Open Access Research Trends in Higher Education: a Literature Review
Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal Vol. 6, No. 2, 499-511 (2021) ASTESJ www.astesj.com ISSN: 2415-6698 Special Issue on Multidisciplinary Sciences and Engineering Open Access Research Trends in Higher Education: A Literature Review Mariutsi Alexandra Osorio-Sanabria1,, Astrid Jaime2, Tamara Alcantara-Concepcion3, Piedad Barreto4 1Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Information and Communication Technologies Faculty, Medellín, 050031, Colombia 2Universidad El Bosque, Engineering Faculty, Industrial Engineering School, Bogotá, 110121, Colombia 3Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Department, Institute, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico 4Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Law Faculty, Bogotá, 111311, Colombia A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: This study is a review of the literature on open access (OA), seeking to identify trends in Received: 16 December, 2020 research on the subject. This review was conducted in the SCOPUS database and focused Accepted: 14 February, 2021 on the following as the main topics: 1. Financial aspects, 2. Repositories, 3. Education, 4. Online: 17 March, 2021 Academic community's perception of OA resources, 5. Tools, 6. Policies, 7. Institutions, 8. Stakeholders, and 9. Impact. Out of these topics, the financial aspect, especially in OA’s Keywords: publication costs, was identified as driving great interest among researchers in the field. On Open access the other hand, the study of the impact of OA is a subject little examined. Although research Higher education on OA in the higher education sector analyzes different perspectives and describes advances, Trends challenges, and concerns, it is fair to conclude that OA encourages the creation and dissemination of knowledge and academic communication.
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