Iranian researchers’ perspective about concept and effect of open science on research publication

BMC Health Services Research

Research

Abdolreza Noroozi Chakoli¹  Maryam Zarghani²  Leila Nemati-Anaraki³  Shahram Sedghi⁴  Anisa Rowhani-Farid⁵ 

[1] Department of Information Science & Knowledge Studies, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran;Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences, School of Health Management and Medical information science, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Rashid Yasmin Street, Upper than Mirdamad St, Tehran, Iran;Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences, School of Health Management and Medical information science, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Rashid Yasmin Street, Upper than Mirdamad St, Tehran, Iran;Health Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences, School of Health Management and Medical information science, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Rashid Yasmin Street, Upper than Mirdamad St, Tehran, Iran;Health management and Economics Research Center, Health management research institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD, USA;

关键词: Open science;    Openness;    Openness in Research;    Open Research;    Open Science Practices;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12913-023-09420-9

 received in 2023-01-17, accepted in 2023-04-19,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundSharing research outputs with open science methods for different stakeholders causes better access to different studies to solve problems in diverse fields, which leads to equal access conditions to research resources, as well as greater scientific productivity. Therefore, the aim of this study was to perceive the concept of openness in research among Iranian health researchers.MethodsFrom the beginning of August to the middle of November 2021, twenty semi-structured interviews were held with Iranian health researchers from different fields using purposeful, snowball, and convenience sampling. The interviews continued until data saturation. Data analysis was performed with thematic analysis using MAXQDA 20. Finally, seven main issues related to open science were identified.ResultsThrough analysis of the interviews, 235 primary codes and 173 main codes were extracted in 22 subclasses. After careful evaluation and integration of subclasses and classes, they were finally classified into nine categories and three main themes. Analysis showed that openness in research was related to three main themes: researchers’ understanding of open science, the impact of open science on publication and sharing of research, concerns and reluctance to open research.ConclusionThe conditions of access to research output should be specified given the diversity of studies conducted in the field of health; issues like privacy as an important topic of access to data and information in the health system should also be specified. Our analysis indicated that the conditions of publication and sharing of research processes should be stated according to different scopes of health fields. The concept of open science was related to access to findings and other research items regardless of cost, political, social, or racial barriers, which could create collective wisdom in the development of knowledge. The process of publication and sharing of research related to open access applies to all types of outputs, conditions of access, increasing trust in research, creation of diverse publication paths, and broader participation of citizens in research. Open science practices should be promoted to increase the circulation and exploitation rates of knowledge while adjusting and respecting the limits of privacy, intellectual property and national security rights of countries.

【 授权许可】

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