No research institution can afford

all the journals its researchers

may need, so all articles are losing

research impact (usage and

citations) from would-be users

whose institutions cannot afford

paid access. Articles that are

made “Open Access,” by self-archiving

them on the web are cited

twice as much, but only about

15 percent of articles are being

spontaneously self-archived. The

only institutions approaching 100

percent self-archiving are those

that mandate it. Surveys show

that majority of authors (95%)

will comply with a self-archiving

mandate

Bosc, H

Carr, L

Harnad, S

Sale, AHJ

Swan, A

No research institution can afford all the journals its researchers may need, so all articles are losing research impact (usage and citations). Articles that are made “Open Access,” (OA) by self-archiving them on the web are cited twice as much, but only about 15% of articles are being spontaneously self-archived. The only institutions approaching 100% self-archiving are those that mandate it. Surveys show that 95% of authors will comply with a self-archiving mandate; the actual experience of institutions with mandates has confirmed this. What institutions and funders need to mandate is that (1) immediately upon acceptance for publication (2) the author’s final draft must be (3) deposited into the Institutional Repository (IR). Only the depositing needs to be mandated; setting access privileges to the full-text as either OA or CA (Closed Access) can be left up to the author. For articles published in the 62% of journals that have already endorsed self-archiving, access can be set as OA immediately; for the embargoed 38%, all would-be users can have almost-immediate almost-OA to the deposited CA document by using the IR’s semi-automatised “email eprint request” button

Harnad, Stevan

Carr, Les

Swan, Alma

Sale, Arthur

Bosc, Helene

Southampton (e-Prints Soton)

English

Maximizing and Measuring Research Impact Through University and Research-Funder Open-Access Self-Archiving Mandates

International audienceSummary: No research institution can afford all the journals its researcers may need, so all articles are losing research impact (usage and citations). Articles that are made “Open Access,” (OA) by self-archiving them on the web are cited twice as much, but only about 15% of articles are being spontaneously self-archived. The only institutions approaching 100% self-archiving are those that mandate it. Surveys show that 95% of authors will comply with a self-archiving mandate; the actual experience of institutions with mandates has confirmed this. What institutions and funders need to mandate is that (1) immediately upon acceptance for publication (2) the author's final draft must be (3) deposited into the Institutional Repository (IR). Only the depositing needs to be mandated; setting access privileges to the full-text as either OA or CA (Closed Access) can be left up to the author. For articles published in the 62% of journals that have already endorsed self-archiving, access can be set as OA immediately; for the embargoed 38%, all would-be users can have almost-immediate almost-OA to the deposited CA document by using the IR's semi-automatised “email eprint request” button.Résumé : Aucune institution de recherche ne peut offrir à ses chercheurs tous les périodiques dont ils peuvent avoir besoin, si bien que tous les articles perdent de leur impact de recherche (usage et citations). Les articles qui sont mis en Libre Accès (LA) par auto-archivage sur le web, sont deux fois plus cités, mais seulement environ 15% des articles sont spontanément auto-archivés. Les seules institutions qui approchent 100% d'auto-archivage sont celles qui l'exigent. Les enquêtes montrent que 95% des auteurs sont d'accord pour obtempérer; l'expérience réelle des institutions avec un mandat l'a confirmé. Ce que les institutions et les organismes bailleurs de fond doivent exiger est que (1) immédiatement après l'acceptation de la publication (2) le dernier écrit de l'auteur soit (3) déposé dans l'archive institutionnelle. Seul le dépôt doit être exigé; la mise en place des privilèges d'accès au texte intégral soit en LA, soit en accès clos (AC), peut être laissée aux auteurs. Pour les articles qui ont été publiés dans les 62% de périodiques qui ont déjà donné leur aval à l'auto-archivage, l'accès en LA peut être immédiatement donné; pour les 38% soumis à l'embargo, tous les utilisateurs potentiels peuvent avoir un presque-LA presque-immédiat aux documents en AC en utilisant le bouton semi-automatisé "email eprint request" de l'archive institutionnelle

Bosc, Hélène

Name not available

Maximizing and Measuring Research Impact Through University and Research-Funder Open-Access Self-Archiving Mandates.

Archive Ouverte a LUniversite Lyon 2

No research institution can afford all the journals its researcers may need, so all articles are losing research impact (usage and citations). Articles that are made “Open Access,” (OA) by self-archiving them on the web are cited twice as much, but only about 15% of articles are being spontaneously self-archived. The only institutions approaching 100% self-archiving are those that mandate it. Surveys show that 95% of authors will comply with a self-archiving mandate; the actual experience of institutions with mandates has confirmed this. What institutions and funders need to mandate is that (1) immediately upon acceptance for publica-tion (2) the author’s final draft must be (3) deposited into the Institutional Repository (IR). Only the depositing needs to be mandated; setting access privi-leges to the full-text as either OA or CA (Closed Access) can be left up to the author. For articles published in the 62% of journals that have already endorsed self-archiving, access can be set as OA immediately; for the embargoed 38%, all would-be users can have almost-immediate almost-OA to the deposited CA document by using the IR’s semi-automatised “email eprint request” button

Carr, L.

Swan, A.

Sale, A.

Bosc, H.

Archipel - Université du Québec à Montréal

http://eprints.utas.edu.au/9273/1/Harnad.pdf