Open Access of COVID-19-related publications in the first quarter of 2020: a preliminary study based in PubMed.

ABSTRACT: Background: The COVID-19 outbreak has made funders, researchers and publishers agree to have research publications, as well as other research outputs, such as data, become openly available. In this extraordinary research context of the SARS CoV-2 pandemic, publishers are announcing that their coronavirus-related articles will be made immediately accessible in appropriate open repositories, like PubMed Central (PMC), agreeing upon funders' and researchers' instigation. Methods: This work uses Unpaywall, OpenRefine and PubMed to analyse the level of openness of the papers about COVID-19, published during the first quarter of 2020. It also analyses Open Access (OA) articles published about previous coronavirus (SARS CoV-1 and MERS CoV) as a means of comparison. Results: A

SUBMITTER: Arrizabalaga O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7438966 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature