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The Transformation of the Green Road to Open Access

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  • Joachim Schöpfel

    (ULR 4073—GERiiCO—Groupe d’Études et de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Information et Communication, Univ. Lille, F-59000 Lille, France)

  • Stéphane Chaudiron

    (ULR 4073—GERiiCO—Groupe d’Études et de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Information et Communication, Univ. Lille, F-59000 Lille, France)

  • Bernard Jacquemin

    (ULR 4073—GERiiCO—Groupe d’Études et de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Information et Communication, Univ. Lille, F-59000 Lille, France)

  • Eric Kergosien

    (ULR 4073—GERiiCO—Groupe d’Études et de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Information et Communication, Univ. Lille, F-59000 Lille, France)

  • Hélène Prost

    (ULR 4073—GERiiCO—Groupe d’Études et de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Information et Communication, CNRS, F-59000 Lille, France)

  • Florence Thiault

    (UR 4246—PREFICS—Pôle de Recherche Francophonies, Interculturel, Communication, Sociolinguistique, Université Rennes 2, F-35043 Rennes, France)

Abstract

(1) Background: The 2002 Budapest Open Access Initiative recommended the self-archiving of scientific articles in open repositories, which has been described as the “green road” to open access. Twenty years later, only one part of the researchers deposits their publications in open repositories; moreover, one part of the repositories’ content is not based on self-archived deposits but on mediated nonfaculty contributions. The purpose of the paper is to provide more empirical evidence on this situation and to assess the impact on the future of the green road. (2) Methods: We analyzed the contributions to the French national HAL repository from more than 1000 laboratories affiliated with the ten most important French research universities, with a focus on 2020, representing 14,023 contributor accounts and 164,070 deposits. (3) Results: We identified seven different types of contributor accounts, including deposits from nonfaculty staff and import flows from other platforms. Mediated nonfaculty contributions (deposits by libraries, import of bibliographic records, migration from other platforms, etc.) account for at least 48% of the 2020 deposits. We also identified differences between institutions and disciplines. (4) Conclusions: Our empirical results reveal a transformation of open repositories from self-archiving and direct scientific communication towards research information management. Repositories like HAL are somewhere in the middle of the process. The paper describes data quality as the main issue and major challenge of this transformation.

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  • Joachim Schöpfel & Stéphane Chaudiron & Bernard Jacquemin & Eric Kergosien & Hélène Prost & Florence Thiault, 2023. "The Transformation of the Green Road to Open Access," Publications, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-12, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jpubli:v:11:y:2023:i:2:p:29-:d:1147028
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    1. Otmane Azeroual & Gunter Saake & Mohammad Abuosba & Joachim Schöpfel, 2020. "Data Quality as a Critical Success Factor for User Acceptance of Research Information Systems," Data, MDPI, vol. 5(2), pages 1-13, April.
    2. Otmane Azeroual & Gunter Saake & Jürgen Wastl, 2018. "Data measurement in research information systems: metrics for the evaluation of data quality," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 115(3), pages 1271-1290, June.
    3. Otmane Azeroual & Joachim Schöpfel, 2019. "Quality Issues of CRIS Data: An Exploratory Investigation with Universities from Twelve Countries," Publications, MDPI, vol. 7(1), pages 1-18, February.
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