The DFG Study of Author Experience of Open Access
Dr. Johannes Fournier (Bonn)
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschft
(German Research Society)
DFG‘s Organisational Structure
I. Survey Design
II. Preliminary Results
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Trends and Tendencies
Discipline-Specific Differences
Awareness, Knowledge, and Usage
Costs, Fees, and Royalties
Views and Opinions
III. Possible Roads to Take
Survey Design: Structure of Our Questionnaire
(1.023 respondents from 48 research areas)
I.
Publication and Reading
II. Open Access: Awareness, Declarations, Journals, Self-Archiving
III. Publication and License Fees
IV. On Spending the DFG‘s publication grants
V.
Person, Profession, Institution, Age, Gender
4 Scientific Disciplines and 48 Research Areas
HSS = Humanities and Social Sciences
Ancient Cultures, History, Fine Arts Studies, Linguistics, Literature, Theatre and Media Studies,
Ethnology, Non-European Cultures, Religious Studies, Theology, Philosophy, Education
Sciences, Psychology, Social Sciences, Economics, Jurisprudence
LS = Life Sciences
Foundations of Biology and Medicine, Plant Science, Zoology, Microbiology, Virology and
Immunology, Medicine, Neurosciences, Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture and Veterinary
Medicine
NS = Natural Sciences
Molecular Chemistry, Chemical Solid State Research, Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids
and Interfaces, General, Theoretical Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Method Development,
Chemistry of Biological Systems, Polymer Research, Condensed Matter Physics, Optics,
Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas, Particles, Nuclei and Fields,
Statistical Physics and Nonlinear Dynamics, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Mathematics,
Atmospheric Science and Oceanography, Geology and Paleontology, Geophysics and Geodesy,
Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Crystallography, Geography, Water Research
ENG = Engineering
Production Technology, Mechanics and Constructive Mechanical Engineering, Process
Engineering, Technical Chemistry, Heat Energy Technology, Thermal Machines and Drives,
Materials Engineering, Materials Science, Raw Materials, System Engineering, Electrical
Engineering, Computer Science, Construction Engineering and Architecture
Respondent‘s Distribution
5,80%
20,50%
16,70%
HHS scholarship holders
HHS academics
LS scholarship holders
5,10%
LS scientists
4,40%
NS scholarship holders
NS scientists
ENG scholarship holders
ENG scientists
20,20%
21,10%
5,70%
Should the DFG rather be Encouraged
in Promoting Open Access?
100
90
80
70
60
% 50
40
30
20
10
0
65,1
34,9
HSS
69,9
30,1
LS
63,5
36,5
NS
58,5
41,5
ENG
Most Reasonable Places for Depositing Self-Archived Articles
100
90
80
70
60
HSS
LS
NS
ENG
% 50
40
30
20
10
0
71,3
64
76,7
77,1
Author's
Homepage
53,5
61,8 56,1 69,4
Institute's
Homepage
54,1
56,3 41,2
46,6
80,2
78
81,8
72
University Script Subject-Specific
Server (Library,
Repository
Computing
Center)
Editorial Experience
100
90
80
70
60
HHS
LS
NS
ENG
% 50
40
30
20
10
0
22,8
10,6
15,3
17,7
(Co-)Editor
32,3
20,9
17,2
20,4
Editorial Board
47
56,3
59,3
None
52,1
Open Access Awareness
100
Is open access still unknown
as means of publication?
How familiar are you with the Berlin declaration?
90
80
70
60
HSS
LS
NS
ENG
% 50
40
30
20
10
0
85,5 84,1 76,5 82,9
14,5 15,9 13,5 17,1
Yes
No
7
5,1
6,6
2,4
29,1 33,1 31,1 30,8
Well Known Not in Detail
63,9 61,9 62,3 66,8
Unknown
How many articles did you publish in an open access journal
within the last 5 years?
100
90
80
70
60
HSS
LS
NS
ENG
% 50
40
30
20
10
0
88,1
87,3
85,2
None
86,4
7,5
9,2
7,4
4,1
up to 10%
4
2,6
4,5
6,6
11% - 50%
0,5
0,9
2,9
2,9
over 50%
Proportion of Self-Archived Articles (Postprints)
within the last 5 years
30
25
20
HHS
LS
NS
ENG
% 15
10
5
0
5,9
12,3
20,1
17,6
Journal Articles
7,4
4,4
20,4
26
Articles in
Conference
Proceedings
3,5
4,5
12,9
16,2
Articles in
Anthologies
Self-Archived Articles (Preprints) within the last 5 years
100
90
80
70
60
HSS
LS
NS
ENG
% 50
40
30
20
10
0
25
48
11,7 43,5
1-2
25
32
26
3-5
34,8
31,3
12
15,6 17,4
6 - 10
12,5
8
22,1
11 - 20
4,3
6,3
0
24,7
0
21 and more
Would you be willing to pay for the publication of
a research article in an open access journal?
100
90
80
70
HSS
LS
NS
ENG
60
% 50
40
30
20
10
0
72,9 35,5 61,8 64,4
24,3 37,9 26,7 27,7
No
up to 250 €
2,4 20,6 8,8
5,9
0,5
4
2
2
0
1,6
0,4
0
0
0,4 0,4
0
251 € - 500 € 501 € - 1000 € 1001 € - 2000 up to 2000 €
€
Did you ever pay fees for the publication
of a research article?
100
90
80
70
HSS
LS
NS
ENG
60
% 50
40
30
20
10
0
92,6
20,2
55,6
No
74,1
7,4
76,5
43,2
24,7
Only for
Conventional
Publications
0
0,4
0,8
5
Only for Open
Access
Journals
0
2,9
0,4
1,2
For
Conventional
and for Open
Access Articles
Some Criteria in Choosing a Journal for a Publication and
Improvement of International Visibility of German Journals
10,7
Journal
Subscription Fees
14,5
6
3,2
28,3
Author's Publication
Fees
26
17,1
ENG
NS
LS
HSS
20,9
0,4
0,4
Author's Royalties
0,4
2,3
5,1
Increasing Author's
Royalties
4,1
4,4
13
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100 %
Some Views on Open Access
40,4
The quality of open access publications is
not as safeguarded as for conventional
publications
39,1
53,2
27,8
61
Long-term availability cannot be
guaranteed for open access publications
53,3
54,7
ENG
NS
LS
HSS
68,7
68,4
OA publications are seldom taken into
bibliographic accounts
66
64,2
79,9
70,8
OA publications are not as frequently cited
as other publications
68,1
71,3
82,8
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90 100 %
Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft
Thank you very much for your attention!
Dr. Johannes Fournier
johannes.fournier@dfg.de
Further Information at:
www.dfg.de