The Impact of ETDS in Research Openness: A Study on LIS Researcher in India
Published: 2017
Author(s) Name: Bibhuti Bhusan Pattanaik |
Author(s) Affiliation: Assistant Librarian, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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Abstract
This paper evaluates the participation of Indian universities and their initiatives towards the open access of research, in particular the availability of Ph.D. Research output in the form of ETDs (electronic/digital repository of theses). Considering this into context, the present paper attempts to study the impact of ETDs and review the various facet of benefits associated with the openness of the research to worldwide scholarly communities. The present study covers ten years of Ph.D. thesis data i.e. 2001 to 2010, which were awarded from various Indian universities in the field of library information science (LIS) and made available in open access through various institutional and national ETDs based digital repository of the country. These data were then checked with Google Scholar to identify the citations received. Also, estimation is made about the ETDs when they have received a citation (before or after) the sources become open access.
Keywords: ETDs, LIS, Research Output, Digital Repository, Open Access, Citation
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