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https://doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2016.57.71
Current state of open access to journal publications from the University of Zagreb School of Medicine
Lea Škorić
orcid.org/0000-0002-1545-5791
; Central Medical Library, University of Zagreb School of Medicine Zagreb, Croatia
Dina Vrkić
orcid.org/0000-0003-1872-4229
; Central Medical Library, University of Zagreb School of Medicine Zagreb, Croatia
Jelka Petrak
orcid.org/0000-0003-1481-2598
; Central Medical Library, University of Zagreb School of Medicine Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
Aims To identify the share of open access (OA) papers in
the total number of journal publications authored by the
members of the University of Zagreb School of Medicine
(UZSM) in 2014.
Methods Bibliographic data on 543 UZSM papers published
in 2014 were collected using PubMed advanced
search strategies and manual data collection methods. The
items that had “free full text” icons were considered as gold
OA papers. Their OA availability was checked using the
provided link to full-text. The rest of the UZSM papers were
analyzed for potential green OA through self-archiving in
institutional repository. Papers published by Croatian journals
were particularly analyzed.
Results Full texts of approximately 65% of all UZSM papers
were freely available. Most of them were published in gold
OA journals (55% of all UZSM papers or 85% of all UZSM
OA papers). In the UZSM repository, there were additional
52 freely available authors’ manuscripts from subscriptionbased
journals (10% of all UZSM papers or 15% of all UZSM
OA papers).
Conclusion The overall proportion of OA in our study is
higher than in similar studies, but only half of gold OA papers
are accessible via PubMed directly. The results of our
study indicate that increased quality of metadata and linking
of the bibliographic records to full texts could assure
better visibility. Moreover, only a quarter of papers from
subscription-based journals that allow self-archiving are
deposited in the UZSM repository. We believe that UZSM
should consider mandating all faculty members to deposit
their publications in UZSM OA repository to increase visibility
and improve access to its scientific output.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
169156
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.2.2016.
Posjeta: 884 *