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Forskare och parallellpublicering : forskares syn på, kunskap om och användning av den 'gröna' vägen till open access / Scientists and Self-Archiving : Scientists’ Perceptions, Knowledge and Use of the ’Green’ Road to Open Access

To self-archive is to make research publications freely accessible by depositing them in an open digital archive or on a public website. The aim of this thesis is to explore what Swedish scientists think of self-archiving, what they know about it and how they make use of it, in order to understand why they do not self-archive more actively. A web survey was conducted which was answered by 296 scientists at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Results show that only 24 % have previous experience of self-archiving, but that a majority is willing to self-archive if there are no legal objections or if it is demanded by the research funder. The most important reasons why many scientists do not self-archive are that they feel uncertain about copyright issues and/or lack knowledge about self-archiving.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-101869
Date January 2008
CreatorsMeyer Lundén, Karin
PublisherUppsala universitet, Institutionen för ABM
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageSwedish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
RelationUppsatser inom biblioteks- & informationsvetenskap, 1650-4267 ; 414

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