Grey literature archiving pattern in open access (OA) repositories with special emphasis on Indian OA repositories

Shivaram, B. S.; Biradar, B. S.

doi:10.1108/el-05-2018-0100

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“…The results also showed that there are more repositories in India than in China (Ahmed and Rather, 2007;Lone et al, 2008;Mittal and Mahesh, 2008;Wani et al, 2009;Pinfield, 2009;Tripathi and Jeevan, 2011;Roy et al, 2013;Singh, 2016;Ali et al, 2018;Bashir et al, 2019;Khan et al, 2022). Shivaram and Biradar, 2018 Investigated the practice of archiving gray literature at open-access Indian repositories. The results showed that reviewed literature is mostly archived in open-access repositories around the globe.…”

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Unveiling the present status of open access repositories: a comparative analysis of India and China

Parray

Khan

Mir

et al. 2023

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PurposeOpen access repository is an essential element of an organization's strategy for enhancing the visibility and accessibility of its intellectual output to a global audience. Owing to its importance, the study aims to explore the current status of open access repositories in India and China by analyzing the different characteristic features of repositories.Design/methodology/approachThe data for the study is collected from OpenDoar which is labeled as a quality assured repository directory across the globe. The country-wise contribution of Asian repositories is extracted from OpenDoar using various filtration options available in the repository. Further, the URL of every Indian and Chinese repository was manually accessed to gather the following metadata: Repository Type, Software Usage, Repository Interface Language, Year of Development, Subject Coverage, Content Coverage, and the utilization of Web 2.0 tools by repositories. FindingsThe findings of the study highlights that among the Asian countries, India is at 4th rank while China is at 5th rank in terms of repository count. The study depicts that India has shown more promising growth than China. However, both the countries mainly focused on institutional repositories while disciplinary, aggregated, and governmental repositories are very few in number, therefore building such repositories is the need of an hour. Dspace as the preferred software and English as a dominant interface language occupy the prominent places in the repositories of both countries. Moreover, the repositories of both countries have embraced web 2.0 tools like RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0 and Atom with little presence of social media tools.Research limitations/implicationsThe study has limitations, and results should be interpreted with caution. The comparison between the two countries is based on only one data source, i.e. OpenDoar. However, there is a possibility that future studies can take various repository directories as a data source that will give a clear picture of comparison.Originality/valueThe study can be beneficial to the policymakers and the administrators of these two regions as it will provide them a vivid picture of the diffrent characteristic features of their repositories so that they can formulate better policies that will be helpful to foster green open access.

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Section: Review Of Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Unveiling the present status of open access repositories: a comparative analysis of India and China

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“…Another group of researchers [16], [17] focuses on whether online literature can be used for improving public law or policies. Besides this, research is also being conducted on how online repositories are indexing the grey literature with respect to specific location such as in India [18] and Africa [19]. Our study has multiple objectives and fills the research gap in software engineering by researching (i) the extent of usage of grey literature in systematic literature reviews in software engineering; (ii) categorization strategies and quality assessment criteria for grey literature and (ii) viability of Google Scholar for searching grey literature.…”

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On Using Grey Literature and Google Scholar in Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering

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The inclusion of grey literature (GL) is important to remove publication bias while gathering available evidence regarding a certain topic. The number of systematic literature reviews (SLRs) in Software Engineering (SE) is increasing but we do not know about the extent of GL usage in these SLRs. Moreover, Google Scholar is rapidly becoming a search engine of choice for many researchers but the extent to which it can find the primary studies is not known. Objective: This tertiary study is an attempt to i) measure the usage of GL in SLRs in SE. Furthermore this study proposes strategies for categorizing GL and a quality checklist to use for GL in future SLRs; ii) explore if it is feasible to use only Google Scholar for finding scholarly articles for academic research. Method: We have conducted a systematic mapping study to measure the extent of GL usage in SE SLRs as well as to measure the feasibility of finding primary studies using Google Scholar. Results and conclusions: a) Grey Literature: 76.09% SLRs (105 out of 138) in SE have included one or more GL studies as primary studies. Among total primary studies across all SLRs (6307), 582 are classified as GL, making the frequency of GL citing as 9.23%. The intensity of GL use indicate that each SLR contains 5 primary studies on average (total intensity of GL use being 5.54). The ranking of GL tells us that conference papers are the most used form 43.3% followed by technical reports 28.52%. Universities, research institutes, labs and scientific societies together make up 67.7% of GL used, indicating that these are useful sources for searching GL. We additionally propose strategies for categorizing GL and criteria for evaluating GL quality, which can become a basis for more detailed guidelines for including GL in future SLRs. b) Google Scholar Results: The results show that Google Scholar was able to retrieve 96% of primary studies of these SLRs. Most of the primary studies that were not found using Google Scholar were from grey sources.

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“…Ferreras-Fernández et al (2016) "indicate that OA IRs become an advantageous channel of scientific communication to 'grey literature' like dissertations and PhD theses, because openness increases visibility and use and also produces a significant citation rate". Recent studies (Farace andSchöpfel, 2015: Marsolek et al, 2018;Myska and Savelka, 2013;Shivaram and Biradar, 2019) also confirm the presence of grey literature in OARs. "There are some subject or disciplinary repositories also that specialize in indexing and archiving 'grey literature'.…”

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Is grey literature really grey or a hidden glory to showcase the sleeping beauty

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Shah

Sudiro

et al. 2020

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Purpose The study aims to showcase the developmental perspective of “grey literature” and its importance to different sectors of the society. Furthermore, issues, challenges and possibilities concerned with the existence of “grey literature” have also been discoursed. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on the existing literature published in the field of “grey literature” which was identified with the aid of three leading indexing and abstracting services, Web of Science, SciVerse Scopus, and Google Scholar. Keywords like grey literature, black literature, The Grey Journal, The International Journal on Grey Literature, International Conference on Grey Literature, non-conventional literature, semi-published literature, System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe (SIGLE), European Association for the Exploitation of Grey Literature (EAGLE), white literature, white papers, theses and dissertations, GreyNet, grey literature-electronic media, Grey market, open access, OpenNet, open access repositories, institutional repositories, open archives, electronic theses and dissertations, institutional libraries, scholarly communication, access to knowledge, metadata standards for grey literature, metadata heterogeneity, disciplinary grey literature, etc. were searched in the select databases. Simple as well as advanced search feature of the databases were made use of. Moreover, for more recent and updated information on the topic, the “citing articles” feature of the databases was also used. The “citing articles” were consulted on the basis of their relevance with the subject content. Findings The study helps to understand the definitive framework and developmental perspective of “grey literature”. “Grey Literature” has emerged as a promising content for enhancing the visibility of the ideas that were earlier unexplored and least made use of “Grey literature” has also overcome the problems and issues with its existence and adoption. Technology has played a catalytic role in eradicating the issues and problems pertinent to the “grey literature” to a greater extent. Research limitations/implications The study is based on the published literature that is indexed by only three databases, i.e. Web of Science, SciVerse Scopus and Google Scholar. Furthermore, some limited aspects of “grey literature” have been covered. Practical implications The study will be of great help to various stakeholders and policymakers to showcase the value and importance of “grey literature” for better access and exploitation. It will also be of importance to those interested to know how the literature tagged as grey changed with the passing time and how it through its unseen characteristics has evolved as an important source of information at par with the “white literature”. Originality/value The study tries to provide a demarcated and segregated outlook of the “grey literature”. It also focuses on various issues, problems and possibilities pertinent to the adoption and existence of “grey literature”.

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Grey literature archiving pattern in open access (OA) repositories with special emphasis on Indian OA repositories

Cited by 6 publications

References 15 publications

Unveiling the present status of open access repositories: a comparative analysis of India and China

Unveiling the present status of open access repositories: a comparative analysis of India and China

On Using Grey Literature and Google Scholar in Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering

Is grey literature really grey or a hidden glory to showcase the sleeping beauty

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