Attitudes toward Open Access, Open Peer Review, and Altmetrics among Contributors to Spanish Scholarly Journals
This research provides insights into the attitudes of Spanish academic journal contributors towards evolving scholarly publishing practices, which is valuable for publishers and policymakers in that specific region.
This study surveyed 295 contributors to Spanish academic journals to understand their perspectives on open access, open peer review, and altmetrics. It found that contributors generally favor open access but are more cautious about open peer review and altmetrics, with younger and female scholars showing more reluctance towards open peer review.
This paper aims to gain a better understanding of the perspectives of contributors to Spanish academic journals regarding open access, open peer review, and altmetrics. It also explores how age, gender, professional experience, career history, and perception and use of social media influence authors opinions toward these developments in scholarly publishing. A sample of contributors (n-1254) to Spanish academic journals was invited to participate in a survey about the aforementioned topics. The response rate was 24 per cent (n-295). Contributors to Spanish scholarly journals hold a favourable opinion of open access but were more cautious about open peer review and altmetrics. Younger and female scholars were more reluctant to accept open peer review practices. A positive attitude toward social networks did not necessarily translate into enthusiasm for emerging trends in scholarly publishing. Despite this, ResearchGate users were more aware of altmetrics.