Knowledge of Open Access Journals Among Research Scientists in Ghana

Predatory publishing and the Ghana experience: A call to action for information professionals

“…Tempest says that print is still popular in Africa, but as ICT has improved, new publication models, such as green OA (in which the accepted manuscript is deposited into an OA repository and made available after an embargo), gold OA (in which the author pays an upfront fee to the publisher for immediate publication), and other models, such as self-archiving, will keep improving access to, and publication of, scholarship. Atiso et al (2017) found that, in Ghana, OA is a necessity, as many libraries were unable to pay for high journal subscription costs and were not able to offer them to their users. However, Tempest says that for authors in Africa, "the cost of open access (in its Gold form) is too high".…”

Internationalization of the Moroccan Journal of Chemistry: A bibliometric study

“…These studies are sometimes restricted to single nationwide research journals such as La Tunisie Médicale [ 14 ], Libyan Journal of Medicine [ 17 ], South African Journal of Botany [ 18 ], and Journal of King Saud University – Science [ 19 ]. These research works also include the characterization of new initiatives for preparing the creation of new national open-access journals in Sub-Saharan Africa to increase the visibility of local research in countries like Kenya [ 20 ] and Ghana [ 21 ]. This implies the study of the perception of the local research community of the importance of launching national open-access research journals [ 20 , 21 ].…”

“…These research works also include the characterization of new initiatives for preparing the creation of new national open-access journals in Sub-Saharan Africa to increase the visibility of local research in countries like Kenya [ 20 ] and Ghana [ 21 ]. This implies the study of the perception of the local research community of the importance of launching national open-access research journals [ 20 , 21 ]. Among the factors studied by these outputs, the most important ones are the study of the evolution of the citation impact coverage and reach of the journals and their quest for internationalization from the perspective of citations, contributions, Editorial Board, and readership.…”

Dissemination of scientific information through open access by research scientists in a developing country

“…For instead, a study conducted by Ref. [ 18 ] concluded that the majority of researchers in Ghana's Scientific and Industrial Research Council were aware of the OA journals. The research scientists accessed OA publications for their research.…”