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Success factors for open access.

James E Till1

  • 1University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics and Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. till@oci.uhnres.utoronto.ca

Journal of Medical Internet Research
|May 15, 2003
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Open access initiatives need incentives to increase adoption. A proposed model uses grant-funding agencies to create e-print archives, encouraging wider use of medical research literature.

Area of Science:

  • Medical research
  • Scholarly communication
  • Bibliometrics

Background:

  • Open access to research literature facilitates knowledge transfer.
  • Assessing the impact of open access initiatives requires clear criteria.
  • Current metrics for open access journals and e-print archives are insufficient.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe a method for assessing the open-access portion of medical literature.
  • To summarize preliminary results of this assessment.
  • To propose incentive models for increasing open access adoption.

Main Methods:

  • A simple assessment approach for the open-access medical literature.
  • Analysis of existing open-access journals and institutional e-print archives.

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  • Development of an incentive model using grant-funding agencies.

    • Main Results:

    • Preliminary results indicate a need for incentives to promote open access.
    • An incentive model is proposed where grant agencies host e-print archives for grantees.
    • This model aims to increase the use of the primary medical research literature.

    Conclusions:

    • Incentive models are crucial for accelerating open access adoption.
    • Grant-funded e-print archives can foster wider use of medical research.
    • Such models can help open access reach a critical "tipping point" for broad acceptance.