"Impact can come in many guises" : en kvalitativ studie om forskares erfarenheter av parallellpublicering

• Main Author: Hedbrant, Moa
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för ABM 2011
• Subjects: Open access; Open access publishing; Scholarly communication; Scientists; Sweden; vetenskaplig publicering; open access-publicering; gåvoekonomi; forskare; Sverige; Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified; Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-154670

Self-archiving as a way to provide open access to research publications is gaining ground in the area of scholarly publishing. An increasing number of research funders and universities are mandating open access for output associated with their research, which calls for evaluation of the effects of the phenomenon. This two years master’s thesis aims to investigate researchers’ experiences of self-archiving. A qualitative web survey was conducted and answered by 41 researchers from several different countries, and a vast majority of the respondents concur with the principle of open access. Although self-archiving shows not to be a guarantee of increased impact for the single researcher, the study shows that might be the case. The results attest that self-archiving can generate for example increased number of collaboration, comments in social media and stronger professional profile, as well as a sense of personal progress. The results illuminate an ongoing change in scholarly communications as self-archiving shows to enable a more flexible and informal communication of research material.