Low income countries have the highest percentages of open access publication: A systematic computational analysis of the biomedical literature.

ABSTRACT: Open access publication rates have been steadily increasing over time. In spite of this growth, academics in low income settings struggle to gain access to the full canon of research literature. While the vast majority of open access repositories and funding organizations with open access policies are based in high income countries, the geographic patterns of open access publication itself are not well characterized. In this study, we developed a computational approach to better understand the topical and geographical landscape of open access publications in the biomedical research literature. Surprisingly, we found a strong negative correlation between country per capita income and the percentage of open access publication. Open access publication rates were particularly high in sub-Sahar

SUBMITTER: Iyandemye J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6663019 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature