Status of Open Access: Across Borders

Irfan ul Haq Akhoon, Shabir Ahmad Ganaie

Abstract


This paper throws light on the growth and development of open access journals published from India and Pakistan, two border sharing and developing countries. The study measures the current scenario of open access journals in India and Pakistan by exploring various facets of open journals and tries to present a lucid picture of their overall development. The study provides a detailed description of open access journals in terms of country, subject, language, content, and rank wise distribution. The current study shows that India is in a projecting situation with respect to Pakistan and even other developing nations in publishing open access journals. India has made important contributions towards the growth of open access publishing and is leading on the top with about 593 journals. Despite of the fact that India is leading in publishing open access journals, it is worth to note that Pakistan is leaving India behind in the field of medicine by publishing large no. of journals than India. This study will be helpful for the researchers in exploring the amount open access titles in different subject fields published from both the two countries. Furthermore, it can act as an eye opener to the scholarly world to know about the real status of open access in India and Pakistan.

Keywords: Open access journals, open access-developing nations, open access-India, open access-Pakistan, open access-Scopus

Cite this Article Irfan-ul-Haq Akhoon, Shabir Ahmad Ganaie. Status of Open Access: Across Borders. Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences. 2018; 5(1): 41–46p. 


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Open Access Journals; Open Access-Developing Nations; Open Access-India; Open Access-Pakistan; Open Access-Scopus

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37591/joals.v5i1.119

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