Open access in India
In India, open access to scholarly communication has been developing for several decades. During May 2004, two workshops were organised by the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai[1] which laid the foundation for the Open Access movement in India. In 2009, the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research began requiring that its grantees provide open access to funded research.[2][3] The "Delhi Declaration on Open Access" in South Asia was issued on 14 February 2018, signed by dozens of academics and supporters.[4]
Journals
As of April 2018, there are approximately 212 active open access journals produced in India, according to the UK-based Directory of Open Access Journals.[5] Titles include the Indian Journal of Community Medicine, Indian Journal of Medical Research, and Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology.[5]
Repositories
As of April 2018, there are at least 78 collections of scholarship in India housed in digital open access repositories.[6][7][8] They contain journal articles, book chapters, data, and other research outputs that are free to read. Recently preprints repository for India, IndiaRxiv is also launched.[9]
See also
- National Digital Library of India[10]
- Internet in India
- Education in India
- Media of India
- Science and technology in India
- Copyright law of India
- List of libraries in India
- Open access in other countries
References
- ^ "Open Access Workshop, Chennai". www.utsc.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "CSIR Open Access Mandate" (PDF), Csircentral.net, Pune, retrieved 2 April 2018
- ^ "Browse by Country: India". ROARMAP: Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies. UK: University of Southampton. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Delhi Declaration on Open Access". Openaccessindia.org. Open Access India. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ a b "(Search: Country of Publisher: India)". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK: Infrastructure Services for Open Access. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Browse by Country: India". Registry of Open Access Repositories. UK: University of Southampton. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "India". Directory of Open Access Repositories. UK: University of Nottingham. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "India". Global Open Access Portal. UNESCO. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ Mallapaty, Smriti (17 April 2019). "Indian scientists launch preprint repository to boost research quality". Nature. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ D.K. Sahu; Ramesh C. Parmar (2006). "Open Access in India". In Neil Jacobs (ed.). Open Access: Key strategic, technical and economic aspects. Chandos. ISBN 1843342049.
Further reading
- S.B. Ghosh; Anup Kumar Das (2006), "Open access and institutional repositories -- A developing country perspective: A case study of India" (PDF), Papers of 72nd IFLA General Conference and Council, International Federation of Library Associations
- Richard Poynder (2006), "Professor Subbiah Arunachalam, leading Indian OA advocate and distinguished fellow of the Chennai-based M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF)", Open and Shut?, Open Access Interviews, UK
- Subbiah Arunachalam (2008), "Open Access in India: Hopes and Frustrations" (PDF), Proceedings ELPUB 2008 Conference on Electronic Publishing - Toronto, Canada
- European Commission; German Commission for UNESCO (2008), "Open Access in India – the Status Quo", Open Access: Opportunities and Challenges - a Handbook, doi:10.2777/93994
- S. Arunachalam; Madhan Muthu (2011), Open Access to Scholarly Literature in India — A Status Report (with Emphasis on Scientific Literature) (PDF), Bangalore: Centre for Internet and Society
- Anand Bandi; Shekappa Bandi (2011), "Open Access to Knowledge: Initiatives in India", National Conference on Beyond Librarianship: Creativity, Innovation and Discovery,
CDAC Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Richard Poynder (2012), "Frances Jayakanth of India's National Centre for Science Information", Open and Shut?, Open Access Interviews, UK
- Richard Poynder (2014), "Open Access in India: Q&A with Subbiah Arunachalam", Open and Shut?, Open Access Interviews, UK
- Neera Agarwal (2015). "Impact of open access on CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR) journals". Annals of Library and Information Studies. 62. India: National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources. ISSN 0972-5423. (About National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources)
- Joachim Schöpfel, ed. (2015). Learning from the BRICS: Open Access to Scientific Information in Emerging Countries. Litwin. ISBN 978-1-936117-84-0. (Includes information about India, Brazil, China, Russia, South Africa)
- Bharat H. Sondarva; Jagadishchandra P.Gondalia (2015). "Open Access Journals In India: An Analysis of Medical Science Open Access Journals" (PDF). International Trends in Library and Information Technology. 2.
- Walt Crawford (2018). "India". Gold Open Access by Country 2012-2017. US: Cites & Insights Books.
External links
- "(Signatures: India)". Budapestopenaccessinitiative.org.
Budapest Open Access Initiative
- Peter Suber (ed.). "(India)". Open Access Tracking Project. Harvard University. OCLC 1040261573.
News and comment from the worldwide movement for open access to research
- "Browse by Country: India". ROARMAP: Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies. UK: University of Southampton.
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