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Trendline of Open Access Publication by Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) Researchers in India


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1 Librarian, Nabadwip Vidyasagar College, Nabadwip - 741302, West Bengal., India
2 Librarian, Midnapore College (Autonomous), Midnapore - 721101, West Bengal., India
3 Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore - 721102, West Bengal., India
4 Project Assistant, National Digital Library of India (NDLI), IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal., India
     

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In developing countries like India, taxpayers’ money is utilized for research and development. The researchers conduct their research using public money and publish their research papers in commercial journals. Firstly, the researcher uses Government funds for research. Secondly, government funds are also spent on subscribing to high-cost journals. Also, many Indian academic institutions can not subscribe to reputed commercial journals due to a lack of funds. In other words, research output generated using public money is not accessible to all. OA journals can solve this problem smoothly. In this study, researchers analyze the trends in Open Access publications and Closed access publications by India's top research institutes, IITs. Researchers found that IIT Hyderabad (26%) published the highest number of open-access publications. Old established IITs' open-access publication figures are lower than newly set-up IITs. However, there is an increase in Open Access publications by IITs over the last decade.

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Open Access Movement,Subscription Journals, Open Access Journals,Open Access Publishing , Scholarly Publication,Scholarly Communication System
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Amalendu Das
Librarian, Nabadwip Vidyasagar College, Nabadwip - 741302, West Bengal.
India

Netai Mandal
Librarian, Midnapore College (Autonomous), Midnapore - 721101, West Bengal.
India

Durga Sankar Rath
Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore - 721102, West Bengal.
India

Suman Das
Project Assistant, National Digital Library of India (NDLI), IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal.
India


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Authors

Amalendu Das
Librarian, Nabadwip Vidyasagar College, Nabadwip - 741302, West Bengal., India
Netai Mandal
Librarian, Midnapore College (Autonomous), Midnapore - 721101, West Bengal., India
Durga Sankar Rath
Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore - 721102, West Bengal., India
Suman Das
Project Assistant, National Digital Library of India (NDLI), IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal., India

Abstract


In developing countries like India, taxpayers’ money is utilized for research and development. The researchers conduct their research using public money and publish their research papers in commercial journals. Firstly, the researcher uses Government funds for research. Secondly, government funds are also spent on subscribing to high-cost journals. Also, many Indian academic institutions can not subscribe to reputed commercial journals due to a lack of funds. In other words, research output generated using public money is not accessible to all. OA journals can solve this problem smoothly. In this study, researchers analyze the trends in Open Access publications and Closed access publications by India's top research institutes, IITs. Researchers found that IIT Hyderabad (26%) published the highest number of open-access publications. Old established IITs' open-access publication figures are lower than newly set-up IITs. However, there is an increase in Open Access publications by IITs over the last decade.

Keywords


Open Access Movement,Subscription Journals, Open Access Journals,Open Access Publishing , Scholarly Publication,Scholarly Communication System

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17821/srels%2F2022%2Fv59i6%2F168621