Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Agriculture Scholars

Cooper, Danielle; Bankston, Sarah; Bracke, Marianne Stowell; Callahan, Beth; Chang, Hui-Fen; Delserone, Leslie; Diekmann, Fritz; Dinkelman, Andrea; Farmer, Diana L.; Farrell, Shannon; Giovenale, Sharon; Glennie, Charlotte; Hanscom, Scott; Haugen, Inga; Holdsworth, Liz; Houpert, Marei; Jenda, Claudine; Kerby, Erin; Kocher, Megan; Kriesberg, Adam; Marsh, Emily; McManus, Alesia Alesia; McMurry, Nan; Milligan, Sarah; Mills, Carolyn; Minson, Valrie Davis; Morris-Knower, Jim; Ochs, Mary; Olsen, Livia; Gibson, Necia Parker; Parr, Cynthia; Rempel, Hannah; Robertshaw, M. Brooke; Shea, Ashley; Sheffield, Megan; Spears, Laura; Stapleton, Suzanne; Williams, S.; Yatcilla, Jane; Young, Sarah

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“…The final categories of book chapters and books, taken together, made up less than 2% of the publications reported. This is consistent with both anecdotal and interviewbased observations that neither is a primary publication venue for scientists (Cooper, 2017).…”

Section: Disseminationsupporting

confidence: 89%

“…Not surprisingly, conferences frequently provided a venue for student-researchers to present their results. Many agricultural researchers reported, in the recent Ithaka S+R study of their practices, that conference participation was an important practice for current awareness as well as for documenting their program's research emphases and progress (Cooper, 2017;Delserone & Dinkelman, 2017). However, given that abstracts, conference papers, and presentations document much of this research, what is the status of continuing access to and preservation of these publications (see "Accessibility and preservation" section)?…”

Section: Disseminationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Dissemination, Access, Preservation: A Case Study of Publications from the Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative

Delserone

2019

Journal of Agricultural & Food Information

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The Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative, administered by USDA-NIFA, is the major federal funder of organic agricultural research. Analysis of 733 publications produced during the initiative's first five years explored the dissemination of this research, and accessibility to and preservation of the publications. Publications associated with conferences (e.g., abstracts) were most numerous (36%). Many publications (69%) were openly accessible online in 2017 but fewer than 10% of these appeared in a stable digital repository. In four of the eight publication categories, access disappeared over time. No program exists to systematically collect and preserve these outputs of organic agricultural research.

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Section: Disseminationsupporting

confidence: 89%

Section: Disseminationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dissemination, Access, Preservation: A Case Study of Publications from the Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative

Delserone

2019

Journal of Agricultural & Food Information

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“…Ithaka S+R, a not-for-profit research and consulting service for libraries and academia, organized the 2016-2017 agriculture project as part of its Research Support Services Program. The target population was active researchers aligned with the project's broad definition of agriculture (Cooper et al 2017). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Minnesota were among the 19 U.S. research libraries that participated in the agriculture project, with all participants attending training and using the same semi-structured interview guide.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most institutional reports are publicly available (USAIN n.d.) and some were published in a 2017 special issue of the Journal of Agricultural & Food Information. Based on a sample of transcripts from all participating institutions, Ithaka S+R also wrote an overarching project report (Cooper et al 2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agricultural Researchers' Attitudes Toward Open Access and Data Sharing

Williams¹,

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Kerby³

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This study involved a thorough examination of attitudes and opinions of agricultural researchers toward open access publishing and data sharing. Utilizing the results of the Ithaka S+R Agriculture Research Support Services project, we reanalyzed our institutional interview transcripts and synthesized information from the project's publicly available reports. For comparison, we also searched and coded scientific and library literature. Our findings reveal common attitudes related to open access publishing and data sharing and point to potential roles for libraries to help address common impediments, such as lack of trust, time, and money. Overall, this study provides disciplinary context that can inform how librarians approach agricultural researchers about open access publishing and data sharing.

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“…These findings are supported by a 2017 study that found that among religious studies scholars, "awareness and engagement with open access is low but the perceived importance of more freely sharing work as enabled by social media platforms such as Acaedmia.edu is high." 18 Additionally, a 2015 study of OA scholarship in Germany found that scholars from non-natural science disciplines (e.g., business, philosophy, art, religion) were less likely than those in natural sciences to have experience with OA publishing. 19 Reasons for these findings may include both of lack of interest or ambivalence toward OA publishing and a lack of opportunity.…”

Section: Oa Availability Of Religious Studies Journal Scholarshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Open Access Availability of Articles from Highly Ranked Religious Studies Journals

Avery

2018

Theological Librarianship

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This article explores the current state of open access (OA) scholarship from highly ranked journals covering religious studies. To examine the state of OA scholarship from journals of religious studies, the OA availability of articles from ten peerreviewed journals were examined. Using the SCImago Journal & Country Rank, a portal that includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus® database, the ten most highly rated journals in mid-2015, according to the SJR indicator, were selected for evaluation. Articles that appeared in the journal volumes published in 2014 were selected for analysis, and were identified through online research databases and journal websites that provided bibliographic information. Only articles and essays dealing with research were included. A total of 377 articles were included in the study. Of the 377 articles examined, OA versions were found for 132 (35 percent) of them. Approximately one third of articles (33.3 percent) were located in multiple locations, with more than half of all OA articles found (53.0 percent) in either repositories, or, on the social networking sites ResearchGate.net or Academia. edu. Of the total number of OA articles found, 87 (65.9 percent) were found by both Google and Google Scholar, and 43 (32.6 percent) were found by only Google or Google Scholar, but not both. The results indicate that religious studies journal scholarship is not widely self-archived and made available as OA as a regular practice. Results also indicate that those scholars who publish in journals covering religious studies and who do embrace open access make strong use of either institutional or subject repositories and/or social networking sites to make their scholarship openly available. Finally, results indicate that using both Google and Google Scholar to search for OA religious studies journal scholarship yields better results than only using Google or Google Scholar.

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Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Agriculture Scholars

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Dissemination, Access, Preservation: A Case Study of Publications from the Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative

Dissemination, Access, Preservation: A Case Study of Publications from the Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative

Agricultural Researchers' Attitudes Toward Open Access and Data Sharing

The Open Access Availability of Articles from Highly Ranked Religious Studies Journals

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