scholarly journals Open access for operational research publications from lowand middle-income countries: who pays?

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Zachariah ◽  
A. M. V. Kumar ◽  
A. J. Reid ◽  
R. Van den Bergh ◽  
P. Isaakidis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Operational Research ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Research Publications

scholarly journals Obesities: A New Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Interdisciplinary Journal Fostering Research on Multifactorial Obesity and Associated Cardiometabolic Disorders

Obesities ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-28
Author(s):  
Bruno Guigas
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Obesity Prevalence ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
The Past ◽  
Urban Transition ◽  
Cardiometabolic Disorders ◽  
Interdisciplinary Journal ◽  
Low And Middle Income

Obesity prevalence has increased continuously over the past 50 years, a dramatic worldwide expansion not only limited to industrialized countries but also observed in a large number of low- and middle-income countries experiencing rapid rural–urban transition [...]

Author Choice of Journal Type Based on Income Level of Country

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-34
Author(s):  
Sumiko Asai
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Income Level ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Article Processing Charges ◽  
Gold Open Access

Readers can access open access articles for free, but authors or research funders pay article-processing charges to publish them. This requirement may deter authors in low-income countries from publishing in open access. This study investigates the choices that authors make among three types of open access journal and closed (subscription) journals in history, economics, science, and technology based on their countries’ income level. The sample comprises research articles published in journals in English in 2020 and indexed in Scopus. The results show that authors in low-income countries publish more in gold open access than do authors in lower-middle- and upper-middle-income countries, who tend not to publish in hybrid open access and to favour closed journals. Authors from high-income countries publish more in hybrid open access than do authors in the other groups of countries. Although major publishers waive their article-processing charges for authors in low-income countries, these authors amount to less than 1 per cent of the total. Improving the effectiveness of publishers’ waiver policies is necessary.

scholarly journals Top health research funders’ guidance on selecting journals for funded research

F1000Research ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Larissa Shamseer ◽  
Kelly D. Cobey ◽  
Matthew J. Page ◽  
Jamie C. Brehaut ◽  
Jeremy M. Grimshaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Journal Publication ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Funded Research ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Available Information ◽  
Published Research

Background: Funded health research is being published in journals that many regard as “predatory”, deceptive, and non-credible. We do not currently know whether funders provide guidance on how to select a journal in which to publish funded health research. Methods: We identified the largest 46 philanthropic, public, development assistance, public-private partnership, and multilateral funders of health research by expenditure, globally as well as four public funders from lower-middle income countries, from the list at https://healthresearchfunders.org. One of us identified guidance on disseminating funded research from each funders’ website (August/September 2017), then extracted information about selecting journals, which was verified by another assessor. Discrepancies were resolved by discussion. Results were summarized descriptively. This research used publicly available information; we did not seek verification with funding bodies. Results: The majority (44/50) of sampled funders indicated funding health research. 38 (of 44, 86%) had publicly available information about disseminating funded research, typically called “policies” (29, 76%). Of these 38, 36 (95%) mentioned journal publication for dissemination of which 13 (36.11%) offer variable guidance on selecting a journal, all of which relate to the funder’s open access mandate. Six funders (17%) outlined publisher requirements or features by which to select a journal. One funder linked to a document providing features of journals to look for (e.g. listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals) and to be wary of (e.g., no journal scope statement, uses direct and unsolicited marketing). Conclusions: Few funders provided guidance on how to select a journal in which to publish funded research. Funders have a duty to ensure that the research they fund is discoverable by others. This research is a benchmark for funder guidance on journal selection prior to the January 2021 implementation of Plan S (a global, funder-led initiative to ensure immediate, open access to funded, published research).

scholarly journals Short Take: Lowering the Access Barriers to Ethnographic Methodology

Field Methods ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1525822X2097109
Author(s):  
Tony V Pham
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Software Tools ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Proof Of Concept ◽  
Access Barriers ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Ethnographic Methodology ◽  
Low And Middle Income

Researchers based in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) often cannot access conventional but high-priced ethnographic tools. I developed a low-cost methodology as an exercise in meeting the needs of both LMIC-based researchers and the broader qualitative community. As demonstrated in this proof of concept, ethnographic researchers should strive for a suite of open access software tools and common and affordable hardware to reduce inequities in knowledge generation and dissemination.

What is operational research and how can national tuberculosis programmes in low- and middle-income countries use it to end TB?

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. S23-S32
Author(s):  
Ajay MV. Kumar ◽  
Anthony D. Harries ◽  
Srinath Satyanarayana ◽  
Pruthu Thekkur ◽  
Hemant D. Shewade ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Operational Research ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
National Tuberculosis ◽  
Low And Middle Income

scholarly journals Top health research funders’ guidance on selecting journals for funded research

F1000Research ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Larissa Shamseer ◽  
Kelly D. Cobey ◽  
Matthew J. Page ◽  
Jamie C. Brehaut ◽  
Jeremy M. Grimshaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Journal Publication ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Funded Research ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Available Information ◽  
Published Research

Background: Funded health research is being published in journals that many regard as “predatory”, deceptive, and non-credible. We do not currently know whether funders provide guidance on how to select a journal in which to publish funded health research. Methods: We identified the largest 46 philanthropic, public, development assistance, public-private partnership, and multilateral funders of health research by expenditure, globally as well as four public funders from lower-middle income countries, from the list at https://healthresearchfunders.org. One of us identified guidance on disseminating funded research from each funders’ website (August/September 2017), then extracted information about selecting journals, which was verified by another assessor. Discrepancies were resolved by discussion. Results were summarized descriptively. This research used publicly available information; we did not seek verification with funding bodies. Results: The majority (44/50) of sampled funders indicated funding health research. 38 (of 44, 86%) had publicly available information about disseminating funded research, typically called “policies” (29, 76%). Of these 38, 36 (95%) mentioned journal publication for dissemination of which 13 (36.11%) offer variable guidance on selecting a journal, all of which relate to the funder’s open access mandate. Six funders (17%) outlined publisher requirements or features by which to select a journal. One funder linked to a document providing features of journals to look for (e.g. listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals) and to be wary of (e.g., no journal scope statement, uses direct and unsolicited marketing). Conclusions: Few funders provided guidance on how to select a journal in which to publish funded research. Funders have a duty to ensure that the research they fund is discoverable by others. This research is a benchmark for funder guidance on journal selection prior to the January 2021 implementation of Plan S (a global, funder-led initiative to ensure immediate, open access to funded, published research).

scholarly journals NGOs’ experiences of navigating the open access landscape

F1000Research ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 1563
Author(s):  
Nilam McGrath
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Health Service Delivery ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries

Grant-led consortia working in the global development sector rely on the input of local and national non-government organisations in low- and middle-income countries. However, the open access mandates and mechanisms embedded within grants and promoted by funders and publishers are designed almost exclusively with large universities and research institutions in mind. Experiences from the consortium of health research non-government organisations comprising the Communicable Diseases Health Service Delivery research programme show that implementing open access mandates is not as simple or frictionless as it initially appears.

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