From: "Oosman, Aalia" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 13:07:04 +0000 As celebrations for OA continue at the offices of Taylor & Francis, we have now further analysed over 17,000 responses to the OA survey to reveal findings in relation to metrics. Impact Factors vs Article Metrics Half of the sample survey by Taylor & Francis were asked what they thought would happen over the next 10 years in relation to metrics, the other half were questioned about what they would like to happen over the next 10 years. Key findings * The proportion of authors who think Impact Factors will still be the primary metric was higher than the proportion who would like this to happen. * The proportion of authors who would like Article Metrics to be given more importance than Impact Factors in assessing the value of research was higher than those who think this will be the case. * The proportion of authors who would like Impact Factors to be used alongside Article Metrics is the same as the number of authors who think this will happen. Subject Variations Library and Information scholars are the most inclined of any subject to think Article Metrics will become more important in the next ten years (41%) and the least inclined to think Impact Factors will prevail (12%). Regional Variations More than 60% of academics based in both Africa and Asia rate the provision of Article Metrics as 4 or more out of 5 on the importance scale, and Asian academics are the most likely to have decided definitively between Article Metrics and Impact Factors. This bulletin is accompanied by Supplement 6 to the original report – which examines the subject, regional and country-level variations for each question regarding authors’ attitudes to metrics in full: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/explore/open-access-survey-supp6.pdf The basic results from the full survey and a copy of the questionnaire can be found here and is available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence: www.tandf.co.uk/journals/pdf/open-access-survey-march2013.pdf Follow us on Twitter for the latest news on the survey @TandFOpen (#oasurvey). Visit our newsroom at: http://newsroom.taylorandfrancisgroup.com For more information, please contact: Aalia Oosman, Library Marketing & Communications Manager Taylor & Francis Group Journals email: [log in to unmask] http://www.tandfonline.com/page/openaccess/opensurvey