they are aware
of Open Access; male (91.83%) faculties and research scholars are more aware of Open Access
Publishing than that of female (82.75%) faculties and research scholars; 65 (83.33%) stated that
they have used Open Access journal; (76%) respondents prefer and use both Open access journal;
29(38.16%) prefer OA journals because it is accessible from anywhere followed by 26 (34.21%)
prefer it as it is freely available; 11 (14.47%) prefer it solely because they support OA publishing;
maximum respondents also gave their view that they do not want submit their research to OA
journals because they think OA journals are not always peer reviewed and not reliable; highest
number of respondents agree (47%) to the fact that it ensure receiving of more citation; highest
number of respondents (47%) agree to the statement; maximum respondents 43(55.13%) agree to
the statement that OA ensures faster publication of their research. The results found from the study
will help the university library in formulating policies regarding open access resources and institutional
repositories.
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11th Convention PLANNER 2018, Tripura University, Agartala, Tripura, November 15-17, 2018
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Open Access, Open Access Publishing, Scholarly Communication, Tripura University