scholarly journals Publisher embargoes and institutional repositories: a case study of journal articles subject to an Australian funder mandate

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noreen Kirkman ◽  
Gaby Haddow ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Medical Research Council ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Free Solution ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
The Cost

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 to which embargoes hinder open access for grant recipients. Method. The study applied bibliometric research methods to analyse 7,562 journal articles, published in 2019 and funded by Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council. The primary data sources included Web of Science, Google Scholar, and Sherpa Romeo. Analysis. Analysis was performed for the embargo periods of accepted manuscripts of non-open access articles (43.76%, n = 3,309) in institutional repositories and the effects of embargoes on compliance with funder policies. Results. Three-quarters of non-open access articles had embargo periods of twelve months. However, 30.94% of total articles remained publicly inaccessible, with accepted manuscripts in institutional repositories comprising only 9.65%. Conclusions. Publishers’ embargo periods complicate the cost-free solution of depositing accepted manuscripts in institutional repositories. The promotion of zero-embargoed journals and the adoption of zero-embargoes for funded articles in institutional repositories through funder-publisher agreements would achieve higher open access levels and compliance with the Council’s Policy.

scholarly journals The Potential of a Cost-Per-Use Analysis to Assess the Value of Library Open-Access Funds

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 99-101
Author(s):  
Jessica Koos
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Biomed Central ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Article Usage ◽  
Article Processing Charges ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Design Cost ◽  
The Impact

A Review of: Hampson, C., & Stregger, E. (2017). Measuring cost per use of library-funded open access article processing charges: Examination and implications of one method. Journal of Librarianship & Scholarly Communication, 5(1), eP2182. https://doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.2182 Abstract Objective – To determine the feasibility and potential effects of a cost-per-use analysis of library funds dedicated to open access. Design – Cost-per-use analysis, case study. Setting – PLOS and BioMed Central. Subjects – 591 articles published in PLOS ONE, 165 articles published in PLOS Biology, and 17 articles published in BioMed Central. Methods – Three specific examples are provided of how academic libraries can employ a cost-per-use analysis in order to determine the impact of library-based open access (OA) funds. This method is modeled after the traditional cost-per-use method of analyzing a library collection, and facilitates comparison to other non-OA items. The first example consisted of using a formula dividing the total library-funded article processing charges (APCs) by the total global use of the specific PLOS journal articles that were funded. The second and third examples demonstrated what a library-funded OA membership to BioMed Central would cost alone, and then with APCs that cost could be divided by the total usage of the funded articles to determine cost-per-use. Main Results – The authors found both of the examples described in the article to be potential ways of determining cost-per-use of OA articles, with some limitations. For instance, counting article usage through the publisher’s website may not capture the true usage of an article, as it does not take altmetrics into consideration. In addition, article-level data is not always readily available. In addition, the cost-per-use of OA articles was found to be very low, ranging from $0.01 to $1.51 after the first three years of publication based on the cost of library-funded APCs. The second and third methods revealed a cost-per-use of $0.10 using membership-only payments, while using the cost of membership plus APCs resulted in a cost-per-use of $0.41. Conclusion – Libraries may wish to consider using these methods for demonstrating the value of OA funds in terms of return on investment, as these techniques allow for direct comparison to the usage of traditional journals. However, several barriers need to be overcome in how article-level usage is obtained in order for these methods to be more accurate and efficient. In addition, while the authors report that "The specific examples in this study suggest that OA APCs may compare favorably to traditional publishing when considering value for money based on cost per use," they also caution that the study was not designed to answer the question if the ROI is greater for OA publications than for traditional articles, stating that "...the data in this study should not be interpreted as a verification of such an argument, as this study was not designed to answer that question, nor can it do so given the limitations on the data. This paper was designed to present and illustrate a method. Further study would be necessary to verify or refute this possibility" (p. 15).

GREEN OPEN ACCESS IN KENYA: A REVIEW OF THE CONTENT, POLICIES AND USAGE OF INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES

Mousaion ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-54
Author(s):  
Wanyenda Leonard Chilimo
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Current State ◽  
Theses And Dissertations

 There is scant research-based evidence on the development and adoption of open access (OA) and institutional repositories (IRs) in Africa, and in Kenya in particular. This article reports on a study that attempted to fill that gap and provide feedback on the various OA projects and advocacy work currently underway in universities and research institutions in Kenya and in other developing countries. The article presents the findings of a descriptive study that set out to evaluate the current state of IRs in Kenya. Webometric approaches and interviews with IR managers were used to collect the data for the study. The findings showed that Kenya has made some progress in adopting OA with a total of 12 IRs currently listed in the Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR) and five mandatory self-archiving policies listed in the Registry of Open Access Repositories Mandatory Archiving Policies (ROARMAP). Most of the IRs are owned by universities where theses and dissertations constitute the majority of the content type followed by journal articles. The results on the usage and impact of materials deposited in Kenyan IRs indicated that the most viewed publications in the repositories also received citations in Google Scholar, thereby signifying their impact and importance. The results also showed that there was a considerable interest in Swahili language publications among users of the repositories in Kenya.

The price of guidelines: revising the national guidelines for managing Australian women with abnormal Pap smears

Sexual Health ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Medical Research ◽  
National Health ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Medical Research Council ◽  
Pap Smears ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
The Cost

Australia utilises nationally approved guidelines for managing women with abnormal Pap smears. The guidelines were recently revised using the process designated by the National Health and Medical Research Council. Revising the guidelines was protracted and controversial. This paper explores the reasons for the difficulties encountered and queries the cost of undertaking such work.

scholarly journals Effect of Calculation of Cost of Production on Selling Price of Products Manufacturing Companies in Papua (Case Study CV. Sagita Grafika)

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
Mugiati ◽  
Bosta Sihombing
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Selling Price ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
Method Of Calculation ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Costing Analysis

This study aims to determine how the effect of calculating the cost of an order made by the company and the method of calculation of full costing of the product selling price fixing mold. The data used is primary data, order data produced in the period from January 2013 to December 2013, the secondary data obtained from interviews and literature. From these results it can be seen that CV. Sagita Grafika calculate the cost of the product by using the order cost method that produces cost price and the selling price that is incompatible with existing theory, in which the charging of indirect labor and overhead costs shared equally on all types of orders in the amount of Rp. 11.78825 million for indirect labor costs and Rp. 3.1243 million for overhead costs so that volume orders will bear fewer overhead costs equal to the volume of orders more. By using a full costing analysis generated calculation method that the volume of orders that more will earn imposition overhead costs more, because in this calculation loading overhead costs charged by direct labor hours incurred for each order. So that orders with a total volume that many will use a lot of labor hours and vice versa. So in this study that most large orders received charging overhead is the order BS-02 Rp. 31,115,590.92 and most orders received little overhead loading is KK-01 orders in the amount of Rp. 2,208,622.32. Results of a comparison between the cost of the company with the full costing is the total cost of less Rp. 27,499,540.57, the selling price of Rp. 5,866,543.90, while the larger profit generated by using the full costing method that is Rp. 21,632,996.67

scholarly journals Islamic Sukuk and Its Role in Supporting the Budget Deficit: Case Study on The Central Bank in The Jordan

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
Abedalfattah Zuhair Al-abedallat
Keyword(s):  
Central Bank ◽  
Budget Deficit ◽  
Word Meaning ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Current Period ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Good Substitute

Market Sukuk (Arabic word meaning bond) grown very large in the recent period, which is similar to conventional Eurobonds, Islamic Sukuk increased in the current period, and it is a good substitute for conventional bonds, but in Jordan instruments Islamic Market still suffers a lot of obstacles, though that Jordan suffers greatly from debt and increasing annually, but there is no practical step by the central bank to issue instruments Islamic alternative for the issuance of government bonds.The purpose of the study to investigate the obstacles that prevented the issuance of central bank for those instruments, and the study approach is the Data was collected by two methods first, primary data was collected using questionnaire, second, secondary data was collected using literature.The study found that  there are obstacles prevented the issuance of central bank  the instruments Islamic including: regulatory risk, and liquidity risk, and regulatory obstacles, and the cost of issuance, and the research has recommended that: the central bank should prepare the laws to issuance Islamic sukuk, and the central bank should encourage the Islamic banks to issuance Islamic sukuk.

The open access landscape in Zimbabwe: the case of university libraries in ZULC

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lovemore Kusekwa ◽  
Aston Mushowani
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
General Picture ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Current State ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
The Status ◽  
Access Policies

Purpose – The paper aims to focus on the current state of open access (OA) initiatives in Zimbabwean universities. The paper specifically reports the initiatives at Zimbabwean universities regarding institutional repositories that promote OA and other digital OA collections. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative research methodology was adopted. Questionnaires were used as the primary data collection method for this research. The research sought to address the following specific areas: the state of institutional repositories and open access in Zimbabwe, the discoverability of content, open access policies and mandates, the benefits of open access in Zimbabwe, and future plans for institutional OA. A total of eight out of 12 universities responded to the questionnaire. The data provided by the universities involved in the research were summarised to give a general picture of the open access landscape in Zimbabwe. Findings – The current initiatives in the universities involved in this survey indicate that most universities in Zimbabwe are going to have institutional repositories that promote open access to information. Most institutions in Zimbabwe are already working on putting open access policies in place in a bid to promote open access. Originality/value – The research will shed more light on the status quo of open access initiatives in Zimbabwe, particularly with regards to institutional repositories, open access policies and open access mandates.

scholarly journals Open access uptake in Germany 2010–2018: adoption in a diverse research landscape

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Hobert ◽  
Najko Jahn ◽  
Philipp Mayr ◽  
Birgit Schmidt ◽  
Niels Taubert
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
University Research ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
Systematic Classification ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
German Research ◽  
Max Planck Society ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis study investigates the development of open access (OA) to journal articles from authors affiliated with German universities and non-university research institutions in the period 2010–2018. Beyond determining the overall share of openly available articles, a systematic classification of distinct categories of OA publishing allowed us to identify different patterns of adoption of OA. Taking into account the particularities of the German research landscape, variations in terms of productivity, OA uptake and approaches to OA are examined at the meso-level and possible explanations are discussed. The development of the OA uptake is analysed for the different research sectors in Germany (universities, non-university research institutes of the Helmholtz Association, Fraunhofer Society, Max Planck Society, Leibniz Association, and government research agencies). Combining several data sources (incl. Web of Science, Unpaywall, an authority file of standardised German affiliation information, the ISSN-Gold-OA 3.0 list, and OpenDOAR), the study confirms the growth of the OA share mirroring the international trend reported in related studies. We found that 45% of all considered articles during the observed period were openly available at the time of analysis. Our findings show that subject-specific repositories are the most prevalent type of OA. However, the percentages for publication in fully OA journals and OA via institutional repositories show similarly steep increases. Enabling data-driven decision-making regarding the implementation of OA in Germany at the institutional level, the results of this study furthermore can serve as a baseline to assess the impact recent transformative agreements with major publishers will likely have on scholarly communication.

scholarly journals Performance evaluation of newly developed variety of menthol mint at farmer’s field – A case study of mint cultivation in Central Uttar Pradesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Sharma ◽  
Yogesh Kumar ◽  
Komal Yadav ◽  
Shivam Patel ◽  
Teerath Raj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Cost Ratio ◽  
New Variety ◽  
Benefit Cost Ratio ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Benefit Cost ◽  
Tools And Techniques

The present study for performance evaluation newly developed varieties of CIM –Kranti and other varieties of menthol mint cultivation has been carried out at farmers’ field of central Uttar Pradesh. Mints are commonly used as the source of fragrance, flavor and pharmaceuticals industry. During the study period 2017-18, 100 farmers cultivating CIM-Kranti and other varieties have been selected from the region of central Uttar Pradesh. The primary data were collected from the selected farmer’s field on profitability comparison between CIM-Kranti and other varieties under cultivation. The highest area and production has been observed during 2012 and 2013. Simple statistical tools and techniques have been used for data analysis of the cost of cultivation and profitability. It has been observed during the study that CIM-Kranti gives higher returns (.98491/- ha/year) over other varieties (.70977/-ha/year). However, the input cost of CIM-Kranti is higher than other varieties of the crop but the net return of CIM-Kranti was more profitable than other varieties. The benefit cost ratio has been observed 1.45 and 1.74 of other varieties and CIM-Kranti respectively. The new variety “CIM-Kranti” of menthol mint is cold and frost tolerant and has the potential to produce 10-15% more oil i.e. 145-160 kg/ha in summer season as compared to all other popular commercial cultivars of menthol mint.It is suggested from the study that maximum profit is generated through CIM-Kranti cultivation followed by other varieties crop.

scholarly journals Only two out of five articles by New Zealand researchers are free-to-access: a multiple API study of access, citations, cost of Article Processing Charges (APC), and the potential to increase the proportion of open access

PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e11417
Author(s):  
Richard K.A. White ◽  
Anton Angelo ◽  
Deborah Fitchett ◽  
Moira Fraser ◽  
Luqman Hayes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Funding Agencies ◽  
Harvest Data ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Article Processing Charges ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Sample Set

We studied journal articles published by researchers at all eight New Zealand universities in 2017 to determine how many were freely accessible on the web. We wrote software code to harvest data from multiple sources, code that we now share to enable others to reproduce our work on their own sample set. In May 2019, we ran our code to determine which of the 2017 articles were open at that time and by what method; where those articles would have incurred an Article Processing Charge (APC) we calculated the cost if those charges had been paid. Where articles were not freely available we determined whether the policies of publishers in each case would have allowed deposit in a non-commercial repository (Green open access). We also examined citation rates for different types of access. We found that, of our 2017 sample set, about two out of every five articles were freely accessible without payment or subscription (41%). Where research was explicitly said to be funded by New Zealand’s major research funding agencies, the proportion was slightly higher at 45%. Where open articles would have incurred an APC we estimated an average cost per article of USD1,682 (for publications where all articles require an APC, that is, Gold open access) and USD2,558 (where APC payment is optional, Hybrid open access) at a total estimated cost of USD1.45m. Of the paid options, Gold is by far more common for New Zealand researchers (82% Gold, 18% Hybrid). In terms of citations, our analysis aligned with previous studies that suggest a correlation between publications being freely accessible and, on balance, slightly higher rates of citation. This is not seen across all types of open access, however, with Diamond OA achieving the lowest rates. Where articles were not freely accessible we found that a very large majority of them (88% or 3089 publications) could have been legally deposited in an institutional repository. Similarly, only in a very small number of cases had a version deposited in the repository of a New Zealand university made the difference between the publication being freely accessible or not (125 publications). Given that most New Zealand researchers support research being open, there is clearly a large gap between belief and practice in New Zealand’s research ecosystem.

scholarly journals Analisis Pendapatan Industri Tahu di Kota Wamena

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1250-1261
Author(s):  
Rein Rumbiak ◽  
◽  
Lulus Sedavit ◽  
Sumiyati Tuhuteru
Keyword(s):  
National Development ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Agricultural Product ◽  
Selling Price ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Business Income ◽  
The Cost

Agricultural cannot development without the support of the economic sector, especially industry, in this case the development of the agricultural product processing industry (agro-industry) is one of the priorities in national development in industrial sector. Tofu processing business income is very dependent on the selling price of the product and the costs incurred to produce tofu, the higher the product selling price and the lower the cost, the higher the business income. This study aims to determine the level of profit obtained by each industry that has been operating for a long time. The research was conducted in July - September 2018, on the tofu industry in Wamena City. The method used is a case study method with the type of data collected including primary data and secondary data. The data analysis method uses Cost Analysis, Revenue Analysis, and Income Analysis. The results showed that the tofu "Tahu Tempe Jaya" industry was not profitable, compared to the tofu "Tahu Ayu Rezeki" industry which was profitable.

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