Mapping the Landscape of Open Access Dashboards - A Dataset for Research and Infrastructure Development

Area of Science:

• Bibliometrics
• Open Science
• Scholarly Communication

Background:

• Open Access is increasingly vital for science policy and tracking research output.
• Numerous dashboards are emerging to monitor Open Access publication progress.
• Understanding these dashboards is key to evaluating global research trends.

Purpose of the Study:

• To survey and characterize existing Open Access dashboards.
• To develop a structured metadata schema for dashboard description.
• To create a reusable dataset for analyzing Open Access trends.

Main Methods:

• Conducted an extensive survey to identify Open Access dashboards.
• Developed a dedicated metadata schema for systematic indexing.
• Collected and organized data on over 60 identified dashboards.

Main Results:

• Identified and cataloged over 60 Open Access dashboards.
• Developed an interoperable metadata schema for dashboard analysis.
• Created an openly reusable dataset for comparative and longitudinal studies.

Conclusions:

• The developed dataset and schema facilitate analysis of Open Access dashboards.
• This resource supports researchers in Library and Information Science and Science and Technology Studies.
• Encourages community reuse and extension of the dataset and schema for Open Science advancement.