From: "Devine, Elaine" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:28:08 +0000

What are authors’ attitudes to open access publishing in 2014? With
open access continuing to have a high profile, is all the debate and
discussion helping to inform researchers and influence their thinking?

The results of the 2014 Taylor & Francis Open Access Survey have been
released for the first time today at

http://www.tandfonline.com/page/openaccess/opensurvey/2014

The survey asked researchers a series of questions on their
perceptions of open access; their attitudes, values and understanding
of it; and what they believe the future of research communication to
be. Having previously surveyed their authors in 2013, the results
offer some intriguing shifts in opinions, placing responses from both
years next to each another to show how views have changed, and to what
degree.

Responses show that positivity towards open access, when discussed in
general, is growing. There were significant increases in the
proportions strongly agreeing that open access offered a wider
circulation than publication in a subscription journal (from 38% to
49%), and that it offered higher visibility (27% to 35%). 70% of
respondents also disagreed or strongly disagreed with the statement
‘There are no fundamental benefits to open access publication’, an
increase of 10% year-on-year and a strong indicator that open access
continues to be viewed as a force for good.

Licences continue to be a contentious issue, with 53% of authors
showing a first or second preference for the CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
Despite strong advocates for CC-BY, it remained the ‘least preferred’
option in this survey. However, there is evidence that opinions on
this are softening as understanding increases, with this proportion
dropping from 52% in 2013 to 35% this year.

The full survey results and top level report is now available on
Taylor & Francis Online at

http://www.tandfonline.com/page/openaccess/opensurvey/2014

Findings on open access mandates will be published soon. Tell us what
you think via Twitter @TandFOpen and follow the conversation at
#oasurvey2014.

Best wishes,

Elaine Devine, Communications Manager (Author Relations)
Taylor & Francis
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