Table 1
Domain of OAPEN-UK participant authors
| Domain | Count |
|---|---|
| UK | 18 |
| Rest of Europe | 3 |
| North America | 6 |
| Rest of world | 4 |
Table 2
Content published in electronic and open access formats
| Electronic | Open access | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Published in this format? | Yes | 27 | 23 |
| No | 2 | 4 | |
| Don't know | 2 | 4 | |
| Proportion of work as a percentage made available in each format | 0%–25% | 14 | 21 |
| 25%–50% | 3 | 4 | |
| 50%–75% | 6 | 1 | |
| 75%–100% | 6 | 0 | |
| Don't know | 2 | 5 |
Table 3
Familiarity with open access publishing
| Familiarity | Count |
|---|---|
| I had never heard of open access publishing | 4 |
| I was aware of open access publishing, but not familiar with it | 21 |
| I was familiar with open access publishing | 6 |
Table 4
Importance and ranking of author motivations to publish (mode)
| Motivation | Rating | Rank (5= most important) |
|---|---|---|
| Communication with peers | Very important | 4 |
| Career advancement | Very important | 4 |
| Claiming research findings and new ideas | Very important | 3 |
| Financial compensation | Neither unimportant nor important | 1 |
| Releasing information for social progress and knowledge in society | Very important | 5 |
Table 5
Importance and ranking of scholarly communications goals (mode)
| Goal | Rating | Rank (5 = most important) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authors | Advisory group | Authors | Advisory group | |
| Availability and dissemination (ensuring the maximum number of people see the findings of research) | Very important | Very important | 5 | 4 |
| Efficiency and effectiveness (using resources to ensure authors and readers are offered services that meet their needs) | Important | Important | 2 | 1 |
| Quality (selecting and signalling high-quality work using tools such as peer review) | Very important | Very important | 4 | 5 |
| Reputation and reward (for example, giving published scholars financial reward through royalties, or career reward through impact measures) | Important | Important | 2 | 1 |
| Organization and preservation (preserving and curating important content, and ensuring that relevant research can be found) | Very important | Important | 1 | 2 |