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{{short description|Overview of the culture and regulation of open access in India}} | |||
[[File:Open Access India Logo.png|thumb|[http://openaccessindia.org/ Open Access India]]] | [[File:Open Access India Logo.png|thumb|[http://openaccessindia.org/ Open Access India]]] | ||
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} | {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}In [[India]], [[open access]] (उन्मुक्त अभिगम) to scholarly communication has been developing for several decades. During May 2004, two workshops were organised by the [[MS Swaminathan Research Foundation|M S Swaminathan Research Foundation]], Chennai<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~chan/oaindia/index.html|title=Open Access Workshop, Chennai|website=www.utsc.utoronto.ca|access-date=2018-11-16}}</ref> which laid the foundation for the Open Access movement in India. In 2009, the [[Council of Scientific & Industrial Research]] (CSIR) began [[open access mandate|requiring]] that its grantees provide open access to funded research.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.csircentral.net/mandate.pdf |title= CSIR Open Access Mandate |work= Csircentral.net |location=Pune |access-date= 2 April 2018 }}</ref><ref name="roarmap">{{cite web |url= http://roarmap.eprints.org/view/country/356.html |title=Browse by Country: India |work=[[ROARMAP]]: Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies |publisher=[[University of Southampton]] |location=UK |access-date= 2 April 2018 }}</ref> The "Delhi Declaration on Open Access" in South Asia was issued on 14 February 2018, signed by dozens of academics and supporters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://openaccessindia.org/delhi-declaration-on-open-access/ |title=Delhi Declaration on Open Access |work=Openaccessindia.org |publisher=Open Access India |access-date= 2 April 2018 }}</ref> The members of the community of practice, [http://openaccessindia.org/ Open Access India] had adapted the PLOS's Open Access logo and modified it to represent it as the Open Access movement in India and had formulated a draft policy on Open Access for India.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Open Access India|date=2017-02-12|title=National Open Access Policy of India (Draft) Ver. 3|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1002618#.XtveBjczZNg}}</ref> The [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]]'s thesis repository, [[Shodhganga]] which is in place due to the [[Ministry of Education (India)|Ministry of HRD]]'s directives, encourages the authors to tag the submissions with [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons Licence]] Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International ([[CC BY-NC-SA 4.0]]). | ||
In [[India]], [[open access]] to scholarly communication has been developing for several decades. During May 2004, two workshops were organised by the [[MS Swaminathan Research Foundation|M S Swaminathan Research Foundation]], Chennai<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~chan/oaindia/index.html|title=Open Access Workshop, Chennai|website=www.utsc.utoronto.ca|access-date=2018-11-16}}</ref> which laid the foundation for the Open Access movement in India. In 2009, the [[Council of Scientific & Industrial Research]] began [[open access mandate|requiring]] that its grantees provide open access to funded research.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.csircentral.net/mandate.pdf |title= CSIR Open Access Mandate |work= Csircentral.net |location=Pune |access-date= 2 April 2018 }}</ref><ref name="roarmap">{{cite web |url= http://roarmap.eprints.org/view/country/356.html |title=Browse by Country: India |work=[[ROARMAP]]: Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies |publisher=[[University of Southampton]] |location=UK |access-date= 2 April 2018 }}</ref> The "Delhi Declaration on Open Access" in South Asia was issued on 14 February 2018, signed by dozens of academics and supporters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://openaccessindia.org/delhi-declaration-on-open-access/ |title=Delhi Declaration on Open Access |work=Openaccessindia.org |publisher=Open Access India |access-date= 2 April 2018 }}</ref> The members of the community of practice, [http://openaccessindia.org/ Open Access India] had adapted the PLOS's Open Access logo and modified it to represent it as the Open Access movement in India and had formulated a draft policy on Open Access for India.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Open Access India|date=2017-02-12|title=National Open Access Policy of India (Draft) Ver. 3|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1002618#.XtveBjczZNg}}</ref> | |||
==Journals== | ==Journals== | ||
As on date (June | As on date (June 2021), the [[Directory of Open Access Journals]] lists 310 [[open access journals]] which are being published from India.<ref name=doaj>{{cite web |url= http://doaj.org |title=(Search: Country of Publisher: India) |work= Directory of Open Access Journals |publisher= Infrastructure Services for Open Access |location=IN |access-date= 29 June 2021 }}</ref> Titles include the ''[[Indian Journal of Community Medicine]],'' ''[[Indian Journal of Medical Research]]'', and ''[[Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology]]''.<ref name=doaj /> | ||
==Repositories== | ==Repositories== | ||
[[File:IndiaRxiv name logo 01.png|thumb|IndiaRxiv, preprints repository service for India]] | [[File:IndiaRxiv name logo 01.png|thumb|IndiaRxiv, preprints repository service for India]] | ||
As of April 2018, there are at least 78 collections of scholarship in India housed in digital [[open access repositories]].<ref>{{cite web |work=[[Registry of Open Access Repositories]] |publisher=University of Southampton |location=UK |url= http://roar.eprints.org/view/geoname/geoname=5F2=5FIN.html |title= Browse by Country: India |access-date= 15 April 2018 }}</ref><ref name=opendoar>{{cite web |url= http://www.opendoar.org/countrylist.php?cContinent=Asia |title= India |work= [[Directory of Open Access Repositories]] |publisher= University of Nottingham |location= UK |access-date= 15 April 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180416133059/http://www.opendoar.org/countrylist.php?cContinent=Asia |archive-date= 16 April 2018 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name=unesco>{{cite web |url= http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/portals-and-platforms/goap/access-by-region/asia-and-the-pacific/india/ |work=Global Open Access Portal |title=India |publisher=[[UNESCO]] |access-date= 15 April 2018 }}</ref> They contain journal articles, book chapters, data, and other research outputs that are [[Gratis versus libre|free to read]]. The Open Access India with the help of [[Center for Open Science|Centre for Open Science]] had launched a [[preprint]] repository for India, [https://indiarxiv.org/ IndiaRxiv] on 5th August 2019 which had recently crossed 100 records mark.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01082-0|title=Indian scientists launch preprint repository to boost research quality|last=Mallapaty|first=Smriti|date=17 April 2019|website=Nature|access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref> | As of April 2018, there are at least 78 collections of scholarship in India housed in digital [[open access repositories]].<ref>{{cite web |work=[[Registry of Open Access Repositories]] |publisher=University of Southampton |location=UK |url= http://roar.eprints.org/view/geoname/geoname=5F2=5FIN.html |title= Browse by Country: India |access-date= 15 April 2018 }}</ref><ref name=opendoar>{{cite web |url= http://www.opendoar.org/countrylist.php?cContinent=Asia |title= India |work= [[Directory of Open Access Repositories]] |publisher= University of Nottingham |location= UK |access-date= 15 April 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180416133059/http://www.opendoar.org/countrylist.php?cContinent=Asia |archive-date= 16 April 2018 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name=unesco>{{cite web |url= http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/portals-and-platforms/goap/access-by-region/asia-and-the-pacific/india/ |work=Global Open Access Portal |title=India |publisher=[[UNESCO]] |access-date= 15 April 2018 }}</ref> They contain journal articles, book chapters, data, and other research outputs that are [[Gratis versus libre|free to read]]. The Open Access India with the help of [[Center for Open Science|Centre for Open Science]] had launched a [[preprint]] repository for India, [https://indiarxiv.org/ IndiaRxiv] on 5th August 2019 which had recently crossed 100 records mark.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01082-0|title=Indian scientists launch preprint repository to boost research quality|last=Mallapaty|first=Smriti|date=17 April 2019|website=Nature|access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref> | ||
== Policies == | |||
* 2011 - [[Council of Scientific & Industrial Research]] (CSIR) constitutes [https://www.csir.res.in/sites/default/files/PolicyDoc%25282012_7_31_16_1_57_193%2529.pdf committee] for implementation of [http://www.csircentral.net/mandate.pdf Open Access policy] in CSIR. | |||
* 2013 - [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] (ICAR) adopted [https://www.icar.gov.in/node/5542 Open Access policy]<ref>{{Cite web|last=ICAR|first=New Delhi|date=2013|title=Open Access Policy of ICAR|url=http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9665/|access-date=2021-08-28|website=eprints.cmfri.org.in|language=en}}</ref> for the establishment of Open Access institutional repositories in the ICAR institutes. | |||
* 2014 - Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Department of Science and Technology (DST) jointly made [http://dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/APPROVED%20OPEN%20ACCESS%20POLICY-DBT%26DST%2812.12.2014%29_1.pdf funders mandate for Open Access to the research outputs funded by the DBT/DST]. | |||
* 2017 - Open Access India, community of practice had proposed and submitted a draft '[http://openaccessindia.org/national-open-access-policy-of-india-draft-ver-3/ National Open Access Policy]' to the Ministries of Human Resource Development and Science & Technology.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Open Access India|date=2017-02-12|title=National Open Access Policy of India (Draft) Ver. 3|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1002618|doi=10.5281/zenodo.1002618}}</ref> | |||
* 2020 - [https://www.psa.gov.in/psa-prod/psa_custom_files/STIP_Doc_1.4_Dec2020.pdf Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 2020 (draft)] propose to make preprints and post prints available through a central repository. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
* {{citation |author1=S.B. Ghosh |author2= Anup Kumar Das |title= Open access and institutional repositories -- A developing country perspective: A case study of India |work= Papers of 72nd IFLA General Conference and Council |publisher=[[International Federation of Library Associations]] |url= http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla72/papers/157-Ghosh_Das-en.pdf |year= 2006 }} | * Guttikonda, A., & Gutam, S. (2009). [https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2488 Prospects of open access to Indian agricultural research: A case study of ICAR]. ''First Monday'', ''14''(7). <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v14i7.2488</nowiki> | ||
*{{citation |author1=S.B. Ghosh |author2= Anup Kumar Das |title= Open access and institutional repositories -- A developing country perspective: A case study of India |work= Papers of 72nd IFLA General Conference and Council |publisher=[[International Federation of Library Associations]] |url= http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla72/papers/157-Ghosh_Das-en.pdf |year= 2006 }} | |||
* {{citation |title= Professor Subbiah Arunachalam, leading Indian OA advocate and distinguished fellow of the Chennai-based M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) |series=Open Access Interviews |url= http://richardpoynder.co.uk/The%20OA%20Interviews.htm |author=Richard Poynder |work=Open and Shut? |location=UK |year= 2006 }} | * {{citation |title= Professor Subbiah Arunachalam, leading Indian OA advocate and distinguished fellow of the Chennai-based M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) |series=Open Access Interviews |url= http://richardpoynder.co.uk/The%20OA%20Interviews.htm |author=Richard Poynder |work=Open and Shut? |location=UK |year= 2006 }} | ||
* {{citation |url=https://elpub.architexturez.net/system/files/pdf/271_elpub2008.content_0.pdf |title=Open Access in India: Hopes and Frustrations |author=Subbiah Arunachalam |work= Proceedings ELPUB 2008 Conference on Electronic Publishing - Toronto, Canada |year= 2008 |author-link=Subbiah Arunachalam }} | * {{citation |url=https://elpub.architexturez.net/system/files/pdf/271_elpub2008.content_0.pdf |title=Open Access in India: Hopes and Frustrations |author=Subbiah Arunachalam |work= Proceedings ELPUB 2008 Conference on Electronic Publishing - Toronto, Canada |year= 2008 |author-link=Subbiah Arunachalam }} | ||