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- Title
The Grey Side of the Green Road: Empirical Assessment of Academic Publishing in the HAL Open Repository.
- Authors
Schöpfel, Joachim; Kergosien, Eric; Prost, Hélène; Thiault, Florence
- Abstract
The paper provides empirical results on the part of grey literature in the French national open repository HAL. The results are based on a quantitative analysis of 973,968 deposits from 1,272 research laboratories affiliated the ten most important research universities in France (IDEX program). 35% of all deposits (documents and records) are grey literature. The main types of these items are conference papers (71%), PhD theses (11%) and preprints and working papers (8%). Their overall accessibility (degree of openness) is 37%, which is higher than commercial publications. Differences between document types, disciplines and institution are described. Further research is needed for a better understanding of how research laboratories are handling grey literature (licensing ...). A follow-up study in 2021 will provide this insight.
- Subjects
FRANCE; GREY literature; SCHOLARLY publishing; FRENCH literature; INSTITUTIONAL repositories; CONFERENCE papers; PREPRINTS; OPENNESS to experience
- Publication
Grey Journal (TGJ), 2023, Vol 19, Issue 1, p29
- ISSN
1574-1796
- Publication type
Article