Open Access: the chemistry landscape We asked 1,700 members of the chemical sciences community to share their experience of Open Access (OA) publishing. Now we want to share the results with you. n 1 KNOWLEDGE 54.83% Publish ers / s die o b Jo u als rn 22.27% receive ‘partial funding’ ue / ian ar r b Li ag Re sea rc h 41.07% Researchers are more familiar with Gold OA (88.71%), than Green OA (65.83%) lle s/ of researchers receive ‘full funding’ to pay for Article Publishing Charges to publish Gold OA 90% of researchers have heard of OA publishing. They heard it first from: Co rmation manager a Info tm y in 4.9 sti 2 tu tio 3.5 Fu 5% nd in g % Only 12.22% don’t receive any funding don’t know ri an li s h als Research c s/ / I n f o r m at i nding b Fu 3.75% ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? Complying with a Funding Body mandate 26.86% 2 BEHAVIOURS ies od 16.28% munity om er / J o urn Colleagu e ub 16.01% on Libra “Is publishing an OA article more or less complicated than publishing in a subscription journal?” 63.97% P "Where would you go for information about OA options and requirements in the first instance?" m a n a g er 3 6.7 0 % ?? ?? ?? ? 24.44% community ? Main reason for publishing OA: In the last 3 years, 40.7% have published in Gold OA versus 59.29% that have only Personal choice published in subscription journals 3 73.14% OPINION 26.84% less 21.55% more 51.61% 65.79% the same 81.62% of researchers who have published in OA (Gold, Hybrid or both) did not encounter any barriers or difficulties (compared to traditional subscription model) The majority of researchers think the following would help increase the visibility of an article (compared to traditional subscription model): Publishing in a Gold OA journal 70.09% Publishing as an OA article on a hybrid journal 72.81% Depositing in an open access repository The top reasons for publishing in OA are (from more important to less important): Makes it easier for peers and colleagues to read my work Greater use of my work, increased citations General public have greater access to my work The top reasons for not publishing in OA are (from more important to less important): Makes it easier for students (school and undergraduate) to use my research Can't afford to pay APCs $ People should have access to publicly-funded research; it's a moral argument Makes it easier for commercial businesses to use my research Less prestigious Lose control over the reuse of my work © Open access isn't available for the journals I want to publish in Risk to my intellectual property Concern about misinterpretation and misrepresentation