Open access journals and institutional repositories: practical need and present trends in India
| Main Authors: | Nazim, Mohammad, Devi, Maya |
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| Format: | Journal PeerReviewed application/pdf |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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NISCAIR
, 2008
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.rclis.org/16852/1/Open%20access%20journals%20%26%20Institutional%20repositories.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/16852/ |
Daftar Isi:
- Discusses the trends in open access publishing in India. Study is based on data collected from directories of open access journals and institutional repositories. Websites of selected institutional repositories and open access journals were evaluated in addition. Uses case study method to know the trends of open access publishing in India. Data is analysed based on parameters, such as number of institutional repositories and open access journals, number of documents, software used, types of documents, etc. The study found that among the top 25 open access publishing countries, India ranks 12th for the overall number of journals, but drops to 18th for journals with online content. However, its position in the list of open access journals is fifth. At present India ranks 12th in the list of countries with registered interoperable archives in the Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR).