understanding global perspectives in open science: positions of brics countries
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Paper titled "Understanding Global Perspectives in Open Science : Positions of BRICS Countries", was presented in International Conference on Data Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability (SciDataCon 2014) in the Session: Strategies Towards Open Science, at JNU Convention Centre, New Delhi, 2-5 November 2014.TRANSCRIPT
Anup Kumar DasJawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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Session: Strategies Towards Open SciencePresented in International Conference on Data
Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability (SciDataCon 2014)
at JNU Convention Centre, New Delhi, 2–5 November 2014
Understanding Global Perspectives in Open Science : Positions of BRICS Countries
BRICS – an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
Purpose of this presentation is •To situation analysis in the fronts of –Open Access Policies–Open Data Policies–BRICS Countries’ contributions in
• OA Journal Publishing• OA Institutional Repositories• OA Data Repositories
Sherpa/JULIET [Research Funders' Open Access Policies]
Country Number
Brazil 0
Russia 0
India 0
China 2
South Africa 0Missing Policies from the Global South: e.g. India’s DST/DBT, CSIR, ICAR, NDSAP, etc.
Sherpa/RoMEO [Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving]
CountryNumber of Publishers
Found
Brazil 36
Russia 18
India 62
China 8
South Africa 16
Missing Publishers: India’s NISCAIR, INSA, ICMR, ICAR, etc.
Open Access Journals in BRICS Countries
Source: DOAJ.org Number
Brazil 942
Russia 98
India 597
China 77
South Africa 70Grand Total = 10,048 BRICS Total = 1784 (17.54% Contributions)
Data as on 04-11-2014
Open Access Journals in BRICS Countries (No Charges – Publishing Fee)
Source: DOAJ.org Number
Brazil 845
Russia 65
India 251
China 36
South Africa 37
Grand Total = 6436 BRICS Total = 1234 (19.17% Contributions)Global = 6436 / 10,048 = 64.05% OAJs have No Charges/ Publishing FeeBRICS = 1234 / 1784 =69.17% OAJs have No Charges/ Publishing Fee
Data as on 04-11-2014
Open Access Repositories in BRICS Countries
Source: OpenDOAR Number
Brazil 84
Russia 22
India 68
China 39
South Africa 29
Grand Total = 2726 BRICS Total = 242 (08.89% Contributions)Data as on 04-11-2014
OA Repositories in BRICS Countries as Indexed in “Ranking Web of Repositories”
Source: Repositories.webometrics.info
Country Number
Brazil 45
Russia 15
India 35
China 17
South Africa 22
Grand Total = 1983 BRICS Total = 134 (06.76% Contributions)Data as on 04-11-2014
http://repositories.webometrics.info/en/top_portals
http://repositories.webometrics.info/en/Asia
http://repositories.webometrics.info/en/Asia/India
http://dlnetsa.info/advanced-library-search/
Data Repositories in BRICS Countries
CountriesNumber in
Databib.orgNumber in
Re3Data.org
Brazil 6 2
Russia 10 12
India 28 26
China 25 18
South Africa 6 4
Re3Data = Registry of Research Data RepositoriesData as on 04-11-2014
http://www.datacite.org/
Clinical Trials Registry India
• The Clinical Trials Registry - India (CTRI.NIC.IN)• A free and online system for registration all clinical trials being conducted in
India • Set up at the National Institute of Medical Statistics, ICMR, New Delhi • Registration of clinical trials in the CTRI is now mandatory, as per notification
of the Drugs Controller General (India). • Trials registered in the CTRI are freely searchable, both from the CTRI site as
well as the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) of the WHO.• International Committee for Medical Journals Editors (ICMJE) released an
editorial statement on compulsory registration of clinical trials in 2004. • ICJME member journals now require, as a consideration for publication,
registration in a public trials registration.• About 1650 journals from across the world are listed with ICJME.org• About 50+ Indian journals are listed with ICJME
Conclusion• Global accessibility, visibility and collaborative research are increased in BRICS countries due to increased contributions to:
– Open Access (OA) Journals– OA Institutional Repositories
• However research institutions in BRICS countries need to establish:– OA Institutional Repositories– Open Data Repositories– Contents Produced with Creative Common (CC) Licenses– National/ Institutional Data Policies– National/ Institutional Open Access Policies
• Need to strengthen – Advocacy, Capacity Building & Awareness Raising on Open Access Publishing including Data Publishing and Self
Archiving in OA Repositories• Global Disciplinary• National/ Funder’s Level• Institutional
– Bidirectional Information Flows [i.e., online moderated comments from readers/ fellow researchers similar to newspapers’ or blogs’ comments]
– Interfaces of Researchers and Journal Editors– Civil Society Participation in Policy Debates >> Formation of Advocacy Groups– Knowledge Networking amongst Research Institutions in the Global South
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