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PAPER ID:IJIM/Vol. 10 (VII) November/10-22/3
AUTHOR: Nageswara Rao Kondamudi[I] Dr. G. Saroja[II]
TITLE : SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING PRACTICES OF SOCIAL SCIENTISTS IN ICSSR FUNDED RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS– A STUDY
ABSTRACT: The present study attempts to examine the scholarly publication practices of the social scientists working in 24 ICSSR-funded research institutions in India. The study aims to identify the awareness, different sources, components, types of peer review methods, factors, metrics levels and use of open resources and Creative Commons related to scholarly publications practices during their research. A structured questionnaire was distributed for the collection of data to all research scholars, faculty members, research staff and project staff working in ICSSR-funded research institution in India and received 356 responses. The data was coded in excel and imported into SPSS software and analyzed. Simple statistical techniques such as average, weighted mean, percentage and chi square test are used for interpretation of the data. The result reveals that respondents prefer to publish in both print and electronic media.Majority of the respondents preferred to publish by considering reputation of the journal’ and Journal Impact factors to publish at National and international journals.Large number of respondents (85.67%) preferred National level collaborations. Respondents opinioned that ‘Increase the Visibility & Impact of research’ (mean value 2.87) is the important factor considering to publish their scholarly content in Open Access.Only 27.25% of the respondents are aware about creative commons licensing
KEYWORDS : –Scholarly publication, ICSSR Funded Research Institutions, Open Access resources, creative Commons, Peer review method, Publication Collaborations, open access resources and plagiarism software.
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